Patent ID: 8916075
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: B29C,B29K

Abstract:
1. A method of making a reinforced resin structure, the method comprising: placing a volume of uncured RTV silicone resin compound on a first outer surface of a carrier structure comprising a plurality of uncoated fibers woven into an open leno weave, the uncured RTV silicone resin compound being free of organic solvents; pressing the uncured RTV silicone resin compound and the carrier structure between two cooperating plates to disperse the resin compound into and through substantially all of a plurality of passages between the plurality of uncoated fibers; and curing the dispersed resin compound to fix the resin within substantially all of the plurality of passages and around the plurality of fibers to form the reinforced resin structure with a carrier structure that is entirely encapsulated in the silicone resin without unfilled passages between the plurality of fibers.