Patent SG-11201811820S-A (SG)
Title: A method of making a composite structure
Inventor: FERGUSSON ALEXANDER DOUGLAS
IPC: B32B5/02
Filed: 2016-06-10
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization 11M1111101110101011111 OH 1101011101111111111111111111111100111110 ill OEN International Bureau .. .... ..Yejd (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ..... ...r .....1 WO 2016/198883 Al 15 December 2016 (15.12.2016) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: Court, 1-3 Brixton Road, London Greater London SW9 B32B 5/02 (2006.01) B32B 3/12 (2006.01) 6DE (GB). DI GUISTO, Marc-Antoine Lormel; Fergus- B32B 37/16 (2006.01) E04C 2/36 (2006.01) son's Advanced Composite Technology Ltd, Canterbury Court, 1-3 Brixton Road, London Greater London SW9 (21) International Application Number: 6DE (GB). PCT/GB2016/051717 (74) Agent: ALDRIDGE, Christopher; Mohun Intellectual (22) International Filing Date: Property Limited, 13/14 Park Place, Leeds West Yorkshire 10 June 2016 (10.06.2016) LS1 2SJ (GB). (25) Filing Language: English (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (26) Publication Language: English kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, (30) Priority Data: BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, 1510065.4 10 June 2015 (10.06.2015) GB DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, (71) Applicant: FERGUSSON'S ADVANCED COMPOS- HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KN, KP, KR, ITE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED [GB/GB]; Canterbury KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, Court, 1-3 Brixton Road, London Greater London SW9 MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, 6DE (GB). PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, (72) Inventors: FERGUSSON, Alexander Douglas; Fergus- TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. son's Advanced Composite Technology Ltd, Canterbury Court, 1-3 Brixton Road, London Greater London SW9 (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every — 6DE (GB). NEWMAN, Alexander George; Fergusson's kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, _ GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, Advanced Composite Technology Ltd, Canterbury Court, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, 1-3 Brixton Road, London Greater London SW9 6DE = MAYALL, Adam Paul Leon; Fergusson's Ad- TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, (GB). vaned Composite Technology Ltd, Canterbury Court, 1-3 DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, Brixton Road, London Greater London SW9 6DE (GB). LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, _ BALEV, Teodor Boykov; Fergusson's Advanced Compos- — GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). — ite Technology Ltd, Canterbury Court, 1-3 Brixton Road, London Greater London SW9 6DE (GB). CASEY, Published: — Jonathan Philip; Fergusson's Advanced Composite Tech- - with international search report (Art. 21(3)) — nology Ltd, Canterbury Court, 1-3 Brixton Road, London _ Greater London SW9 6DE (GB). WANG, Tong; Fergus- son's Advanced Composite Technology Ltd, Canterbury = = = = = = 1-1 M GC GC GC C:r 1-1 (54) Title: A METHOD OF MAKING A COMPOSITE STRUCTURE --.... 1-1 (57) : The present invention relates to a method of making a composite sandwich structure. The method comprises the steps C of: providing a base lay-up on a surface, wherein the base lay-up comprises a first reinforcement material layer; providing a core lay - el er on to the base lay-up, wherein the core layer comprises an open cellular structure and wherein the open cellular structure is at least 0 partially filled with unbound particles; providing a top lay-up on top of the core layer, wherein the top lay-up comprises a second re- inforcement material layer; sealing the arrangement within a hermetically sealed enclosure; introducing matrix material into the ar- rangement via the at least one conduit through a pressure differential; and curing the matrix material.