Patent ID: 8409396

Claim:
A method for connecting a first composite member comprising first fibres composed of a first material and a first resin to a second composite member comprising a second resin and second fibres composed of a second material different than the first material, using a connection comprising a layered structure comprising a transition member, the method comprising: assembling the transition member, which includes: providing at least two first layers composed of the first fibres, the first fibres being fully oriented in each first layer; providing at least two second layers composed of the second fibres, the second fibres being fully oriented in each second layer; interlacing the at least two first layers and the at least two second layers into partially overlapping relation such that at least one of the first layers is positioned adjacent to and between two second layers and extends in its plane beyond the two adjacent second layers, and at least one of the second layers is positioned adjacent to and between two first layers and extends in its plane beyond the two adjacent first layers; providing a resin in contact with at least one of the first or second layers to form the transition member; connecting the transition member to the first composite member; connecting the transition member to the second composite member; and curing the transition member.