Patent · US Expired

Method of explosively forming a multilayered composite material

US4881314A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
7References
2Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateSep 23, 1988
Grant dateNov 21, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 23, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49806
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of forming composite materials comprising reinforced fibres, such as carbon fibres 12, embedded in a metal matrix 10, 13. The method comprises forming a first metal sheet 10, laying the reinforcing fibres 12 on the first sheet 10, and explosively forming a second sheet 13 around the fibres to form an explosively joined composite.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.