Sheetlike composite

US5340642A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Horst Baumgartl · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Alois Schlarb · Kassel, DE
• Ludwig Wahl · Schifferstadt, DE
• Peter Ittemann · Lampertheim, DE
• Karl-Ludwig Brentrup · Osnabrück, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 8, 1993
• Grant date: Aug 23, 1994
• Expiry date: Mar 8, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T442/277
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a sheetlike composite comprising a polyolefin matrix and natural fiber mats as reinforcement the natural fibers have a basis weight of more than 10 dtex. Sisal fibers are preferred. The composites are used in particular in automotive construction.