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Composite carbon fibre based armour for flexible pipe

US6620471B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 12, 2000
Grant dateSep 16, 2003
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Expiry dateSep 12, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/249947
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ultra dense composite strip for flexible pipe having armouring formed of longitudinal carbon fibers provided within a thermoplastic or thermosetting matrix in the form of a flat ribbon with a substantially rectangular cross-section, whereof at least one of the surfaces of the strip is reinforced with a film made integral with said surface, over substantially its whole width and over substantially its whole length.

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