Vane or rotor blade
US7857596B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 9, 2010 |
| Grant date | Dec 28, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/249991
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An unmixed plastic sheet, which is made of a thermoplastic material and which is composed of a number of body segments that are adjacent to one another in a plane, interconnected and made of a closed-cell foam material. The body segments are thermoplastically welded to one another at their abutting lateral faces while forming flat weld seams. The flat weld seams form a plastic intermediate layer, which has few pores, and which is provided in the form of a web structure that, when viewed from above, is reticular and reinforces the plastic sheet. The inventive plastic sheet is preferably used as a core layer in sandwich composites.
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