US Patent Issued to ARKEMA FRANCE on Nov. 11 for "Method for manufacturing a fibrous material pre-impregnated with thermoplastic polymer in a fluidised bed" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,109, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ARKEMA FRANCE (Puteaux, France).

"Method for manufacturing a fibrous material pre-impregnated with thermoplastic polymer in a fluidised bed" was invented by Gilles Hochstetter (Colombes, France), Thibaut Savart (Lacq, France), Arthur Pierre Babeau (Lacq, France) and Axel Salinier (Lacq, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for manufacturing a material including a fibrous material with continuous fibres and a thermoplastic polymer matrix, the material being produced as a unidirectional band, the method including a step of pre-impregnation of a strand of the fibrous material by the matrix...