Composite material having aperture and method of manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10399290-B2
Application number	US-201615287334-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 6, 2016
Priority date	Dec 10, 2015
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a composite material that is formed to include an aperture is provided. The method includes disposing a plurality of woven substances including reinforcement fibers on a jig having a protrusion to fit the woven substances on the protrusion and thus provide the aperture. Additionally, the method includes integrally mounting the jig and a plurality of the woven substances in a mold, and adding a resin to the mold to immerse the plurality of the woven substances with the resin.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing a composite material that is formed to include an aperture, comprising:
disposing a plurality of woven substances on a jig having a protrusion, wherein the woven substances comprise reinforcement fibers;
integrally mounting the jig and the plurality of the woven substances in a mold;
adding a resin to the mold to immerse the plurality of the woven substances with the resin, wherein the protrusion penetrates the woven substances and the aperture is formed in the woven substances by the protrusion disposed on the jig,
curing the resin added to the plurality of the woven substances; and
separating the plurality of the woven substances including the cured resin from the jig,
wherein the protrusion and the plurality of the woven substances are separated from the jig as the plurality of the woven substances are fitted on the protrusion during the separating the plurality of the layered woven substances.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of the woven substances are layered on the jig.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion has a bent shape and the aperture is formed in a shape corresponding to a shape of the protrusion.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion comprises a water-soluble resin.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
dissolving the protrusion in water to remove the protrusion from the plurality of the woven substances after the separating the plurality of the woven substances.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the woven substances are fitted on the protrusion using gaps formed in the woven substances during the disposing the plurality of the woven substances.

7. A composite material including an aperture manufactured using a method, the method comprising:
disposing a plurality of woven substances on a jig having a protrusion, wherein the woven substances comprises reinforcement fibers, and the protrusion penetrates the woven substances and the aperture is formed in the woven substances disposed on the jig;
integrally mounting the jig and the plurality of the woven substances in a mold; adding a resin to the mold to immerse the plurality of the woven substances with the resin;
curing the resin added to the plurality of the woven substances; and separating the plurality of the woven substances including the cured resin from the jig,
wherein the protrusion and the plurality of the woven substances are separated from the jig as the plurality of the woven substances are fitted on the protrusion during the separating the plurality of the layered woven substances.

8. The composite material of claim 7 , wherein gaps in the woven substances are widened to form the aperture as the protrusion penetrates the woven substances.

9. The composite material of claim 7 , wherein the woven substances include carbon fibers.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chang Hoon
• Cho Jeong Min
• Min Huen Sick

Classifications

• B29C70/545

  Perforating, cutting or machining during or after moulding · CPC title

• B29C33/52

  soluble or fusible {(in particular used in injection moulding B29C45/4457)} · CPC title

• B29C33/0033

  constructed for making articles provided with holes · CPC title

• B29C70/48 Primary

  and impregnating the reinforcements in the closed mould, e.g. resin transfer moulding [RTM] {, e.g. by vacuum} · CPC title

• B29K2995/0062

  water-soluble · CPC title