US 7,501,362 B2
Nonwoven composite element
Walter Maier, Wachenheim (Germany)
Assigned to Quadrant Plastic Composites AG, Lenzburg (Switzerland)
Appl. No. 10/555,620
PCT Filed Mar. 24, 2004, PCT No. PCT/EP2004/003095
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 20, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2004/098879, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 18, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 103 19 967 (DE), filed on May 05, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2007/0032159 A1, Feb. 08, 2007
Int. Cl. B32B 27/12 (2006.01); B32B 27/32 (2006.01); D04H 1/46 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 442—394  [442/398; 442/402] 9 Claims
 
1. A nonwoven composite element, containing
A. a blended fiber nonwoven comprising thermoplastic fibers and higher melting reinforcing fibers, which is adherently joined at one or both sides thereof to
B. one or two composite foils of a thermoplastic material, characterized in that the foil(s) B is a composite foil with the structure ba or bab, wherein a is a higher melting thermoplastic material, selected from a polyamide, a polyester and a polyurethane, and wherein b is a lower melting thermoplastic material, selected from polyethylene or polypropylene, and wherein layer b of the composite foil(s) faces the blended fiber nonwoven, and wherein the thickness of the composite foil(s) is between 50 and 200 μm.