Patents by Inventor Yoshihide Kakimoto

Yoshihide Kakimoto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210331429
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain a fiber-reinforced composite material having excellent appearance or mechanical characteristics, whereby a three-dimensional shape is molded with high productivity while appearance defects such as fiber meandering or wrinkling are suppressed. In this method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced composite material, when a stack in which a plurality of sheet-shaped prepregs (X) in which a plurality of continuously arranged reinforcing fibers are impregnated with a matrix resin composition are layered in different fiber directions is molded into a three-dimensional shape by a molding die (100) provided with a lower die (110) and an upper die (112), a stretchable sheet (10) or a resin film (Y) used in the stack (12) is utilized. In this method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced composite material, the stack may be pre-molded to obtain a preform, and the preform may be furthermore compression-molded to obtain a fiber-reinforced composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhisa IKEDA, Yoshihide KAKIMOTO, Daiki HIRAKAWA
  • Patent number: 10960612
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain a fiber-reinforced composite material having excellent appearance or mechanical characteristics, whereby a three-dimensional shape is molded with high productivity while appearance defects such as fiber meandering or wrinkling are suppressed. In this method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced composite material, when a stack in which a plurality of sheet-shaped prepregs (X) in which a plurality of continuously arranged reinforcing fibers are impregnated with a matrix resin composition are layered in different fiber directions is molded into a three-dimensional shape by a molding die (100) provided with a lower die (110) and an upper die (112), a stretchable sheet (10) or a resin film (Y) used in the stack (12) is utilized. In this method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced composite material, the stack may be pre-molded to obtain a preform, and the preform may be furthermore compression-molded to obtain a fiber-reinforced composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Ikeda, Yoshihide Kakimoto, Daiki Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 10889074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced composite material molding, having a step (A) for forming a plurality of partial preforms, each having a partial shape obtained by dividing the three-dimensional shape of a target fiber-reinforced composite material molding, by cutting a prepreg sheet containing reinforcing fibers and a matrix resin composition, and by preshaping the cut prepreg pieces; a step (B) for forming a preform having the three-dimensional shape of the target fiber-reinforced composite material molding by combining and integrating the plurality of partial preforms; and a step (C) for producing a fiber-reinforced composite material molding by compression-molding the preform, wherein the step (B) includes arranging a foamable material between the plurality of partial preforms when they are combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihide Kakimoto, Kazuhisa Ikeda, Kouichi Akiyama, Mitsuru Kutsuwada
  • Patent number: 10315343
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a molded article of a fiber-reinforced composite material obtains a molded article of a fiber-reinforced composite material having a three-dimensional shape by: preparing a sheet-shaped prepreg containing reinforcing fibers and a matrix resin composition; preliminarily shaping the prepreg to produce a plurality of partial preforms having shapes obtained by dividing the shape of the molded article; producing a first partial preform group and a second partial preform group, which have the shape of the molded article, by combining the plurality of partial preforms so that the ends thereof in the direction perpendicular to the thickness direction do not overlap in the thickness direction; producing a preform by bringing the first and second partial preform groups into close contact with each other in the thickness direction; and compression molding the preform using a molding die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kutsuwada, Kouichi Akiyama, Yoshihide Kakimoto, Kazuhisa Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10300632
    Abstract: A method of producing a preform, having a step for preparing a sheet-shaped prepreg and a preform mold having a forming surface and a separable portion constituting at least a portion of the forming surface, forming the prepreg using the preform mold, and then removing the preform together with the separable portion from the preform mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihide Kakimoto
  • Publication number: 20180186101
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain a fiber-reinforced composite material having excellent appearance or mechanical characteristics, whereby a three-dimensional shape is molded with high productivity while appearance defects such as fiber meandering or wrinkling are suppressed. In this method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced composite material, when a stack in which a plurality of sheet-shaped prepregs (X) in which a plurality of continuously arranged reinforcing fibers are impregnated with a matrix resin composition are layered in different fiber directions is molded into a three-dimensional shape by a molding die (100) provided with a lower die (110) and an upper die (112), a stretchable sheet (10) or a resin film (Y) used in the stack (12) is utilized. In this method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced composite material, the stack may be pre-molded to obtain a preform, and the preform may be furthermore compression-molded to obtain a fiber-reinforced composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhisa IKEDA, Yoshihide KAKIMOTO, Daiki HIRAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160354983
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced composite material molding, having a step (A) for forming a plurality of partial preforms, each having a partial shape obtained by dividing the three-dimensional shape of a target fiber-reinforced composite material molding, by cutting a prepreg sheet containing reinforcing fibers and a matrix resin composition, and by preshaping the cut prepreg pieces; a step (B) for forming a preform having the three-dimensional shape of the target fiber-reinforced composite material molding by combining and integrating the plurality of partial preforms; and a step (C) for producing a fiber-reinforced composite material molding by compression-molding the preform, wherein the step (B) includes arranging a foamable material between the plurality of partial preforms when they are combined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihide KAKIMOTO, Kazuhisa IKEDA, Kouichi AKIYAMA, Mitsuru KUTSUWADA
  • Publication number: 20150283730
    Abstract: A method of producing a preform, having a step for preparing a sheet-shaped prepreg and a preform mold having a forming surface and a separable portion constituting at least a portion of the forming surface, forming the prepreg using the preform mold, and then removing the preform together with the separable portion from the preform mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihide Kakimoto
  • Publication number: 20150209982
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a molded article of a fiber-reinforced composite material obtains a molded article of a fiber-reinforced composite material having a three-dimensional shape by: preparing a sheet-shaped prepreg containing reinforcing fibers and a matrix resin composition; preliminarily shaping the prepreg to produce a plurality of partial preforms having shapes obtained by dividing the shape of the molded article; producing a first partial preform group and a second partial preform group, which have the shape of the molded article, by combining the plurality of partial preforms so that the ends thereof in the direction perpendicular to the thickness direction do not overlap in the thickness direction; producing a preform by bringing the first and second partial preform groups into close contact with each other in the thickness direction; and compression molding the preform using a molding die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kutsuwada, Kouichi Akiyama, Yoshihide Kakimoto, Kazuhisa Ikeda