Patents by Inventor Aki Takenaka

Aki Takenaka 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: 20240002612
    Abstract: A fiber-reinforced pultrusion molded article produced by impregnating a reinforcing fiber bundle assembly containing a plurality of reinforcing fiber bundles bound together with a resin composition containing at least components [A] and [B], followed by curing component [A]: thermosetting resin composition, and component [B]: toughness improving agent, wherein the thermosetting resin composition used as the component [A] is at least one thermoset-ting resin composition selected from the group consisting of epoxy resin composition, vinyl ester resin composition, unsaturated polyester resin composition, and polyurethane resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Hideki Oka, Aki Takenaka, Kenji Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20230249420
    Abstract: A method of producing a fiber-reinforced molded article includes abrading a reinforcing fiber bundle to which a thermosetting resin composition is applied in a resin impregnation bath through a plurality of squeezers while applying tension to the bundle to impregnate the reinforcing fiber bundle with the thermosetting resin composition to provide a resin-impregnated fiber bundle and wring out excess thermosetting resin composition; and heat-curing the thermosetting resin composition while passing the fiber bundle through a mold to perform pultrusion molding into a predetermined shape, wherein a mold inlet cross-sectional shape of an insertion hole provided to the mold, the insertion hole being configured to allow insertion of the resin-impregnated fiber bundle, is similar to a cross-sectional shape of the fiber-reinforced molded article, the cross-sectional shapes being sections cut in a direction normal to a pultrusion direction; the squeezers each include a fiber inlet part and a fiber squeezing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Aki Takenaka, Hideki Oka, Fujio Kondo