Patents by Inventor Akihiko SHIRAHASE

Akihiko SHIRAHASE 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: 20240059046
    Abstract: A reinforcing fiber base material for resin transfer molding, the reinforcing fiber base material includes a resin material disposed on at least one surface of a reinforcing fiber aggregate selected from any of [1]: a reinforcing fiber yarn, [2]: a reinforcing fiber yarn group formed by aligning reinforcing fiber yarns in parallel, and [3]: a reinforcing fiber fabric including [1] or [2], the resin material being a porous resin material composed of a polyamide having a structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventor: Akihiko Shirahase
  • Patent number: 11692306
    Abstract: A multiaxial fabric resin base material includes a multiaxial fabric base material laminate impregnated with a thermosetting resin (B), the multiaxial fabric base material laminate including fiber bundle sheets layered at different angles, the fiber bundle sheets including unidirectionally aligned fiber bundles stitched with stitching yarns composed of a thermoplastic resin (A), the multiaxial fabric base material laminate being penetrated in the thickness direction by other bodies of the stitching yarns, and being stitched with the other bodies of the stitching yarns such that the yarns reciprocate at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction, the thermoplastic resin (A) constituting the stitching yarns having a softening point, the softening point being higher than the resin impregnation temperature of the thermosetting resin (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Naoya Ouchiyama, Hiroyuki Ome, Akihiko Shirahase
  • Publication number: 20210301462
    Abstract: A multiaxial fabric resin base material includes a multiaxial fabric base material laminate impregnated with a thermosetting resin (B), the multiaxial fabric base material laminate including fiber bundle sheets layered at different angles, the fiber bundle sheets including unidirectionally aligned fiber bundles stitched with stitching yarns composed of a thermoplastic resin (A), the multiaxial fabric base material laminate being penetrated in the thickness direction by other bodies of the stitching yarns, and being stitched with the other bodies of the stitching yarns such that the yarns reciprocate at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction, the thermoplastic resin (A) constituting the stitching yarns having a softening point, the softening point being higher than the resin impregnation temperature of the thermosetting resin (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Naoya Ouchiyama, Hiroyuki Ome, Akihiko Shirahase
  • Patent number: 10486375
    Abstract: A production method for a fiber-reinforced plastic, in which a preform made of a reinforcing fiber substrate and having a three-dimensional shape and an inner mold operatable in a lateral direction different from an up-down direction are disposed in a mold cavity formed by an upper mold and a lower mold, and a state in which a plate thickness of the preform has been made greater than the thickness of a molded article to be obtained is brought about, and a matrix resin is injected and impregnated into the preform, and, after that, at least one of the upper mold and the lower mold is operated toward the other and the inner mold is operated in the lateral direction to pressurize the preform, whereby the thickness of the preform is controlled so as to be equal to a predetermined product's thickness, and subsequently the matrix resin is hardened by heating to obtain the molded article, and a production apparatus for a fiber-reinforced plastic for use in the production method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Naofumi Hosokawa, Hiroshi Odani, Masato Furukawa, Masaaki Yamasaki, Akihiko Shirahase
  • Publication number: 20160059500
    Abstract: A production method for a fiber-reinforced plastic, in which a preform made of a reinforcing fiber substrate and having a three-dimensional shape and an inner mold operatable in a lateral direction different from an up-down direction are disposed in a mold cavity formed by an upper mold and a lower mold, and a state in which a plate thickness of the preform has been made greater than the thickness of a molded article to be obtained is brought about, and a matrix resin is injected and impregnated into the preform, and, after that, at least one of the upper mold and the lower mold is operated toward the other and the inner mold is operated in the lateral direction to pressurize the preform, whereby the thickness of the preform is controlled so as to be equal to a predetermined product's thickness, and subsequently the matrix resin is hardened by heating to obtain the molded article, and a production apparatus for a fiber-reinforced plastic for use in the production method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Naofumi HOSOKAWA, Hiroshi ODANI, Masato FURUKAWA, Masaaki YAMASAKI, Akihiko SHIRAHASE