Patents by Inventor Akihiro TERASAKA
Akihiro TERASAKA 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).
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Patent number: 11945179Abstract: The preset invention is to mold a laminate at a high accuracy by appropriately generating slippage between fiber sheets of the laminate at bending. A method for molding a laminate includes a step in which a plurality of gripping parts, which are arranged apart from each other, grip an area, wherein slippage between fiber sheets is prevented, in a plate-shaped laminate including a plurality of fiber sheets laminated each other; a step in which the plurality of gripping parts grip the area wherein slippage between the fiber sheets is prevented, while maintaining the state wherein relative moving of the area of the laminate and the gripping parts is prevented; and a step in which the gripping parts move so as to subject the laminate to bending.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Toshiki Kitazawa, Homare Yamato, Masahiko Shimizu, Hiromichi Akiyama, Akihiro Terasaka
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Publication number: 20230373169Abstract: A method of forming a composite hollow part according to the present disclosure includes: covering a core with a first bag film; forming an intermediate body having a hollow shape by superimposing fibers of the composite material on the first bag film; placing the intermediate body together with the core and the first bag film on an outer mold; covering the outer mold with the second bag film; and demolding the molded composite hollow part by heating the intermediate body and heating the intermediate body after the atmospheric pressure of the outside of the first bag film and the inside of the second bag film is lower than the atmospheric pressure of the outside of the second bag film and the atmospheric pressure of the inside of the first bag film.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Akihiro TERASAKA
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Publication number: 20230264431Abstract: Provided is a composite material bonding apparatus that can reduce a cycle time when composite material members are bonded to each other. The composite material bonding apparatus includes a sheet-heater moving device that places a graphite heater at an insertion position between a first bonded surface of a first composite material member and a second bonded surface of a second composite material member such that the graphite heater is parallel to the first bonded surface and the second bonded surface facing the first bonded surface, and retracts the graphite heater to a retraction position from the insertion position. The first bonded surface and the second bonded surface are heated at the insertion position by the graphite heater, and then the graphite heater is moved to the retraction position by the sheet-heater moving device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2020Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Makoto MORIYA, Makoto ISHIDA, Shogo OTOBE, Akihiro TERASAKA
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Publication number: 20230039320Abstract: A composite structure manufacturing method comprising: a lamination step in which a plurality of fiber-reinforced resin sheets are laminated to form a plate-shaped laminate; a pressing deformation step in which a third roller or similar, which rolls along a plate surface of the laminate, is used to press the plate surface of the laminate, thereby forming a recessed section or a protruding section in a prescribed section of the laminate; a short direction deformation step in which, after the pressing deformation step, the laminate is deformed in the short direction to make the long direction cross-section into a prescribed shape; and a long direction deformation step in which, after the pressing deformation step, the laminate is deformed in the long direction to make the short direction cross-section into a prescribed shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Homare YAMATO, Masahiko SHIMIZU, Toshiki KITAZAWA, Shoya MANO, Akihiro TERASAKA
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Publication number: 20230018803Abstract: Provided are a welding device and a welding method that can avoid occurrence of a clearance in a side region of a member and suppress occurrence of a failure of the member due to such a clearance. The embodiment includes: an electrode 11 configured to supply electricity to an electroconductive element 23 arranged between members 21, 22 and configured to generate heat by current conduction; and a pressing element 12 arranged in a side region of one member 22 of the members 21, 22 and configured to press the electroconductive element 23 while elastically being in close contact with the one member 22. Further, the pressing element 12 comes into close contact with the one member 22 by being pushed against the electroconductive element 23 and expanding in a direction orthogonal to a pushing direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Akihiro TERASAKA, Shogo OTOBE
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Publication number: 20220176659Abstract: A fitting method is for fitting a material to be repaired and a repair patch to be adhesively bonded to the material at adhesive surfaces, each adhesive surface having at least two or more of curved portions. The fitting method includes measuring a shape of the material; measuring a shape of the repair patch; dividing repair patch shape measurement data acquired at measuring the shape of repair patch into pieces of divided data each including one or less of the curved portions; performing, at the adhesive surfaces, fitting processing of the pieces of divided data acquired at dividing the repair patch shape measurement data to material-to-be-repaired shape measurement data acquired at measuring the shape of material; and calculating a gap amount between the material-to-be-repaired shape measurement data and repair patch shape fitting data acquired from the fitting processing at the adhesive surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Yuichi YUI, Akihiro TERASAKA, Kenji WADA, Yoshifusa TOBATA, Koichi HASEGAWA, Yasunobu ISHIDA
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Publication number: 20220143935Abstract: A composite material molding method includes a first disposition step for disposing a prepreg on a jig molding surface of a molding jig; a first sealing step for airtightly sealing the prepreg by covering the prepreg with a first resin bag; a second disposition step for disposing a breather so as to cover the first resin bag; a second sealing step for airtightly sealing the breather so as to cover the breather with a second resin bag; a first depressurization step for depressurizing a first space sealed by the first resin bag; a second depressurization step for depressurizing a second space sealed by the second resin bag; and a heat-curing step for heat-curing the prepreg by supplying the internal space of a pressure vessel with a steam with a predetermined temperature and a predetermined pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2019Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Yuichi YUI, Akihisa OKUDA, Masahiko SHIMIZU, Yuki KANI, Akihiro TERASAKA
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Publication number: 20220097322Abstract: The preset invention is to mold a laminate at a high accuracy by appropriately generating slippage between fiber sheets of the laminate at bending. A method for molding a laminate includes a step in which a plurality of gripping parts, which are arranged apart from each other, grip an area, wherein slippage between fiber sheets is prevented, in a plate-shaped laminate including a plurality of fiber sheets laminated each other; a step in which the plurality of gripping parts grip the area wherein slippage between the fiber sheets is prevented, while maintaining the state wherein relative moving of the area of the laminate and the gripping parts is prevented; and a step in which the gripping parts move so as to subject the laminate to bending.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2019Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Toshiki KITAZAWA, Homare YAMATO, Masahiko SHIMIZU, Hiromichi AKIYAMA, Akihiro TERASAKA
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Publication number: 20210122126Abstract: A first pressure transmission member is formed of a soft material that is softer than the material of a second pressure transmission member. The second pressure transmission member has an area that is larger than that of the first pressure transmission member, and includes a pressurizing surface in contact with the first pressure transmission member, and a pressure receiving surface, which is disposed on the reverse side of the pressurizing surface, and which faces a bag material, the pressure receiving surface having an area that is larger than that of the pressurizing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2017Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventor: Akihiro TERASAKA
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Patent number: 10456961Abstract: The bonding apparatus of the present invention is an apparatus that bonds a patch containing a reinforcing fiber to a bonded section of a corner section CR of an object member. The bonding apparatus has s heater mat, a pushing member, a bag member having a decompression port, a mold releasing film, a breather, a heater mat and a sealant. A pushing member has a first cowl plate, a second cowl plate and an elastic pressuring body. A pressuring section of the pushing member has the surface shape corresponding to a corner section design value after the patch is bonded. By protruding from a gap between a first cowl plate and a second cowl plate to a direction of the corner section CR, the patch is pushed to the bonded section and the generation of a wrinkle in the reinforcing fiber can be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Terasaka, Jun Eto, Yasunobu Ishida
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Publication number: 20170305044Abstract: The bonding apparatus of the present invention is an apparatus that bonds a patch containing a reinforcing fiber to a bonded section of a corner section CR of an object member. The bonding apparatus has s heater mat, a pushing member, a bag member having a decompression port, a mold releasing film, a breather, a heater mat and a sealant. A pushing member has a first cowl plate, a second cowl plate and an elastic pressuring body. A pressuring section of the pushing member has the surface shape corresponding to a corner section design value after the patch is bonded. By protruding from a gap between a first cowl plate and a second cowl plate to a direction of the corner section CR, the patch is pushed to the bonded section and the generation of a wrinkle in the reinforcing fiber can be prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akihiro TERASAKA, Jun ETO, Yasunobu ISHIDA