Abstract: A seat state detection apparatus according to the present invention includes: a detecting unit configured to, in accordance with a moving operation in a front-rear direction by an operator on a seat of a vehicle, detect a moving status value representing a status of a moving mechanism that moves the seat in the front-rear direction; and a determining unit configured to determine that the moving mechanism is in a first state when the detected moving status value is more than a first threshold value, and determine that the moving mechanism is in a second state when the detected moving status value is less than a second threshold value set to a value lower than the first threshold value.

Abstract: A reinforcing fiber sheet manufacturing apparatus configured to place a reinforcing fiber bundle on a table includes a fiber bundle supply mechanism configured to feed the reinforcing fiber bundle and equipped with a fiber bundle pressing portion that is configured to press the reinforcing fiber bundle against the table; and a cutting blade located independently of the fiber bundle supply mechanism and configured to cut the reinforcing fiber bundle that is pressed by the fiber bundle pressing portion.

Abstract: A reinforcing fiber sheet manufacturing apparatus configured to place a reinforcing fiber bundle on a table includes a fiber bundle supply mechanism configured to feed the reinforcing fiber bundle and equipped with a fiber bundle pressing portion that is configured to press the reinforcing fiber bundle against the table; and a cutting blade located independently of the fiber bundle supply mechanism and configured to cut the reinforcing fiber bundle that is pressed by the fiber bundle pressing portion.

Abstract: A carbon fiber preform has a plurality of carbon fiber sheets that are stacked and are bonded to each other by means of an adhesive resin having thermal plasticity. This carbon fiber preform comprises a partial-conducting layer arranged at least either between at least one pair of adjacent layers of the plurality of carbon fiber sheets or on a surface area of the plurality of carbon fiber sheets and configured to have a resistance area which has higher electric resistance than electric resistance of the carbon fiber sheet in a stacking direction and a conductive area which is capable of having electrical continuity in the stacking direction, wherein the resistance area and the conductive area are arranged in a surface direction orthogonal to the stacking direction. The plurality of carbon fibers sheets are bonded to each other by means of the adhesive resin in the surface direction in the conductive area and in an area corresponding to periphery of the conductive area.

Abstract: A preform for the molding of a fiber-reinforced resin beam, the preform comprising: a reinforcing-fiber beam which has been formed from a reinforcing-fiber base made up of many reinforcing fibers and has a cross-sectional shape comprising at least one linear part and at least one curved part connected to the linear part; and a release sheet bonded and united through an adhesive resin to at least part of a surface of the reinforcing-fiber base along the lengthwise direction for the base. A process for producing a preform comprises: a step in which a continuous flat reinforcing-fiber base having a release sheet bonded and united to a surface thereof is shaped so that the cross-sectional shape of the base comes to have a curved part to thereby produce a preshaped object; and a preshaped-object uniting step in which the preshaped object is bonded and united to another preshaped object.

Abstract: A preform for the molding of a fiber-reinforced resin beam includes a reinforcing-fiber beam which has been formed from a reinforcing-fiber base made up of many reinforcing fibers and has a cross-sectional shape with at least one linear part and at least one curved part connected to the linear part; and a release sheet bonded and united through an adhesive resin to at least part of a surface of the reinforcing-fiber base along the lengthwise direction for the base. A process for producing a preform includes shaping a continuous flat reinforcing-fiber base having a release sheet bonded and united to a surface thereof so that the cross-sectional shape of the base has a curved part to thereby produce a preshaped object; and bonding and uniting the preshaped object to another preshaped object.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a preform, and apparatus therefor, wherein a preform with a branched portion in its cross-section profile is continuously manufactured by delivering a raw form of reinforcing fiber base material with a branched portion in its cross-section profile, among multiple reinforcing fiber base materials for constructing the preform, intermittently in the longitudinal direction thereof; at each delivery discontinuation, performing heat and/or pressure application to the raw base material so as to tentatively obtain a preliminary shaped matter with given configuration; and uniting the obtained preliminary shaped matter with given configuration with raw forms of other reinforcing fiber base materials for constructing the preform.

Abstract: A preform for the molding of a fiber-reinforced resin beam, the preform comprising: a reinforcing-fiber beam which has been formed from a reinforcing-fiber base made up of many reinforcing fibers and has a cross-sectional shape comprising at least one linear part and at least one curved part connected to the linear part; and a release sheet bonded and united through an adhesive resin to at least part of a surface of the reinforcing-fiber base along the lengthwise direction for the base. A process for producing a preform comprises: a step in which a continuous flat reinforcing-fiber base having a release sheet bonded and united to a surface thereof is shaped so that the cross-sectional shape of the base comes to have a curved part to thereby produce a preshaped object; and a preshaped-object uniting step in which the preshaped object is bonded and united to another preshaped object.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a preform, and apparatus therefor, wherein a preform with a branched portion in its cross-section profile is continuously manufactured by delivering a raw form of reinforcing fiber base material with a branched portion in its cross-section profile, among multiple reinforcing fiber base materials for constructing the preform, intermittently in the longitudinal direction thereof; at each delivery discontinuation, performing heat and/or pressure application to the raw base material so as to tentatively obtain a preliminary shaped matter with given configuration; and uniting the obtained preliminary shaped matter with given configuration with raw forms of other reinforcing fiber base materials for constructing the preform.