Patents by Inventor Haruo Obara

Haruo Obara 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).

  • Patent number: 8415007
    Abstract: A layered product which is a molded object including a thermoset resin layer, a thermoplastic resin layer, and reinforcing fibers comprising many continuous filaments, wherein the thermoset resin layer has been united with the thermoplastic resin layer at the interface between these layers, the resin of the thermoset resin layer and the resin of the thermoplastic resin layer each having an irregular surface shape at the interface, and a group of filaments among the reinforcing fibers are in contact with at least the resin of the thermoset resin layer and the other group of filaments among the reinforcing fibers are in contact with at least the resin of the thermoplastic resin layer, and that side of the thermoplastic resin layer which is opposite to the interface being a surface of the molded object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Honma, Souichi Ishibashi, Yoshiki Takebe, Haruo Obara, Takeshi Nishizawa, Kosuke Shiho, Seiichiro Eto, Takashi Hasegawa, Hideaki Tanisugi
  • Publication number: 20120094106
    Abstract: A layered product which is a molded object including a thermoset resin layer, a thermoplastic resin layer, and reinforcing fibers comprising many continuous filaments, wherein the thermoset resin layer has been united with the thermoplastic resin layer at the interface between these layers, the resin of the thermoset resin layer and the resin of the thermoplastic resin layer each having an irregular surface shape at the interface, and a group of filaments among the reinforcing fibers are in contact with at least the resin of the thermoset resin layer and the other group of filaments among the reinforcing fibers are in contact with at least the resin of the thermoplastic resin layer, and that side of the thermoplastic resin layer which is opposite to the interface being a surface of the molded object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Masato HONMA, Souichi ISHIBASHI, Yoshiki TAKEBE, Haruo OBARA, Takeshi NISHIZAWA, Kosuke SHIHO, Seiichio ETO, Takashi HASEGAWA, Hideaki TANISUGI
  • Patent number: 8092897
    Abstract: A layered product which is a molded object comprising a thermoset resin layer, a thermoplastic resin layer, and reinforcing fibers comprising many continuous filaments, wherein the thermoset resin layer has been united with the thermoplastic resin layer at the interface between these layers, the resin of the thermoset resin layer and the resin of the thermoplastic resin layer each having an irregular surface shape at the interface, and a group of filaments among the reinforcing fibers are in contact with at least the resin of the thermoset resin layer and the other group of filaments among the reinforcing fibers are in contact with at least the resin of the thermoplastic resin layer, that side of the thermoplastic resin layer which is opposite to the interface being a surface of the molded object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: TORAY Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Honma, Souichi Ishibashi, Yoshiki Takebe, Haruo Obara, Takeshi Nishizawa, Kosuke Shiho, Seiichiro Eto, Takashi Hasegawa, Hideaki Tanisugi
  • Publication number: 20060110599
    Abstract: A layered product which is a molded object comprising a thermoset resin layer, a thermoplastic resin layer, and reinforcing fibers comprising many continuous filaments, wherein the thremoset resin layer has been united with the thermoplastic resin layer at the interface between these layers, the resin of the thermoset resin layer and the resin of the thermoplastic resin layer each having an irregular surface shape at the interface, and a group of filaments among the reinforcing fibers are in contact with at least the resin of the thermoset resin layer and the other group of filaments among the reinforcing fibers are in contact with at least the resin of the thermoplastic resin layer, that side of the thermoplastic resin layer which is opposite to the interface being a surface of the molded object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2003
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Masato Honma, Souichi Ishibashi, Yoshiki Takebe, Haruo Obara, Takeshi Nishizawa, Kosuke Shiho, Seichiro Eto, Takashi Hasegawa, Hideaki Tanisugi
  • Patent number: 6444187
    Abstract: Applying a sizing agent as a water dispersed sizing agent to a continuous carbon fiber bundle consisting of 20,000 to 150,000 filaments, controlling the packing density in a range of 5,000 to 20,000 D/mm, cutting the carbon fiber bundle in a wet state of 10 to 35 wt % in solution content at the time of cutting, and drying with vibration at a solution content of 15 to 45 wt % before drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Toray Industies, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Miyoshi, Haruo Obara, Keizo Ono, Tetsuyuki Kyono
  • Patent number: 6066395
    Abstract: A bundle of short chopped carbon fibers impregnated with a sizing agent, the short fiber bundle having an average weight per unit length of 1.7 to 4 mg/mm in the fiber length direction and a coefficient of variation of 30 to 60% in the distribution of weight per unit length in the fiber length direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Miyoshi, Haruo Obara, Keizo Ono, Tetsuyuki Kyono
  • Patent number: 5960834
    Abstract: An FRP curved pipe, particularly suitable for an FRP racket, good in resin flowability and deaeration at the time of molding, less in surface defects and excellent in strength can be obtained by a structure comprising an inner layer including a reinforcing fiber and an outer layer including a non-woven fabric having a single fiber diameter of not greater than 20 .mu.m and a weight per unit area of not greater than 100 g/m.sup.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihide Sekido, Ryoichi Matsuura, Tetsuyuki Kyono, Kazuhiko Nishimura, Kosuke Yoshimura, Shinya Isoi, Haruo Obara, Hiromitsu Kanamori
  • Patent number: 3963803
    Abstract: An acrylic fiber having excellent antistatic properties is obtained by mixing a polymer (A) consisting mainly of acrylonitrile with a copolymer (B) consisting mainly of a polyetherpolyester block copolymer consisting of a polyester and compound represented by the general formula (1): ##EQU1## (wherein each of m and n is O or a positive integer, wherein 25 .ltoreq. m + n .ltoreq. 1000, and m .gtoreq. 10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1973
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1976
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Tanaka, Haruo Obara, Teruo Koseki, Hajime Machida, Michihiko Tanaka, Shigeru Fujii