Patents by Inventor Hirohito Minowa

Hirohito Minowa 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).

  • Carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic and process for producing same
    Patent number: 9469740
    Abstract: A carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic prepared by impregnating a matrix resin into a sheet-like base material includes discontinuous carbon fibers, wherein a content ratio of carbon fibers having lengths of 10 mm or longer in the base material is 60 wt % or more relative to a total amount of the carbon fibers, and an average value of orientation degrees of carbon fibers contained in the base material is 2-10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takafumi Hashimoto, Hirohito Minowa, Takashi Shimada, Masahiro Hashimoto, Katsuhiro Miyoshi, Yoshihiro Naruse
  • CARBON-FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME
    Publication number: 20140094555
    Abstract: A carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic prepared by impregnating a matrix resin into a sheet-like base material includes discontinuous carbon fibers, wherein a content ratio of carbon fibers having lengths of 10 mm or longer in the base material is 60 wt % or more relative to a total amount of the carbon fibers, and an average value of orientation degrees of carbon fibers contained in the base material is 2-10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takafumi Hashimoto, Hirohito Minowa, Takashi Shimada, Masahiro Hashimoto, Katsuhiro Miyoshi, Yoshihiro Naruse