Patents by Inventor Kosuke OWATARI

Kosuke OWATARI 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).

  • Device for automatically layering prepreg sheets and method for layering prepreg sheets
    Patent number: 9993979
    Abstract: The present invention has a cooling unit (29) as a temperature gradient formation unit for forming a temperature gradient in which the temperature is lowered in the direction from one surface (18a) of a semi-cured prepreg sheet (18) layered on a top surface (12a) of a layered body (12) toward the other surface (17b) of a release sheet (17), in a first region (C1) of a layered sheet (16) located upstream from a first roller (52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Shibutani, Megumu Tsuruta, Kosuke Owatari, Toshikazu Ueda, Yukiharu Yamasaki
  • Compactor and prepreg sheet automatic lamination device
    Patent number: 9956705
    Abstract: This compactor includes first rollers having first roller surfaces that press a laminated sheet from the second surface side of a release sheet, the first rollers being disposed separated from each other; and a second roller having a second roller surface that presses the laminated sheet from the second surface side of the release sheet, the second roller being disposed such that the second roller surface faces a gap provided between the first rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Megumu Tsuruta, Takashi Shibutani, Kentarou Saeki, Yoshitomo Noda, Kosuke Owatari
  • COMPACTOR AND PREPREG SHEET AUTOMATIC LAMINATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170001343
    Abstract: This compactor includes first rollers having first roller surfaces that press a laminated sheet from the second surface side of a release sheet, the first rollers being disposed separated from each other; and a second roller having a second roller surface that presses the laminated sheet from the second surface side of the release sheet, the second roller being disposed such that the second roller surface faces a gap provided between the first rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Megumu TSURUTA, Takashi SHIBUTANI, Kentarou SAEKI, Yoshitomo NODA, Kosuke OWATARI
  • DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY LAYERING PREPREG SHEETS AND METHOD FOR LAYERING PREPREG SHEETS
    Publication number: 20160243769
    Abstract: The present invention has a cooling unit (29) as a temperature gradient formation unit for forming a temperature gradient in which the temperature is lowered in the direction from one surface (18a) of a semi-cured prepreg sheet (18) layered on a top surface (12a) of a layered body (12) toward the other surface (17b) of a release sheet (17), in a first region (C1) of a layered sheet (16) located upstream from a first roller (52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi SHIBUTANI, Megumu TSURUTA, Kosuke OWATARI, Toshikazu UEDA, Yukiharu YAMASAKI