Patents by Inventor Saori TAKAGI

Saori TAKAGI 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).

  • Fiber-material molding machine and fiber-material molding method
    Patent number: 11529773
    Abstract: A molding machine places strips of a tape material side by side and molds the tape material into a molded shape having a web portion and a flange portion, the tape material including a continuous fiber bundle extending in a longitudinal direction. The molding machine includes spreading unit able to increase a width of the tape material by spreading the tape material, and a laying roller that places the tape material which has passed through the spreading unit onto a surface of a molding tool. The spreading unit continuously changes the width of the tape material to avoid generation of a gap between adjacent strips of the tape material, the adjacent strips being adjacent to each other when the tape material is placed on the surface of the molding tool, and the laying roller places the strips of the tape material side by side in a plurality of rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Saori Takagi, Yohei Hamamoto
  • FIBER-MATERIAL MOLDING MACHINE AND FIBER-MATERIAL MOLDING METHOD
    Publication number: 20200055263
    Abstract: A molding machine places strips of a tape material side by side and molds the tape material into a molded shape having a web portion and a flange portion, the tape material including a continuous fiber bundle extending in a longitudinal direction. The molding machine includes spreading unit able to increase a width of the tape material by spreading the tape material, and a laying roller that places the tape material which has passed through the spreading unit onto a surface of a molding tool. The spreading unit continuously changes the width of the tape material to avoid generation of a gap between adjacent strips of the tape material, the adjacent strips being adjacent to each other when the tape material is placed on the surface of the molding tool, and the laying roller places the strips of the tape material side by side in a plurality of rows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Saori TAKAGI, Yohei HAMAMOTO