Patents by Inventor Seiji Tsuji

Seiji Tsuji 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).

  • Publication number: 20200254654
    Abstract: An object is to provide a manufacturing method of a fiber-reinforced resin that significantly reduces a resin filling defect on the surface and surface irregularity caused by a temperature difference between a molding temperature (curing temperature) and ordinary temperature in the course of molding the fiber-reinforced resin, and a product manufactured by the manufacturing method. There is accordingly provided a manufacturing method of a coated fiber-reinforced resin molded article and a product manufactured by the manufacturing method. The manufacturing method comprises a first molding process that cures a matrix resin which a reinforcing fiber is impregnated with at a temperature T1(° C.) to obtain a fiber-reinforced resin molded article; and a second molding process that places the fiber-reinforced resin molded article in a cavity of a mold, sets the cavity to a temperature T2(° C.) that is lower than the temperature T1(° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hidehiro TAKEMOTO, Seiji TSUJI, Masashi KITAGAWA, Yuji MIYAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10493657
    Abstract: A sheet-like reinforcing fiber base material reduces waste in production of a fiber-reinforced resin molded product and has a small position shift of a reinforcing fiber base material for reinforcement, as well as a preform and a fiber-reinforced resin molded product. The sheet-like reinforcing fiber base material is configured to maintain a sheet-like form by arraying and arranging reinforcing fiber bundles such that longitudinal directions thereof are one identical direction and restraining positions of adjacent reinforcing fiber bundles with respect to each other. In the sheet-like reinforcing fiber base material, the placement amount of reinforcing fibers is partly increased, such that the placement weight of reinforcing fibers per unit area is non-uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Seiji Tsuji, Masayuki Sato
  • Patent number: 9950479
    Abstract: A method of producing FRP includes disposing a preform made of a reinforcing fiber base material in a cavity of a mold, providing a resin injection path and a suction path that sucks at least air to the mold, and causing resin from the resin injection path to flow in a direction toward the suction path in the cavity to be impregnated into the preform, wherein 1) a high flow resistance region for partially making the resin flowing in the preform hardly flow is formed in the preform itself, 2) a flow front of the resin flowing in the direction toward the suction path through the high flow resistance region is controlled to settle within a permitted region that has been predetermined relative to a shape of a product to be molded, 3) the resin injection path is formed from a runner provided around the preform and the suction path is disposed at a central portion of the preform, and the high flow resistance region is formed at a corresponding part corresponding to a part around the suction path as a high flow resi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kohnosuke Yamamoto, Seiji Tsuji, Kazuya Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20180093397
    Abstract: A sheet-like reinforcing fiber base material reduces waste in production of a fiber-reinforced resin molded product and has a small position shift of a reinforcing fiber base material for reinforcement, as well as a preform and a fiber-reinforced resin molded product. The sheet-like reinforcing fiber base material is configured to maintain a sheet-like form by arraying and arranging reinforcing fiber bundles such that longitudinal directions thereof are one identical direction and restraining positions of adjacent reinforcing fiber bundles with respect to each other. In the sheet-like reinforcing fiber base material, the placement amount of reinforcing fibers is partly increased, such that the placement weight of reinforcing fibers per unit area is non-uniform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Seiji Tsuji, Masayuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20170157804
    Abstract: An object is to provide a manufacturing method of a fiber-reinforced resin that significantly reduces a resin filling defect on the surface and surface irregularity caused by a temperature difference between a molding temperature (curing temperature) and ordinary temperature in the course of molding the fiber-reinforced resin, and a product manufactured by the manufacturing method. There is accordingly provided a manufacturing method of a coated fiber-reinforced resin molded article and a product manufactured by the manufacturing method. The manufacturing method comprises a first molding process that cures a matrix resin which a reinforcing fiber is impregnated with at a temperature T1(° C.) to obtain a fiber-reinforced resin molded article; and a second molding process that places the fiber-reinforced resin molded article in a cavity of a mold, sets the cavity to a temperature T2(° C.) that is lower than the temperature T1(° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hidehiro TAKEMOTO, Seiji TSUJI, Masashi KITAGAWA, Yuji MIYAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9616622
    Abstract: An RTM method in which a preform formed from a reinforcing fiber substrate is placed in a cavity of a molding die, and resin is injected from a plurality of injection ports into the cavity and impregnated into the preform, includes disposing the plurality of injection ports in first positions in a central section of the cavity corresponding to positions of the preform located in a product area of an article to be finally molded and second positions located in a periphery of the cavity corresponding to positions of the preform outside the product area of the article to be finally molded or corresponding to positions inside the cavity but outside an area of the preform, and causing the timing of closing the injection ports after resin injection to be different from each other between injection ports disposed in the first positions and injection ports disposed in the second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kohnosuke Yamamoto, Seiji Tsuji, Kazuya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9604415
    Abstract: A method for producing FRP in which a preform made of a reinforcing fiber base material is disposed in a cavity of a mold, a resin injection path and a suction path that sucks at least air are provided to the mold, and resin from the resin injection path is caused to flow in the direction toward the suction path in the cavity to be impregnated into the preform, wherein a high flow resistance region for partially making the resin flowing in the preform hardly flow is formed in the preform itself, and a flow front of the resin flowing in the direction toward the suction path through the high flow resistance region is controlled to settle within a permitted region that has been predetermined relative to a shape of a product to be molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kohnosuke Yamamoto, Seiji Tsuji, Kazuya Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20160339648
    Abstract: A method of producing FRP includes disposing a preform made of a reinforcing fiber base material in a cavity of a mold, providing a resin injection path and a suction path that sucks at least air to the mold, and causing resin from the resin injection path to flow in a direction toward the suction path in the cavity to be impregnated into the preform, wherein 1) a high flow resistance region for partially making the resin flowing in the preform hardly flow is formed in the preform itself, 2) a flow front of the resin flowing in the direction toward the suction path through the high flow resistance region is controlled to settle within a permitted region that has been predetermined relative to a shape of a product to be molded, 3) the resin injection path is formed from a runner provided around the preform and the suction path is disposed at a central portion of the preform, and the high flow resistance region is formed at a corresponding part corresponding to a part around the suction path as a high flow resi
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Kohnosuke Yamamoto, Seiji Tsuji, Kazuya Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20150048546
    Abstract: An RTM method in which a preform formed from a reinforcing fiber substrate is placed in a cavity of a molding die, and resin is injected from a plurality of injection ports into the cavity and impregnated into the preform, includes disposing the plurality of injection ports in first positions in a central section of the cavity corresponding to positions of the preform located in a product area of an article to be finally molded and second positions located in a periphery of the cavity corresponding to positions of the preform outside the product area of the article to be finally molded or corresponding to positions inside the cavity but outside an area of the preform, and causing the timing of closing the injection ports after resin injection to be different from each other between injection ports disposed in the first positions and injection ports disposed in the second positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Kohnosuke Yamamoto, Seiji Tsuji, Kazuya Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20150014883
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin in which resin is injected into a reinforcing-fiber substrate placed in a molding die from an injection port opened in a direction facing a surface of the reinforcing-fiber substrate, and the resin is then impregnated into the reinforcing-fiber substrate includes forming a space for injected-resin transit passage in the reinforcing-fiber substrate in the molding die by at least partially removing in advance a section of the reinforcing-fiber substrate located directly below the injection port in a thickness direction of the reinforcing-fiber substrate, and impregnating the resin injected from the injection port into the reinforcing-fiber substrate through the space for injected-resin transit passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Kohnosuke Yamamoto, Seiji Tsuji, Masashi Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 8741198
    Abstract: A process for producing a fiber reinforced resin which comprises placing at least a reinforcing fiber substrate in a cavity of a mold, injecting a resin into the cavity, and curing the resin, characterized in that a substrate for forming a skin layer, and a resin distribution medium, which is located between the substrate for forming the skin layer and the reinforcing fiber substrate and in which the ratio of the coefficient of impregnation thereof to that of the substrate for forming the skin layer is 1.5-10, are disposed on at least one surface of the reinforcing fiber substrate via an interlayer having a cover factor of 90%-100% and comprising at least one woven fabric. The process diminishes pinhole generation in the skin layer in RTM, and can reduce the necessity of a repair step in, e.g., a painting step as a later step, thereby improving productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihide Sekido, Hidehiro Takemoto, Seiji Tsuji, Shintaro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130328236
    Abstract: A method for producing FRP in which a preform made of a reinforcing fiber base material is disposed in a cavity of a mold, a resin injection path and a suction path that sucks at least air are provided to the mold, and resin from the resin injection path is caused to flow in the direction toward the suction path in the cavity to be impregnated into the preform, wherein a high flow resistance region for partially making the resin flowing in the preform hardly flow is formed in the preform itself, and a flow front of the resin flowing in the direction toward the suction path through the high flow resistance region is controlled to settle within a permitted region that has been predetermined relative to a shape of a product to be molded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kohnosuke Yamamoto, Seiji Tsuji, Kazuya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8574484
    Abstract: Provided is a RTM method wherein a molding die composed of a temperature control mechanism, which is arranged on at least one of a plurality of dies that form a molding die and adjusts the temperature of the die, and a valve mechanism, which starts and stops supply of a resin in a state of having fluidity to the cavity of the molding die, is used. In the method, a plurality of the valve mechanisms are arranged on the molding die, each of the valve mechanisms is provided with one or a plurality of temperature control systems which adjust the temperature of the valve mechanism, the resin in the state of having fluidity is supplied to the cavity from the valve mechanisms, and a reinforcing fiber base material contained in the cavity is impregnated with the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Seiji Tsuji, Hidehiro Takemoto, Masaaki Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20120315455
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a preform and a preform manufactured by the method includes a plurality of substrates to which a binder has been affixed laminated to form a laminate and a forming die is used to form the laminate, thereby manufacturing a preform which is a precursor in resin transfer molding (RTM) of fiber reinforced plastic (FRP). During the manufacturing the laminate is pressed into a predetermined shape by the forming die, the binder is melted by directly heating the binder of the substrates in the laminate being pressed or both and is cooled thereafter to solidify the binder, and the substrates are adhered between layers thereof to retain the formed shape of the preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamasaki, Toyokazu Hino, Seiji Tsuji
  • Patent number: 8168106
    Abstract: A process for producing a reinforcing woven fabric includes sticking a resin material on at least one surface of a fabric substrate including a plurality of reinforcing fiber bundles and varying the relative position of a plurality of reinforcing fiber bundles to peel the resin material stuck over two or more reinforcing fiber bundles from a part of the two or more reinforcing fiber bundles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Seiji Tsuji, Masatoshi Tsukamoto, Hidehiro Takemoto, Tamotsu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8147783
    Abstract: Disclosed are a nickel hydroxide powder and a method for producing the same. The nickel hydroxide powder comprises a particle in the form of sphere, an average particle diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and 30 ?m or less, and the amount of the particles having a diameter of 0.7 times or more and 1.3 times or less the average particle diameter of 80% by weight or more based on the total amount of particles. The method for producing a nickel hydroxide powder comprises the steps of (1) to (4): (1) injecting a solution containing a nickel salt through a pore into a liquid mutually insoluble with the solution to obtain an emulsion including solution as a dispersed phase and the liquid as a continuous phase; (2) gelating the emulsion; (3) separating the dispersed phase from the obtained gel to obtain a cake; and (4) drying the cake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshio Uchida, Seiji Tsuji, Ren-De Sun
  • Patent number: 8123156
    Abstract: A traversing device for stabilizing the yarn path of a thin and uniform flat fiber bundle without causing any trouble, e.g. entanglement of single fibers, and ensuring a good winding appearance of the winding package of fiber bundle, and a yarn path guide for stabilizing the yarn path without causing any trouble, e.g. entanglement of single fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Mishima, Ken Kugita, Hidetaka Matsumae, Shota Sakimura, Seiji Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20110272853
    Abstract: Provided is a RTM method wherein a molding die composed of a temperature control mechanism, which is arranged on at least one of a plurality of dies that form a molding die and adjusts the temperature of the die, and a valve mechanism, which starts and stops supply of a resin in a state of having fluidity to the cavity of the molding die, is used. In the method, a plurality of the valve mechanisms are arranged on the molding die, each of the valve mechanisms is provided with one or a plurality of temperature control systems which adjust the temperature of the valve mechanism, the resin in the state of having fluidity is supplied to the cavity from the valve mechanisms, and a reinforcing fiber base material contained in the cavity is impregnated with the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Toray Industries. Inc
    Inventors: Seiji Tsuji, Hidehiro Takemoto, Masaaki Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20110079348
    Abstract: A process for producing a reinforcing woven fabric includes sticking a resin material on at least one surface of a fabric substrate including a plurality of reinforcing fiber bundles and varying the relative position of a plurality of reinforcing fiber bundles to peel the resin material stuck over two or more reinforcing fiber bundles from a part of the two or more reinforcing fiber bundles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Seiji Tsuji, Masatoshi Tsukamoto, Hidehiro Takemoto, Tamotsu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7888274
    Abstract: To provide a reinforcing woven fabric, which is excellent in deformability, capable of following a complicated shape and excellent in retention of the shape, and a preform using it, a fiber reinforced plastic molded component and a process for producing them. Provided is a reinforcing woven fabric where a resin material is stuck on at least one surface of a fabric substrate containing a plurality of reinforcing fiber bundles, then the resin material stuck over two or more reinforcing fiber bundles is peeled from a part of the two or more reinforcing fiber bundles by varying the relative position of a plurality of reinforcing fiber bundles constituting the fabric substrate, wherein the maximum value of load till a tensile strain in a non fiber axial tensile test reaches 1% is in a range of 0.01 to 0.75 N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Seiji Tsuji, Masatoshi Tsukamoto, Hidehiro Takemoto, Tamotsu Suzuki