Patents by Inventor Takehito TAKATSU

Takehito TAKATSU 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: 20240034043
    Abstract: To provide a technique for automatizing a lamination work of a woven prepreg material. A lamination order is decided. A plurality of piece parts 10 is cut out from a prepreg base material. In accordance with the order, the cut-out piece parts 10 are placed on a base sheet 20. The base sheet 20 having the piece parts 10 placed thereon is wound into a roll shape. The base sheet 20 is fed from the feeding reel 31 to be wound by the winding reel 32. A compaction roller 33, in accordance with the order, causes the piece parts 10 to be pressure-bonded against a jig 40 or a laminated body (in the middle of formation) to transfer the piece pats 10 from the base sheet 20. Repetition of the above operations enables lamination of the prepreg materials and achieves formation of a targeted laminated body 50 (final product).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPI Corporation
    Inventors: Risa YOSHIZAKI, Takehito TAKATSU, Ryoichi ASANO
  • Patent number: 11629028
    Abstract: Provided is an automatable peeling apparatus for peeling a protective sheet from a prepreg sheet. This peeling apparatus 2 is equipped with a loading unit 11, a prepreg sheet conveying unit 12, a leading end position detection unit 13, air spraying units 14, 15, a peeling state detection unit 16, protective sheet gripping/conveying units 17, 18, an extraction unit 19, and a control unit 20. The control apparatus 20 controls the loading unit 11, the prepreg sheet conveying unit 12, the leading end position detection unit 13, the air spraying units 14, 15, the peeling state detection unit 16, the protective sheet gripping/conveying units 17, 18, and the extraction unit 19. The first spraying mechanism 14 sprays first air onto the front of the end face of the prepreg sheet. The second spraying mechanism 15 sprays second air and fourth air onto the peeling boundary of the protective sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPI Corporation
    Inventors: Risa Yoshizaki, Takehito Takatsu, Toru Jinishi
  • Publication number: 20220127102
    Abstract: Provided is an automatable peeling apparatus for peeling a protective sheet from a prepreg sheet. This peeling apparatus 2 is equipped with a loading unit 11, a prepreg sheet conveying unit 12, a leading end position detection unit 13, air spraying units 14, 15, a peeling state detection unit 16, protective sheet gripping/conveying units 17, 18, an extraction unit 19, and a control unit 20. The control apparatus 20 controls the loading unit 11, the prepreg sheet conveying unit 12, the leading end position detection unit 13, the air spraying units 14, 15, the peeling state detection unit 16, the protective sheet gripping/conveying units 17, 18, and the extraction unit 19. The first spraying mechanism 14 sprays first air onto the front of the end face of the prepreg sheet. The second spraying mechanism 15 sprays second air and fourth air onto the peeling boundary of the protective sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPI Corporation
    Inventors: Risa YOSHIZAKI, Takehito TAKATSU, Toru JINISHI
  • Patent number: 11247866
    Abstract: Provided is an automatable peeling apparatus for peeling a protective sheet from a prepreg sheet. This peeling apparatus 2 is equipped with a loading unit 11, a prepreg sheet conveying unit 12, a leading end position detection unit 13, air spraying units 14, 15, a peeling state detection unit 16, protective sheet gripping/conveying units 17, 18, an extraction unit 19, and a control unit 20. The control apparatus 20 controls the loading unit 11, the prepreg sheet conveying unit 12, the leading end position detection unit 13, the air spraying units 14, 15, the peeling state detection unit 16, the protective sheet gripping/conveying units 17, 18, and the extraction unit 19. The first spraying mechanism 14 sprays first air onto the front of the end face of the prepreg sheet. The second spraying mechanism 15 sprays second air and fourth air onto the peeling boundary of the protective sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPI Corporation
    Inventors: Risa Yoshizaki, Takehito Takatsu, Toru Jinishi
  • Publication number: 20210024324
    Abstract: Provided is an automatable peeling apparatus for peeling a protective sheet from a prepreg sheet. This peeling apparatus 2 is equipped with a loading unit 11, a prepreg sheet conveying unit 12, a leading end position detection unit 13, air spraying units 14, 15, a peeling state detection unit 16, protective sheet gripping/conveying units 17, 18, an extraction unit 19, and a control unit 20. The control apparatus 20 controls the loading unit 11, the prepreg sheet conveying unit 12, the leading end position detection unit 13, the air spraying units 14, 15, the peeling state detection unit 16, the protective sheet gripping/conveying units 17, 18, and the extraction unit 19. The first spraying mechanism 14 sprays first air onto the front of the end face of the prepreg sheet. The second spraying mechanism 15 sprays second air and fourth air onto the peeling boundary of the protective sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPI Corporation
    Inventors: Risa YOSHIZAKI, Takehito TAKATSU, Toru JINISHI
  • Publication number: 20200398520
    Abstract: Provided is a technique for forming a honeycomb sandwich composite material which is easy and can be automated. The honeycomb sandwich composite material 30 comprises a honeycomb core 20, an FRP lower portion, and an FRP upper portion. A first prepreg sheet laminate 21 serves as the FRP upper portion. A second prepreg sheet laminate 22 serves as the FRP lower portion. A jig 10 having a concave 11 corresponding to the upside-down shape of the honeycomb 20 is used in the shaping step and the curing step. The laminate 21 is shaped so as to correspond to the concave 11 by a hot drape device (S15), the honeycomb core is disposed upside-down (S16), and the laminate 22 is placed thereon (S17). Without removing the mold, curing is effected by an autoclave device, the mold is removed after curing, and the composite material is turned upside-down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPI Corporation
    Inventors: Keita AWANO, Takehito TAKATSU, Toru JINISHI