Patents by Inventor Toshiki Kitazawa
Toshiki Kitazawa 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).
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Patent number: 11945179Abstract: The preset invention is to mold a laminate at a high accuracy by appropriately generating slippage between fiber sheets of the laminate at bending. A method for molding a laminate includes a step in which a plurality of gripping parts, which are arranged apart from each other, grip an area, wherein slippage between fiber sheets is prevented, in a plate-shaped laminate including a plurality of fiber sheets laminated each other; a step in which the plurality of gripping parts grip the area wherein slippage between the fiber sheets is prevented, while maintaining the state wherein relative moving of the area of the laminate and the gripping parts is prevented; and a step in which the gripping parts move so as to subject the laminate to bending.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Toshiki Kitazawa, Homare Yamato, Masahiko Shimizu, Hiromichi Akiyama, Akihiro Terasaka
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Publication number: 20240034010Abstract: A shaping method includes suturing, with a linear suture material, first end regions in a first predetermined direction of a plurality of sheet materials. The method includes fixing a second end region in the first predetermined direction of a laminated body to a first shaping method having a curved portion including at least one of a concave shape and a convex shape along a second predetermined direction in a state where the first predetermined direction coincides with the second predetermined direction. The method includes pressing a second shaping mold against the laminated body, which has been fixed to the first shaping mold in the fixing step, to shape the laminated body along the surface shape of the first shaping mold. The laminated body is shaped by applying a tension in the direction of pulling the first end region away from the second end region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2021Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Toshiki KITAZAWA, Masahiko SHIMIZU, Tomoya MURATA
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Publication number: 20230330913Abstract: A laminated body reference surface curved relative to the X-axis direction and overlapped on a shaping die reference surface and a laminated body bend surface intersecting the laminated body reference surface along the X-axis direction and overlapped on a shaping die bend surface are provided, the angle between the laminated body reference surface and the laminated body bend surface is larger than the angle between the shaping die reference surface and the shaping die bend surface. When a ridge where the shaping die reference surface and the shaping die bend surface intersect defines a shaping die edge, and a ridge where the laminated body reference surface and the laminated body bend surface intersect defines a laminated body edge, the laminated body edge is displaced from the shaping die edge on the shaping die reference surface with the laminated body reference surface being overlapped on the shaping die reference surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Toshiki KITAZAWA, Masahiko SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20230302767Abstract: A charge is formed of a plurality of layers of fiber-reinforced sheets. The charge includes an outermost-layer multi-stack member disposed at each end section in a layering direction; and an intermediate-layer multi-stack member disposed in an intermediate section in the layering direction. The outermost-layer multi-stack member includes a fiber-reinforced sheet in which fibers extend in an X-axis direction in which compression force or tensile force acts when the charge is subjected to bending processing; and has formed therein a plurality of incisions that penetrate in the layering direction and extend in a Y-axis direction. The plurality of incisions are disposed side by side at prescribed intervals in the Y-axis direction and the X-axis direction. An incision that penetrates in the layering direction and extends in the Y-axis direction is formed in the intermediate-layer multi-stack member. The incision extends roughly the entire region affected by compression force or tensile force.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2020Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Toshiki KITAZAWA, Masahiko SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20230294371Abstract: A composite material molding method for molding a composite material by integrating a first fiber base material which is formed in a plate shape and a second fiber base material. The method includes installing; in a recess in a first molding surface of a molding tool, the second fiber base material formed in a shape corresponding to the recess; fixing a first fiber-reinforced portion which is a part of a plurality of fiber reinforced sheets included in the first fiber base material to the first molding surface to cover the recess in which the second fiber base material is installed by the installation step; laying up a second fiber-reinforced portion on the first fiber-reinforced portion fixed by the fixing step; and molding the composite material by integrating and curing the first fiber base material and the second fiber base material installed in the recess using a resin material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Toshiki KITAZAWA, Masahiko SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20230249432Abstract: A multi-stack material includes a plurality of fiber-reinforced sheets that are laminated. The fiber-reinforced sheets include a first fiber-reinforced sheet in which a first fiber extends in a first direction and a second fiber-reinforced sheet in which a second fiber extends in a second direction that is different from the first direction. The first fiber-reinforced sheet has formed therein a plurality of first slits where the first fiber is cut such that each cut-up segment of the first fiber will have an equal length. The second fiber-reinforced sheet has formed therein a plurality of second slits where the second fiber is cut such that each cut-up segment of the second fiber will have an equal length. The first slits and the second slits are arranged so as to overlap with each other when viewed from the direction of lamination.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2020Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Toshiki KITAZAWA, Masahiko SHIMIZU, Yoko TAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20230110534Abstract: A forming device includes: a forming jig extending along an axial direction; a forming die having a shape corresponding to a top part region and a wall part region of the forming jig; and a movement mechanism that moves the forming die so as to approach a bottom part region along a height direction HD. The forming die includes: a body part; a plate-shaped forming part that is attached to the body part so as to be swingable around a swing shaft; and a pressurization part that generates a pressurization force which causes a distal end part of the forming part to push a layered body against the wall part region when the forming die is moved by the movement mechanism so as to approach the bottom part region. In accordance with the distal end part, the part causes a contact surface to contact a region of the layered body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2020Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Homare YAMATO, Masahiko SHIMIZU, Shoya MANO, Toshiki KITAZAWA, Hideki HORIZONO
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Publication number: 20230100087Abstract: A block is configured such that, when a composite material having a curved part in a cross-sectional shape cut by a plane orthogonal to an X-axis is deformed into a shape corresponding to a mold through pressure application while being kept in the mold, the block is brought into contact with the curved part of the composite material. The block includes: a first contact part which extends along the X-axis direction so as to be in contact with the curved part of the composite material; and a second contact part which is partially disposed along the X-axis direction, is in contact with the curved part of the composite material, and is of higher rigidity than the first contact part.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2020Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Toshiki KITAZAWA, Hiroaki NAKAMURA, Masahiko SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20230071796Abstract: A composite material structure body production method includes a layering step of layering a plurality of fiber sheets to form a layered body having a deforming portion extending in one direction, and a forming step of performing bend-forming along a deforming line contained in the deforming portion and extending in the one direction, thereby causing the deforming portion to deform. The layering step produces the layered body in such a manner that the shape of the deforming portion is a shape wherein: the cross-section shape in the one direction and the cross-section shape in an intersecting direction that intersects with the one direction are bent or curved; and the length in the intersecting direction changes along the one direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Masahiko SHIMIZU, Toshiki KITAZAWA, Shoya MANO
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Publication number: 20230046204Abstract: A method for forming a laminate by stacking sheet materials containing reinforcing fibers includes a fixation step wherein a first region of the laminate in the length direction is fixed to a forming mold having a curved part which comprises at least either a convex shape or a concave shape in a predetermined direction; forming steps wherein the laminate is formed along the surface shape of the forming mold by pressing a second region of the laminate in the length direction, the first region of said laminate having been fixed in the fixation step, against the forming mold by means of a forming jig; and an installation step wherein a holding jig, which holds a state where the laminate is pressed against the curved part, is installed onto the curved part, while maintaining the state where the laminate is pressed against the forming mold by means of the forming jig.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Toshiki KITAZAWA, Masahiko SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20230039320Abstract: A composite structure manufacturing method comprising: a lamination step in which a plurality of fiber-reinforced resin sheets are laminated to form a plate-shaped laminate; a pressing deformation step in which a third roller or similar, which rolls along a plate surface of the laminate, is used to press the plate surface of the laminate, thereby forming a recessed section or a protruding section in a prescribed section of the laminate; a short direction deformation step in which, after the pressing deformation step, the laminate is deformed in the short direction to make the long direction cross-section into a prescribed shape; and a long direction deformation step in which, after the pressing deformation step, the laminate is deformed in the long direction to make the short direction cross-section into a prescribed shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Homare YAMATO, Masahiko SHIMIZU, Toshiki KITAZAWA, Shoya MANO, Akihiro TERASAKA
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Publication number: 20220371291Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to further enhance the strength of a manufactured composite structure by further suppressing the occurrence of wrinkling. A method for manufacturing a composite structure, the method comprising: a lamination step for layering a plurality of fiber sheets and molding a plate-form laminate; a forming step for forming a recess formed by a curved surface in a prescribed portion of the laminate; a short-direction deformation step for deforming the laminate in the short direction thereof after the forming step to configure a long-direction cross-section of the laminate in a prescribed shape; and a long-direction deformation step for deforming the laminate in the long direction after the forming step, so that the recess formed in the forming step deforms, to configure a short-direction cross section in a prescribed shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Masahiko SHIMIZU, Homare YAMATO, Toshiki KITAZAWA
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Publication number: 20220339853Abstract: A forming method according to the present disclosure includes a laminating step for forming an intermediate formed article by supplying and laminating a fibrous sheet onto forming surfaces of a forming die for forming the intermediate formed article; and a bending process step for performing a bending process on the intermediate formed article, which is laminated on the forming surfaces and has a shape that corresponds to the forming die, to yield a formed article. The forming surfaces have shapes that correspond to the intermediate formed article to be formed. The second forming surface is bent with respect to the first forming surface among the forming surfaces, and the angle formed by the first forming surface and the second forming surface is greater than the bending angle of the cross-section of the formed article to be formed and less than 180 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Toshiki KITAZAWA, Masahiko SHIMIZU, Shoya MANO
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Publication number: 20220288874Abstract: A method includes laminating a plurality of fiber reinforced sheets to create a charge; and shaping, by pressing, the charge created in the lamination step into a shaping mold. The charge has a predetermined angle layer including the plurality of fiber reinforced sheets, the fiber direction of which is aligned in a single direction. The predetermined angle layer has n-number of constitutional layers (n?2) ranging from a first constitutional layer to an n-th constitutional layer each including the plurality of fiber reinforced sheets, wherein the n-th constitutional layer is laminated on an (n-1)-th constitutional layer, the plurality of fiber reinforced sheets in each of the constitutional layers have dividing portions which are along the fiber direction and which are disposed one by one at respective positions within a predetermined range along the fiber direction in the predetermined angle layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2019Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Masahiko SHIMIZU, Shoya MANO, Toshiki KITAZAWA, Homare YAMATO, Kenichi KAWAMURA, Yoko TAGUCHI
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Patent number: 11318767Abstract: A manufacturing method of a head leading member, which is provided in a printing machine including a head for discharging an ink toward a working surface, in order to lead the head in a main travelling direction, and the manufacturing method of a head leading member including: a base member fixing step in which a base member, being like a plate, is fixed to a frame extending in the main travelling direction; a guiding reference surface shaping step in which a surface of the base member, in a state of being fixed to the frame, is so manufactured as to be a plane, being along the main travelling direction, in such a way as to shape a guiding reference surface; and a guide member supporting step in which a guide member for leading the head is set in such a way that the guiding reference surface supports the guide member.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshiki Kitazawa
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Publication number: 20220097322Abstract: The preset invention is to mold a laminate at a high accuracy by appropriately generating slippage between fiber sheets of the laminate at bending. A method for molding a laminate includes a step in which a plurality of gripping parts, which are arranged apart from each other, grip an area, wherein slippage between fiber sheets is prevented, in a plate-shaped laminate including a plurality of fiber sheets laminated each other; a step in which the plurality of gripping parts grip the area wherein slippage between the fiber sheets is prevented, while maintaining the state wherein relative moving of the area of the laminate and the gripping parts is prevented; and a step in which the gripping parts move so as to subject the laminate to bending.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2019Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Toshiki KITAZAWA, Homare YAMATO, Masahiko SHIMIZU, Hiromichi AKIYAMA, Akihiro TERASAKA
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Publication number: 20220055281Abstract: The purpose is to shape a laminate with high accuracy by properly causing the slipping between fiber sheets in the laminate during a bending processing of the laminate. A laminate shaping apparatus is equipped with: a holding section (2) for holding a sheet-like laminate (50) composed of a plurality of fiber sheets laminated on each other; and a slipping promotion section (3) which is arranged along a surface of a region other than a region held by the holding section (2) in the laminate (50) and is so configured as to promote the slipping between the fiber sheets in the laminate (50) during the bending processing of the laminate (50).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Toshiki KITAZAWA, Homare YAMATO, Masahiko SHIMIZU, Shoya MANO
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Publication number: 20220024155Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to suppress generation of creases when one layer of a prepreg is molded at a time and molded layers of the prepreg are laminated one by one. A prepreg molding method comprises: a step of bending a long prepreg elongated in one direction into a downwardly convex U-shape in cross section; a step of bringing a lower part of the prepreg bent in the U-shape into contact with a bottom part of a mold having a concave cross section and mounting the prepreg on an inner part of the mold; and a step of pressing and deforming the prepreg mounted on the inner part of the mold using pressing part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Toshiki KITAZAWA, Masahiko SHIMIZU, Shoya MANO, Hiromichi AKIYAMA, Kenji MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20210402674Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a composite material which when bent and formed, can prevent the occurrence of problems such as the occurrence of wrinkles of the composite material, an increase in the number of forming steps, and difficulty in forming the composite material; and a method of forming the composite material. This composite material (1) comprises a laminate (2) in which a plurality of fiber sheets are laminated, wherein the laminate (2) has a to-be-bent portion (3) that is to be bent along a mold, and in a region (5) of the laminate (2) from an end edge (4) on a bent side to the to-be-bent portion (3), the laminate (2) is divided into a plurality of layers along the plate thickness direction of the laminate (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Toshiki KITAZAWA, Shoya MANO, Hiromichi AKIYAMA, Kenji MURAKAMI, Masahiko SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20210252886Abstract: A manufacturing method of a head leading member, which is provided in a printing machine including a head for discharging an ink toward a working surface, in order to lead the head in a main travelling direction, and the manufacturing method of a head leading member including: a base member fixing step in which a base member, being like a plate, is fixed to a frame extending in the main travelling direction; a guiding reference surface shaping step in which a surface of the base member, in a state of being fixed to the frame, is so manufactured as to be a plane, being along the main travelling direction, in such a way as to shape a guiding reference surface; and a guide member supporting step in which a guide member for leading the head is set in such a way that the guiding reference surface supports the guide member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshiki Kitazawa