US Patent Issued to FUKUI PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT on Feb. 11 for "Method and apparatus for manufacturing a formed article of a composite material" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,883, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to FUKUI PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT (Fukui, Japan).

"Method and apparatus for manufacturing a formed article of a composite material" was invented by Kazumasa Kawabe (Fukui, Japan) and Shin Kaechi (Fukui, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for manufacturing a formed article of a composite material. The formed article is manufactured by heating and pressurizing a thermoplastic resin material and fabric material. The method includes a preforming process in which the material to be formed is put in a preforming mold with a release sheet arranged between the material and a part of...