ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,150, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Ibaraki, Japan).
"Tube body intermediate" was invented by Takahiro Nakayama (Ibaraki, Japan), Kenichi Mori (Ibaraki, Japan) and Kazuki Ohta (Ibaraki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a tube body intermediate including: a carbon fiber disposed with respect to an outer circumferential surface of a mandrel so as to extend in an axial direction of the mandrel; and a fixing member having a tubular shape and disposed with respect to the outer circumferential surface of the mandrel so as to cover the carbon fiber. Also provided is a tube body production method in...