US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES on Jan. 13 for "Composite material processing apparatus and composite material processing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,915, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Composite material processing apparatus and composite material processing method" was invented by Ryota Ozaki (Tokyo), Koki Uchida (Tokyo), Yuki Kani (Tokyo), Sho Yamaguchi (Tokyo) and Shogo Otobe (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to suitably press a composite material. A processing apparatus 10 includes: a mold 11 having a pressing surface 11a configured to press a composite material 1 in which a resin and fibers are compounded; a cooling water pipe 12 configured to adjust the temperature of the composite material 1; and a graphite sh...