ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,382, issued on June 17, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Shaping method and shaping device" was invented by Toshiki Kitazawa (Tokyo), Masahiko Shimizu (Tokyo) and Tomoya Murata (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 predeter...