US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES on Sept. 30 for "Fiber-reinforced composite material shaping device and fiber-reinforced composite material shaping method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,731, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Fiber-reinforced composite material shaping device and fiber-reinforced composite material shaping method" was invented by Homare Yamato (Tokyo), Hiroshi Tokutomi (Tokyo) and Hiroaki Nakamura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a fiber-reinforced composite material shaping device including: core units; a shaping mold having a recessed portion for accommodating the core units; a seal member for sealing a fiber base material in the shaping mold to form a sealed space; an aspiration unit for reducing the pressure in the sealed space; a res...