US Patent Issued to SUBARU on Oct. 14 for "Fiber width adjustment device and method of molding composite material" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,068, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Fiber width adjustment device and method of molding composite material" was invented by Tomoyoshi Kuniya (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber width adjustment device is for adjusting a width of a tape made of fibers before or after being impregnated with resin. The tape is a material for a fiber reinforced plastic. The fiber width adjustment device includes a pair of wall surfaces, a moving mechanism and rollers. The pair of the wall surfaces form a path for passing the tape. The path has a gradually decreasing width. The moving mechanism is configured to move th...