US Patent Issued to TSUDAKOMA KOGYO on June 17 for "Preform shaping apparatus, preform shaping method and composite material molding method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,381, issued on June 17, was assigned to TSUDAKOMA KOGYO K.K. (Ishikawa-ken, Japan).

"Preform shaping apparatus, preform shaping method and composite material molding method" was invented by Naoyuki Sekine (Tokyo), Yuta Inoue (Tokyo) and Isao Nishmura (Kanazawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one implementation, a preform shaping method for producing a preform having a web, a flange, and a chamfered portion includes: pressing a first portion of a laminated body of fiber sheets by sandwiching the first portion between a first mold and a second mold; and pressing a second portion of the laminated body of the fiber she...