US Patent Issued to HOKURIKU COLOR FOAM on Nov. 11 for "Method for manufacturing fiber-reinforced resin structure" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,143, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HOKURIKU COLOR FOAM Co. LTD. (Nomi, Japan).

"Method for manufacturing fiber-reinforced resin structure" was invented by Nami Nakayama (Nomi, Japan) and Yuichi Kondo (Nomi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel method for producing a fiber-reinforced resin structure is provided, which has excellent strength but can be formed in various shapes. A fiber-reinforced resin structure is manufactured by preparing an assembly including a first foam having a columnar shape, a fiber body covering at least a part of a side surface portion of the first foam, and a second foam having a columnar shape ...