US Patent Issued to Kawasaki Jukogyo on Nov. 4 for "Mold for manufacturing composite material molded product, and method for manufacturing composite material molded product" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,170, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).

"Mold for manufacturing composite material molded product, and method for manufacturing composite material molded product" was invented by Toshikazu Sana (Kakamigahara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite material molded product has a hollow portion, a bent portion, or a curved portion in a transverse section thereof. When the composite material molded product has, for example, a bent portion, a surface on an inside of the bent portion is a pressed surface. A mold includes a pressing body that is thermally expandable and has an outer surface shape...