US Patent Issued to KOBE STEEL on Feb. 17 for "Strand production method, strand production apparatus, and fiber reinforced resin strand" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,156, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to KOBE STEEL LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Strand production method, strand production apparatus, and fiber reinforced resin strand" was invented by Taka Ando (Hyogo, Japan) and Makoto Takenaka (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strand production apparatus configured to produce a fiber reinforced resin strand having one or a plurality of fiber bundles including reinforcing fibers includes a twisting unit, a resin bath unit, and a winding unit. The twisting unit rotates the one or the plurality of fiber bundles around an axis of the one or the plurality of fiber bundles to form one or a plural...