US Patent Issued to Mitsubishi Gas Chemical on March 17 for "Molded article manufacturing method, resin impregnating apparatus, and 3D printer" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,559, issued on March 17, was assigned to Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Inc. (Tokyo).

"Molded article manufacturing method, resin impregnating apparatus, and 3D printer" was invented by Nobuhiko Matsumoto (Hiratsuka, Japan), Kousuke Ikeuchi (Hiratsuka, Japan) and Ryoma Hashimoto (Hiratsuka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a method for manufacturing a molded article consisting of a fiber-reinforced composite material containing a cured product of a thermosetting resin or a thermosetting resin composition and continuous reinforcing fibers, the method including, in this order, Steps (I) to (III) described below, a resin ...