US Patent Issued to TORAY INDUSTRIES on March 17 for "Thermoplastic prepreg, fiber-reinforced plastic, and manufacturing method therefor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,558, issued on March 17, was assigned to TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo).

"Thermoplastic prepreg, fiber-reinforced plastic, and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Kentaro Adachi (Ehime, Japan), Terumasa Tsuda (Ehime, Japan), Kota Kawahara (Ehime, Japan), Masato Honma (Ehime, Japan) and Hiroaki Matsutani (Ehime, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber-reinforced plastic capable of coping with a more complicated shape while maintaining lightweight properties and mechanical properties is provided, where a thermoplastic prepreg is obtained by impregnating a discontinuous reinforcing fiber web impregnated with a thermoplas...