US Patent Issued to TORAY INDUSTRIES on Sept. 1 for "Manufacturing device and molding method for rotary-component reinforcement carbon fiber reinforced plastic" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,347, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo).

"Manufacturing device and molding method for rotary-component reinforcement carbon fiber reinforced plastic" was invented by Naofumi Hosokawa (Iyo-gun, Japan) and Koji Yamaguchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing device and a molding method for reinforcing a rotary component with carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP), the manufacturing device molding a ring to reinforce a rotary component having a circular cross section as an outer layer, in a mold where a unidirectional prepreg comprising a thermosetting resin and carbon fibers is wound on the...