ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,236, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Molding method for molding a hybrid molded body" was invented by Takafumi Kondo (Nagoya, Japan), Yasuhiro Ueno (Miyoshi, Japan), Yuko Murata (Toyota, Japan), Yuki Uchida (Nagoya, Japan) and Hidetoshi Yomoda (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid molded body according to this embodiment is a hybrid molded body in which a prepreg made of a fiber reinforced plastic and a resin are integrally molded, and the resin includes a covering part that covers at least a part of the prepreg in the boundary part of the prepreg and the resin."
The patent ...