ROLLER UNIT FOR FEEDING TAPES, FIBER PLACEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MOLDING COMPOSITE MATERIAL

    公开(公告)号:US20240100786A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US18459601

    申请日:2023-09-01

    IPC分类号: B29C70/38

    CPC分类号: B29C70/388 B29K2105/08

    摘要: A roller unit aligns tapes in a width direction and feeds the tapes in a length direction while pressing the tapes in a thickness direction. The tapes are made of fibers which have not been impregnated with resin or have been impregnated with the resin. The roller unit includes rollers and a support shaft. The rollers rotate by friction force between the tapes and the rollers. The rollers are aligned so that rotation axes lie on a same straight line. Maximum diameters of the rollers are same as each other. The support shaft supports the rollers rotatably at rotational speeds independent from each other. Each of the rollers includes springs and thereby has elasticity. Length directions of the springs as well as expansion and contraction directions of the springs are radial directions of the each of the rollers. The springs are radially disposed inside the each of the rollers.

    PREPREG LAMINATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF LAMINATING PREPREGS AND METHOD OF MOLDING COMPOSITE MATERIAL

    公开(公告)号:US20220072813A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-10

    申请号:US17388387

    申请日:2021-07-29

    摘要: According to one implementation, a prepreg lamination apparatus includes first and second rollers, a table, and a feed structure. The first roller sends out a first prepreg tape which is a part of material of an FRP. The second roller sends out a second prepreg tape which is another part of the material of the FRP. The table is for laminating the first and second prepreg tapes directly or indirectly. The feed structure is adapted to feed out the first and second prepreg tapes in a feeding direction by moving the first and second rollers relatively to the table while performing at least one of movement of the first roller relatively to the second roller, and rotation of at least one of the first and second rollers relatively to the table around an axis which is not parallel to each of rotation axes of the first and second rollers.

    METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE, AND COMPOSITE

    公开(公告)号:US20210268750A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-02

    申请号:US17157450

    申请日:2021-01-25

    IPC分类号: B29C70/20 B29C43/20 B32B5/02

    摘要: A method of manufacturing a composite includes bringing a first surface of a first base in which a first fiber base that is to constitute the first base is impregnated with a first resin into contact with a second surface of a second base in which a second fiber base that is to constitute the second base is not impregnated with a second resin, and impregnating the second fiber base with a portion of the first resin with which the first fiber base is impregnated.

    LAND-AND-AIR VEHICLE
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210061457A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-04

    申请号:US15931118

    申请日:2020-05-13

    摘要: A land-and-air vehicle configured to switch between a first form to be taken during ground traveling and a second form to be taken during flight includes a main body, a main wing unit, an operation unit, and a controller. The controller is configured to control, on the basis of an operation performed on the operation unit by an operator, a behavior of the land-and-air vehicle during the ground traveling and during the flight. The operation unit includes a handle and a step. The handle of the operation unit includes a throttle unit. The controller is configured to control, both during the ground traveling and during the flight, yawing of the land-and-air vehicle in response to an operation performed on the handle, and to control thrust for the land-and-air vehicle during the flight in response to an operation performed on the throttle unit.

    ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT
    6.
    发明公开
    ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240150012A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-09

    申请号:US18377713

    申请日:2023-10-06

    IPC分类号: B64C27/08 B64D27/24 H02G3/30

    摘要: An electric aircraft includes a fuselage, at least one rotor, at least one coupling structure, at least one electric motor, a battery and wirings. The at least one coupling structure couples the at least one rotor to the fuselage. The at least one electric motor is for rotating the at least one rotor. The battery is attached to the fuselage. The battery is for supplying current to the at least one electric motor. The wirings electrically couples the battery to the at least one electric motor. At least a part of the wirings includes rigid conductors. At least a part of the at least one coupling structure includes the rigid conductors. At least a part of a load on the fuselage from the at least one rotor is received with the rigid conductors.

    ROADABLE AIRCRAFT
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220371728A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-24

    申请号:US17772544

    申请日:2020-11-02

    摘要: Provided is an air-ground use vehicle capable of opening and closing a door, while a main wing is folded along a fuselage, without interfering with the main wing. The air-ground use vehicle includes: a main wing; a fuselage; a sliding door provided in a side surface of the fuselage; and a hinge mechanism that connects the main wing to the fuselage and that is capable of rotating between a first state, in which the main wing 4 is folded along the fuselage, and a second state, in which the main wing is opened to a side of the fuselage. In the first state, the sliding door opens and closes by sliding in a space formed between the main wing and the fuselage, with an outer surface of the fuselage and an inner surface of the sliding door facing each other.

    ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT AND ANTI-ICING APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT

    公开(公告)号:US20210061478A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-04

    申请号:US16898958

    申请日:2020-06-11

    IPC分类号: B64D15/12 B64D27/24

    摘要: An electric aircraft includes a propeller, an electric motor, and a controller. The electric motor is configured to supply power to the propeller. The controller is configured to control the electric motor. The controller is disposed inside a leading-edge portion of a wing to cause heat to be transmitted to a skin of the wing. The heat is generated by the controller when the controller controls the electric motor.

    AIRCRAFT WING LOAD ALLEVIATION DEVICE AND AIRCRAFT WING LOAD ALLEVIATION METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20190061909A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-28

    申请号:US16035317

    申请日:2018-07-13

    IPC分类号: B64C3/38 B64C3/18 G01L1/22

    摘要: An aircraft wing load alleviation device is to be provided to an aircraft having a body, a main wing, and an elongated supporting member with an end fixed to the body and another end fixed to the main wing to support the main wing. The aircraft wing load alleviation device alleviates a load acting on the main wing, and includes a load detector, an actuator, and a controller. The load detector detects the load acting on the main wing. The actuator is provided to the supporting member and applies a load in a longitudinal direction of the supporting member. The controller controls, when the load acting on the main wing is detected, operation of the actuator to make the actuator apply the load to the supporting member in a direction opposite to a direction of a load applied on the supporting member as a result of the detected load.

    COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210299984A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-30

    申请号:US17126711

    申请日:2020-12-18

    IPC分类号: B29C70/54 B29C70/32 B29C70/34

    摘要: A composite manufacturing apparatus includes a width determining mechanism and a gas supplier. The width determining mechanism has a body and a gas passage. The body has a path configured to allow a tape material including fibers impregnated with a resin to pass therethrough. The path has a bottom surface and a pair of wall surfaces. The pair of the wall surfaces form a gap that gradually decreases. The gas passage is provided inside the body and formed by the bottom surface having a plurality of through holes, and is in communication with the plurality of through holes. The gas supplier is configured to supply gas to the gas pass age.