Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Masami Kume

Kazushi Sekine

Hajime Takeya

Michihito Matsumoto

Sohei Samejima

Hiroki Kobayashi

Hirotsugu Morinaga

Tsuyoshi Ozaki

Masahiro Miyashita

Kazunori Takagaki

Kosuke Umemura

Kozo Hayata

Shinsuke Okano

Saburo Murase

Shigeru Ariki

The pipe structure according to the present invention includes: a fiber-reinforced plastic pipemoisture-proof foilswhich individually cover an outer circumferential surface of the pipeand an inner circumferential surface thereof; and an intermediate partwhich is made of metal and fitted to an end of the pipewherein end portions of the moisture-proof foilsare tightly sandwiched between the pipeand the intermediate partThis configuration reliably prevents an FRP pipe from absorbing moisture, and thus, prevents the FRP pipe from shrinking due to moisture exhaustion in outer space, whereby it is possible to obtain the pipe structure having excellent dimensional stability.

Pipe structure, truss structure, and artificial satellite using the same

A honeycomb core includes carbon fiber having four or more different fiber directions, and when a ribbon direction is set as an X axis direction, a cell width direction is set as a Y axis direction, and a direction that is orthogonal to the ribbon direction and the cell width direction is set as a Z axis direction. A condition in which angles formed by the X axis direction and the respective fiber directions of the carbon fiber are set at &#x2212;45 degrees, 0 degrees, 45 degrees, and 90 degrees is set as a reference condition. The respective fiber directions are rotated from the reference condition by a fixed rotation angle so that none of the fiber directions are parallel to the X axis direction.

Honeycomb core, honeycomb sandwich structure, and honeycomb core manufacturing method

A cover for an air conditioning device for a railway vehicle is a cover for an air conditioning device for a vehicle, which covers an air-conditioner main body. The cover includes a core made of a foamed material having heat insulating property, and a surface member made of a fiber reinforced plastic, which covers entire surfaces of the core. The core is deformed into a curved shape by elastic deformation.

Cover for air conditioning device for vehicle, and method for manufacturing same

Provided is an advanced grid structure manufactured by a lamination step of laminating a first tape prepreg group, a second tape prepreg group, and a third tape prepreg group repeatedly in the stated order on a forming die, in which grooves () in a lattice shape are formed in three directions, so as to provide crossing regions () in which two tape prepreg groups overlap each other, and a heating forming step of forming a laminate by heating under pressure. In the lamination step, the first tape prepreg group, the second tape prepreg group, and the third tape prepreg group are respectively laminated as one layer in crossing regions () so that a tape width is maintained, and laminated in non-crossing regions () in a state of being folded as two layers in a width direction thereof.

Method of manufacturing advanced grid structure, advanced grid structure, and space telescope using advanced grid structure

Provided is an advanced grid structure manufactured by a lamination step of laminating a first tape prepreg group, a second tape prepreg group, and a third tape prepreg group repeatedly in the stated order on a forming die, in which grooves in a lattice shape are formed in three directions, so as to provide crossing regions in which two tape prepreg groups overlap each other, and a heating forming step of forming a laminate by heating under pressure. In the lamination step, the first tape prepreg group, the second tape prepreg group, and the third tape prepreg group are respectively laminated as one layer in crossing regions so that a tape width is maintained, and laminated in non-crossing regions in a state of being folded as two layers in a width direction thereof.

An optical mirror comprising: a mirror body having a reflective surface; a waffle structure that is connected to a surface opposite to the reflective surface of the mirror body, the waffle structure comprising partition walls, wherein at least one of the partition walls includes a heat generation part; and a power supply part configured to supply power to the heat generation part, wherein the partition walls and the mirror body are made of a same material.

Optical mirror

An advanced grid structure has high strength and low thermal expansion, and includes first, second, and third tape prepreg groups each including a plurality of tape prepregs. Each tape prepreg includes carbon fibers that are aligned in a first, second, or third direction and that form respective first, second, and third grid sides. A plurality of each the first, second, and third grid sides are spaced apart at equal intervals in the respective first, second, or third direction to form respective first, second, and third grid side groups. A structure ratio of the advanced grid structure is larger than 0 and 0.107 or less, 0.053 or less, or 0.040 or less. A thermal expansion coefficient of the advanced grid structure is &#x2212;0.9 ppm/K or more and 0.9 ppm/K or less. The carbon fibers have a tensile modulus of elasticity of 280 GPa or more and 330 GPa or less.

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Tokyo, Japan

Masami Kume