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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2016
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kodai Shimono, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Tokutomi, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for molding composite material such as a spar formed with a curved corner part is provided with: a first shaping step of shaping a laminate so that the board thickness of the laminate is reduced from the outside of the corner part toward the inside thereof, the laminate having the corner part curved at a first bending angle and comprising fiber sheets laminated to each other; and a second shaping step of curving the corner part of the laminate to form a second bending angle smaller than the first bending angle, and shaping the laminate so that the board thickness of the laminate is reduced from the inside of the corner part toward the outside thereof.