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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2022
Applicant:
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Takahiro Nakayama, Ibaraki, JP;
Kenichi Mori, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD., Ibaraki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/44 (2006.01); B29C 70/32 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29K 307/04 (2006.01); B29L 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/541 (2013.01); B29K 2307/04 (2013.01); B29L 2023/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a tube body made of fiber-reinforced resin includes: an arranging step of arranging a fiber member on an outer peripheral surface of a mandrel made of resin by filament winding method; an inflating step of placing the mandrel with the fiber member arranged on it in a mold after the arranging step and inflating the mandrel by pressurizing an interior of the mandrel with the fiber member arranged on it; and a molding step of supplying resin in the mold after the inflating step to impregnate the fiber member with the resin and curing the impregnated resin to mold a tube body.