PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15757761
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["156", "245000"]

Abstract:
To provide a manufacturing method for a composite material, a manufacturing apparatus for a composite material, a preform, and a composite material, capable of molding a high quality composite material having a little constraint in the shape by improving moldability while suppressing a deviation of the arrangement of the reinforced fiber during preforming. A manufacturing method for a composite material  400  provided with a reinforcement  510  and resin  600  infused into the reinforcement, includes: an apply process (step S 12 ) for applying an adhesive to the sheet-shaped reinforcement having first and second regions  511  and  512  such that a content density of the adhesive  520  of the second region is lower than that of the first region; and a preforming process (step S 17 ) for preforming the reinforcement in a three-dimensional shape to form a preform such that the second region has a curvature larger than that of the first region.

Claim (Index 18):
A manufacturing apparatus for a composite material comprising:\n an applying unit configured to apply an adhesive to a sheet-shaped reinforcement having first and second regions; a preform die configured to cover a core material with the reinforcement and preform the reinforcement in a three-dimensional shape such that the second region is placed in a portion of the core material having a curvature larger than that of a portion where the first region of the reinforcement is placed; and a control unit configured to control operation of the applying unit and the preform die, wherein the control unit controls operation of the applying unit such that a content density of the adhesive of the second region of the reinforcement is lower than that of the first region of the reinforcement, and controls operation of the preform die such that the reinforcement is molded in a three-dimensional shape in which a curvature of the second region is larger than that of the first region, and the control unit controls operation of the preform die such that the reinforcement is molded in the three-dimensional shape.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11429765', '14103594', '15398430', '14218969', '15055603']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9025940479645834
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4824112520496786
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8605757683730929
- Mean Citation Score: 187.431088
- Max Citation Score: 189.08025
- Similarity Product: 132.49505370935802

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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