PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15757798
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["156", "245000"]

Abstract:
To provide a manufacturing method for a composite material, a manufacturing apparatus for a composite material, a preform for a composite material, and a composite material capable of reducing a molding time and an equipment cost by controlling flowing of resin in a cavity. A method of manufacturing a composite material  100  provided with a reinforcement  510  and a resin  600  infused into the reinforcement, includes: an applying process of applying an adhesive  520  to the sheet-shaped reinforcement having first and second regions  501  and  502  such that a content density of the adhesive of the second region is lower than that of the first region; a preforming process of forming a preform  500  by preforming the reinforcement; and a process of molding a composite material  400  by infusing the resin  600  into the preform. The resin injected into the cavity easily flows in a portion of the cavity  350  there the second region of the reinforcement is placed, compared to a portion of the cavity where the first region of the reinforcement is placed.

Claim (Index 17):
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 form a preform by preforming the reinforcement; a mold configured to form a cavity where the preform is placed and provided with an injection port for injecting resin into the cavity; 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 for applying the adhesive such that a content density of the adhesive is lower in the second region of the reinforcement relative to the first region of the reinforcement, and the first region is placed in the vicinity of the injection port of the mold relative to the second region while the preform is placed in the cavity of the mold.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.48
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13392729', '11393319', '15404816', '11429765', '11295523']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8985703527511466
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4867903662073576
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8573923540967677
- Mean Citation Score: 213.475808
- Max Citation Score: 226.79924
- Similarity Product: 171.7568397168565

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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