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US 11,623,374 B2Granted
Resin impregnation measurement device
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorKeisuke Tajiri
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Abstract
A resin impregnation measurement device includes a jig and a resin impregnation sensor. The jig is formed into an inner surface shape of a protrusion of a stringer. The jig includes outer surfaces including a facing surface that is to face an inner surface of the protrusion. The resin impregnation sensor is disposed on the facing surface of the jig.
Claims11
A resin impregnation measurement device comprising:
- jigs, each of the jigs being formed into an inner surface shape of a protrusion of a stringer of a composite material, each of the jigs comprising outer surfaces comprising a facing surface that is to face an inner surface of the protrusion, wherein:
- the outer surfaces of each of the jigs are approximately identical to the inner surface of the protrusion,
- the stringer comprises a fiber base material and a resin, and is formed by a method including impregnating the fiber base material with the resin, and
- the jigs are disposed so that a longitudinal direction of each of the jigs intersects a flow direction of the resin;
- resin impregnation sensors, each of the resin impregnation sensors being disposed on the facing surface of a corresponding one of the jigs, wherein
- each of the resin impregnation sensors is configured to detect at least an electrostatic capacity value indicating whether the fiber base material is impregnated with the resin or not, and
- each of the resin impregnation sensors includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode which extend along the longitudinal direction of the corresponding one of the jigs, the positive electrode and the negative electrode being disposed in parallel;
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- mold release members, each of the mold release members comprises a facing surface that faces the corresponding one of the jigs, wherein:
- each of the mold release members is disposed on an opposite side to a facing surface of each of the resin impregnation sensors, and
- each of the mold release members covers the positive electrode and the negative electrode to prevent the resin from coming into contact with the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
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