Method for manufacturing spoke unit
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorShinsuke Shimoda
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Abstract
In a method for manufacturing a spoke unit, the continuous fiber reinforced plastic is led from a middle supporting portion to a first supporting portion along the front surface of the mandrel. Subsequently, the continuous fiber reinforced plastic is led from the first supporting portion to the middle supporting portion along the back surface of the mandrel. Subsequently, the continuous fiber reinforced plastic is led from the middle supporting portion to a second supporting portion along the front surface of the mandrel. Subsequently, the continuous fiber reinforced plastic is led from the second supporting portion to the middle supporting portion along the back surface of the mandrel.
Claims10
A method for manufacturing a spoke unit having at least three spokes, comprising:
- providing a mandrel for molding a spoke unit, the mandrel including supporting portions equal in number to the number of the spokes;
- winding a continuous fiber reinforced plastic around the mandrel;
- and
- molding the spoke unit by curing the continuous fiber reinforced plastic,
- wherein the winding includes
- leading the continuous fiber reinforced plastic from the supporting portion corresponding to a first one of the spokes to the supporting portion corresponding to a second one of the spokes along a front surface of the mandrel, the second one of the spokes being disposed opposite to the first one of the spokes, and
- leading the continuous fiber reinforced plastic from the supporting portion corresponding to the second one of the spokes to the supporting portion corresponding to the first one of the spokes along a back surface of the mandrel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.