IP Library Granted Patent US 12,017,408
Granted Patent B2
US 12,017,408 · App. 18/126,038 · Granted Jun 25, 2024

Method of manufacturing resin formed product having a leather grain

Inventors: Ryota Masuda (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Mutai (Tokyo, JP); Hajime Kawamura (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Ikeno (Tokyo, JP); Kazuo Igarashi (Tokyo, JP); Satoru Nishimoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.; Solize Corporation
B29C64/188B29C64/386B29K2995/0074B33Y10/00B33Y40/20B33Y50/00
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Patent No.
US 12,017,408
App. No.
18/126,038
Granted
Jun 25, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a resin formed product having a leather grain includes: a 3D printing step of inputting printing data to a 3D printer, and printing an intermediate product having an intermediate grain that is a base of the leather grain; and a post processing step of obtaining the resin formed product, which is a finished product, by carrying out post processing on the intermediate product printed in the 3D printing step. A grain height in input data, which is the printing data inputted in the 3D printing step, is greater than or equal to 120% of a stacking pitch in the 3D printing step.

Claims (14)

1. A method of manufacturing a resin formed product having a leather grain, the manufacturing method comprising:

a 3D printing step of inputting printing data to a 3D printer, and printing an intermediate product having an intermediate grain that is a base of the leather grain; and

a post processing step of obtaining the resin formed product, which is a finished product, by carrying out post processing on the intermediate product printed in the 3D printing step,

wherein a grain height in input data, which is the printing data that is inputted in the 3D printing step, is greater than or equal to 120% of a stacking pitch in the 3D printing step.

2. The manufacturing method of claim 1 , wherein the grain height in the input data is greater than or equal to 200% of the stacking pitch.

3. The manufacturing method of claim 1 , wherein:

a grain height of the leather grain of the resin formed product, which is the finished product, is from 70% to 130% of the stacking pitch, and

the grain height in the input data is less than or equal to 300% of the stacking pitch.

4. The manufacturing method of claim 1 , wherein:

a grain height of the leather grain of the resin formed product, which is the finished product, is from 70% to 130% of the stacking pitch, and

the grain height in the input data is from 200% to 300% of the stacking pitch.

5. The manufacturing method of claim 1 , further comprising a data preparing step of preparing the input data,

wherein, in the data preparing step, the input data is prepared by expanding actual article data in a grain height direction.

6. The manufacturing method of claim 1 , wherein the 3D printer is an MJF 3D printer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 6, 2025
From: SOLIZE CORPORATION
To: SOLIZE HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 073010/0658 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2023
From: MASUDA, RYOTA; MUTAI, KOHEI; KAWAMURA, HAJIME; IKENO, HIROYUKI; IGARASHI, KAZUO; NISHIMOTO, SATORU
To: SOLIZE CORPORATION; HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065010/0032 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2022-050728 · Mar 25, 2022 · national
JP 2022-167058 · Oct 18, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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