ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,636, issued on Sept. 2.

"Supercritical in-mold foam forming device with pretreatment function and foaming method thereof" was invented by Xiaojun Xu (Dongguan, China), Zhenhuan Luo (Dongguan, China), Fuqi Liu (Dongguan, China), Zhaoyang Zhou (Dongguan, China) and Runhong Liu (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a supercritical in-mold foam forming device with a pretreatment function and a foaming method thereof. The supercritical in-mold foam forming device comprises a high-pressure reactor. A safety valve is disposed at the top of the high-pressure reactor and seals the top of the high-pressure reactor. A dr...