ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,027, issued on March 4, was assigned to AMADA Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Press brake" was invented by Shogo Akiyama (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A press brake includes elevating members each provided to respective one of a pair of support blocks so as to be able to ascend and descend, and extending vertically. A ball screw is provided to a first elevating member so as to be rotatable, and a nut member to be screwed into the ball screw is provided to a first support block. One end side of a stretch in the lateral direction is connected to an upper end portion of the first elevating member, and the other end side o...