ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,472, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan) and DENSO PRESSTECH INC. (Toyokawa, Japan).

"Pressed article, pressing device, and pressing method" was invented by Hiroshi Shohara (Kariya, Japan), Kosuke Niimi (Toyokawa, Japan) and Masayuki Hamada (Toyokawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressed article includes a main body, a recess portion, a pin, and a groove portion. The main body has a plate shape. The recess portion is provided in a first surface of the main body facing one side in a plate thickness direction of the main body. The pin is provided at a position corresponding to the recess portion on a ...