US Patent Issued to FANUC on July 8 for "Injection molding machine" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,871, issued on July 8, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Injection molding machine" was invented by Keisuke Sugahara (Yamanashi-ken, Japan) and Hiroaki Kirihata (Yamanashi-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injection molding machine includes a connection member that connects a nozzle touch mechanism and a fixed platen. The connection member has: an arm part that rises upward from a support frame part on a side of the fixed platen; and a platen connection part that is provided on an upper section of the arm part and serves as a second connection section connected to the fixed platen. The platen connection part ...