ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,727, issued on July 29, was assigned to FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE (Nanterre, France).

"Device for ejecting a mould, comprising a chain with sliding links and an adjustment shim" was invented by Sylvain Belliard (Rouillon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ejection device having a pushing device that can be moved in translation along a first axis, an ejection element is translatable along a second axis different from the first axis, and a transfer device connecting the pushing device and the ejection element. The transfer device includes a transmission chain having at least two transmission links which are translatable in a ...