ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,338, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to G-TEKT Corp. (Saitama, Japan).
"Blanking mold, blanking and stacking apparatus, and blanking method" was invented by Takahiro Syuutou (Saitama, Japan) and Yoshitaka Nakashizu (Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A die for a blanking device, a blanking accumulation device, and a blanking method are provided with which blanks having a length that is greater than a width of a metal coil can be blanked and accumulated in an accumulating device (piler), with a target orientation.The method includes a continuous metal coil that is received and is subjected to blanking using a die. The die h...