ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,292, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Press forming apparatus" was invented by Sang Wook Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Yong Shin Choi (Anyang-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a press forming apparatus including a lower die assembly having a lower die, an upper die assembly having an upper die configured to be movable in a first direction relative to the lower die, a cam slider configured to be movable in a second direction relative to the lower die, and a conversion mechanism configured to convert a movement of the upper d...