ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,970, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Incoe Corp. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Heating device" was invented by Christian Striegel (Hessen, Germany), Scott Greb (Washington Township, Mich.) and Anton Joerg (Bayern, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Heating device for locally heating of an injection mold cavity wall, comprising: a base plate, an actuator located on the base plate, to perform a linear movement; a heated stamp connected to the actuator and driven by the actuator, to perform a linear movement in direction to and from the injection mold cavity wall; wherein the heated stamp is located below the base plate and the actuato...