ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,628, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo) and THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (Tokyo).
"Workpiece processing apparatus" was invented by Shinya Kimura (Tokyo) and Tsuyoshi Furushima (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A workpiece processing apparatus comprises a base member formed with a hydraulic chamber fillable with liquid, a punch and a piston. The hydraulic chamber has a workpiece processing chamber and a hydraulic-pressure generation chamber. The punch is movable between an initial position which is apart from the workpiece processing chamber and a received position at which the punch is ...