ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,465, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to KOBE STEEL LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Overlapped blank and molding method thereof" was invented by Shuki Nakamura (Kobe, Japan) and Kenichi Watanabe (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molding method of an overlapped blank includes: preparing an overlapped blank including a first metal plate including a bulged excess portion, a first flat portion provided adjacent to the excess portion, and a second flat portion provided adjacent to the excess portion on an opposite side to the first flat portion, a flat second metal plate overlapped on the first flat portion and the second flat portion, a f...