US Patent Issued to KOBE STEEL on Oct. 21 for "Mold, apparatus, and method for producing metal-resin composite" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,700, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to KOBE STEEL LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Mold, apparatus, and method for producing metal-resin composite" was invented by Kenichi Watanabe (Kobe, Japan), Ryohei Ihara (Kobe, Japan) and Zenzo Yamaguchi (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mold for producing a metal-resin composite by press-forming a metal member and integrally molding the metal member that is press-formed and a resin material includes an upper mold and a lower mold that sandwich the metal member and the resin material. The upper mold includes a first press surface for press-forming the metal member and a second press surface fo...