ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,823, issued on March 25, was assigned to LEONHARD KURZ Stiftung & Co. KG (Furth, Germany).
"Method for producing a component" was invented by Martin Hahn (Herrieden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a component, and an injection-molding device. In the method, the following steps are carried out, in particular in succession: closing an injection mold, injection molding a base body by introducing a first plastic material into a first injection-molding cavity, opening the injection mold, stamping one or more first film elements and removing the component from the mold."
The patent was filed on Nov. 5, 2019...