ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,915, issued on July 1, was assigned to Mazda Motor Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Mold degassing apparatus" was invented by Shota Miyamoto (Aki-gun, Japan), Yusaku Murao (Aki-gun, Japan), Shohei Fujii (Aki-gun, Japan), Shohei Hanaoka (Aki-gun, Japan) and Yasuhisa Matsuo (Aki-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure receiving pin includes a fitting portion in a through hole of a fixed mold that communicates with a portion of an exhaust passage on an inlet side, a columnar distal end portion located coaxially with the fitting portion while closer to the exhaust passage that slides with respect to the through hole upon reception ...