ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,033, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Molding die and shaping method" was invented by Jumpei Taneichi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kink surface and a placement surface are provided. The kink surface is bent so as to protrude in a depth direction, with a kink line extending along a height direction connecting a top end point and a bottom end point as a boundary. The placement surface has a normal direction substantially coinciding with the height direction and has a bending line extending in a width direction. The top end point is positioned between a first intersection and a sec...