US Patent Issued to NIPPON STEEL on Jan. 20 for "Press apparatus and method of manufacturing press-formed product" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,263, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to NIPPON STEEL Corp. (Tokyo).

"Press apparatus and method of manufacturing press-formed product" was invented by Ryuichi Nisimura (Tokyo), Yoshiyuki Kashiwara (Tokyo) and Yoshiyuki Kaseda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A press apparatus 1 includes: a first die part 2 having a first working surface 2a; a second die part 3 having a second working surface 3a; a first support member 4 that supports the first die part 2; and a second support member 5 that supports the second die part 3. At least one of the first and second die parts 2 and 3 provides a clearance S1, S2 present in at least a port...