ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,922, issued on July 1, was assigned to NISSEI ASB MACHINE Co. LTD. (Nagano, Japan).

"Die unit, blow molding device, and blow molding method" was invented by Daizaburo Takehana (Nagano, Japan) and Toshiteru Oike (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a mold unit for cooling a preform that has been injection-molded, the preform having a bottomed shape and made of a resin, the mold unit including a core mold having an outer shape corresponding to an inner shape of the preform, and being insertable into the preform, in which a flow path for a temperature adjustment medium extending in an axial direction of the cor...