ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,977, issued on May 6, was assigned to NISSEI ASB MACHINE Co. LTD. (Nagano, Japan).

"Molding unit for cooling resin molded article, blow molding device, injection molding device, and 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 cooling mold unit for cooling a preform that has been injection-molded, the preform having a bottomed shape and made of a resin, the cooling 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 an exhaust port configur...