US Patent Issued to PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN on June 3 for "Rolling mill, rolling mill control method, and thrust force supporting method in rolling mill" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,827, issued on June 3, was assigned to PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN LTD. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Rolling mill, rolling mill control method, and thrust force supporting method in rolling mill" was invented by Kenji Horii (Hiroshima, Japan), Toshihiro Usugi (Hiroshima, Japan), Akihiro Yamamoto (Hiroshima, Japan), Hikaru Nakaya (Hiroshima, Japan), Daisuke Iwaki (Hiroshima, Japan) and Hiroki Yamasaki (Hiroshima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are: an upper work roll, radial bearings and a thrust bearing provided on a work side and a drive side of the upper work roll and supporting the upper work roll. Shift cylinders are provi...