US Patent Issued to Robert Bosch on July 15 for "Method and system to eliminate dropping of molds for a molding machine arrangement" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,197, issued on July 15, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method and system to eliminate dropping of molds for a molding machine arrangement" was invented by Michael Persinger (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Kurt F. Meyer (Hamilton, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system is provided for operating a molding machine to prevent damage when replacing a mold. The molding machine includes movable and fixed magnetic platens to open and close a mold. The system includes a flux sensor. When a set-up mode is selected, an electronic processor is configured to: enable movement of the movable magnetic platen when th...