US Patent Issued to Shoreline Design &Manufacturing on April 22 for "Magnetorheological fluid valve and variable manufacturing mold" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,524, issued on April 22, was assigned to Shoreline Design &Manufacturing LLC (Stratford, Conn.).

"Magnetorheological fluid valve and variable manufacturing mold" was invented by Eric Cotton (Stratford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable mold includes a plurality of hydraulic pin systems. Each pin system includes a valve in fluid communication with a supply of pressurized fluid, a tubing in fluid communication with the valve, and a pin coupled to the tubing. The pin is configured to extend from the tubing in response to the supply of the fluid through the valve to the tubing. A longitudinal axis of each pin is mutually par...