ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,182, issued on April 15, was assigned to SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS (Octeville-sur-Mer, France).
"Moulding unit with bistable magnetic device" was invented by Damien Hellouin (Octeville-sur-Mer, France) and Sebastien Fevre (Octeville-sur-Mer, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a unit for molding containers, which comprises two mold supports, a device for locking the mold supports in the closed position, and a bistable device which comprises a fixed element and a mobile element able to move between two stable extreme positions. The mobile element comprises a mobile magnetic dipole, and the fixed element comprises ...