ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,037, issued on July 15, was assigned to Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Forming device and forming method" was invented by Masayuki Ishizuka (Ehime, Japan) and Norieda Ueno (Ehime, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a forming device that forms a heated metal material with a forming die, in which the forming die includes an angular portion formed by a first forming surface and a second forming surface that intersect each other in a cross-sectional view, the second forming surface is movable relative to the first forming surface, and during the forming, the second forming surface moves in a pressing direction in ...