ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,180, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Press device" was invented by Satoshi Tabata (Ehime, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A press device includes a slide configured to hold a first die, a holding portion configured to hold a second die, a reciprocating mechanism that causes the slide to reciprocate in a stroke direction in which the first die and the second die move closer to or away from each other, and a pressurizing mechanism that holds the second die while pressurizing the second die toward the first die with a stroke shorter than that of the reciprocating mechanism in a state wher...