ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,983, issued on June 3, was assigned to SYNVENTIVE MOLDING SOLUTIONS INC. (Peabody, Mass.).

"Injection molding apparatus with cooled integrated actuator electronic drive" was invented by Deven Hansen (Somerville, Mass.) and Vito Galati (Rowley, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injection molding apparatus (10) comprising: a heatable manifold (40) arranged to receive molten injection fluid (18); one or more nozzles (20, 22, 24); a flow channel (19, 42, 44, 46) arranged to deliver the molten injection fluid to a gate (32, 34, 36) of a mold cavity (30); an electrical drive (940d, 941d, 942d) adapted to receive and distribute electri...