ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,162, issued on May 20, was assigned to Teijin Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Method for producing press-molded body" was invented by Keizo Yokoyama (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method for producing a press-molded body, the method having: a step for placing a material X in a mold; a step for closing the mold and injecting a material Y, which is a kneaded material, into the mold after pressure has begun to be applied to part of the material X; and a step for cold-pressing the material X and the material Y in the mold to integrally mold these materials, wherein the material X is cut from a composi...