ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,760, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS LTD. (Tokyo).

"Injection nozzle, injection apparatus, and injection molding machine" was invented by Kiyotaka Nakayama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injection nozzle is attachable to a tip end of a heating cylinder and having an in-nozzle flow path formed therein. The injection nozzle is attached to the heating cylinder by being pressed against the heating cylinder by a nozzle pressing member that is fixed to an end surface of a tip end of the heating cylinder. An outer peripheral surface of the injection nozzle has a sensor hole that is opened at a position con...