ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,924, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS LTD. (Tokyo).
"Molding method" was invented by Takayuki Hirano (Tokyo), Kazuma Hamada (Tokyo) and Kenichi Furuki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molding method integrally molds thermoplastic resin and a flexible substrate mounted with a circuit and an electronic component on a flat plate having flexibility into a three-dimensional shape. The molding method includes the steps of determining an unfolded shape and circuit arrangement of the flexible substrate corresponding to the three-dimensional shape, elastically deforming and holding the flexible substrate along a...