US Patent Issued to THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS on Sept. 30 for "Die, method of manufacturing die, extrusion apparatus, and method of manufacturing pellets" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,706, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS LTD. (Tokyo).

"Die, method of manufacturing die, extrusion apparatus, and method of manufacturing pellets" was invented by Naoki Ueda (Tokyo), Tomonori Hashimoto (Tokyo), Hiroyuki Kawano (Tokyo), Soichiro Matsuda (Tokyo) and Fumiya Yamabe (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A die 6 includes a central member 6a, an injection hole formed from a surface of the central member 6a to an inside, a plurality of nozzles formed from an opposite surface of the central member 6a to the inside and connected to the injection hole, a heat source provided inside the central member 6a,...