ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,132, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Resin shaping mold and resin shaping method" was invented by Kosuke Sakurai (Nisshin, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resin shaping mold includes an upper mold, a lower mold arranged to be opposed to the upper mold, a sliding mechanism configured to be slidable on a surface of the lower mold and having a pressing surface including a surface directed in a different direction from a direction of pressing on a resin by the upper mold and the lower mold, and a rubber member formed to cover at least the pressing surface of the sliding mechanism and a gap ...