US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Toyota Jidosha on Aug. 26 for "Die-cleaning attachment for workpiece transfer structure" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,328, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Die-cleaning attachment for workpiece transfer structure" was invented by Tadashi Iriyama (Oakville, Canada), Addi Rene Pump (Paris, Canada) and Kerry S. Moniz (Dorchester, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A die cavity cleaning element includes a plurality of air discharge openings spaced apart along the cleaning element. A shape of at least a portion of the cleaning element including the air discharge openings is structured to conform to a shape of a predetermined portion o...