US Patent Issued to VULKAM on March 18 for "Injection-molding device and method for manufacturing parts made of metallic glass" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,754, issued on March 18, was assigned to VULKAM (Gieres, France).

"Injection-molding device and method for manufacturing parts made of metallic glass" was invented by Xavier Cerutti (Saint-Egreve, France) and Sebastien Gravier (Murianette, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Device and method for injection moulding a metal alloy intended for manufacturing at least one part made of an amorphous metal alloy or metallic glass, wherein: an injection mould (2) delimits a cavity that has a receiving face (4) and a frontal moulding face (5) opposite the receiving face, at least one sacrificial shaping insert (7) is placed in said cavity ...