ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,707, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BESI Switzerland AG (Steinhausen, Switzerland).
"Die ejector" was invented by Fabian Hurschler (Steinhausen, Switzerland), Stefan Behler (Steinhausen, Switzerland) and Brian Pulis (Steinhausen, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A die ejector (2) comprising a chamber (4) with a cover plate (40) having a passageway, a plurality of plates (56) arranged inside the chamber (4) and reciprocally moveable between an initial position (58) and an operating position (60), respectively, the plates (56) intended to interact with a die carrier to support the removal of dies from the carrier, and a dri...