US Patent Issued to Ford Motor on March 3 for "Thermoforming process with a reformable mold" (Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,994, issued on March 3, was assigned to Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Thermoforming process with a reformable mold" was invented by Ricardo Mireles (Huixquilucan, Mexico), Daniel Ortega (Mexico City), Rodrigo Gallego (Mexico City) and Emilio Ruiz (Toluca, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoforming apparatus includes a mold with a plurality of sections. Each section is independently movable. The thermoforming apparatus further includes a set of electromechanical actuators. Each electromechanical actuator is attached to a screw that moves each section of the plurality of sections to specific positions. The mold is confi...