ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,041, issued on July 21, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).
"Device and method for producing roll-formed part" was invented by Hiroki Oribe (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for producing an arc-shaped roll-formed part having an outer contour with a predetermined constant curvature and an inner contour with a varying curvature, having an outer contour with a varying curvature and an inner contour with a predetermined constant curvature, or having an outer contour with a varying curvature and an inner contour with a varying curvature. Circuitry obtains a third amount of movement correspon...