US Patent Issued to Kawasaki Jukogyo on Oct. 6 for "Workpiece transfer method, workpiece transfer device, and workpiece transfer program" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,331, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).

"Workpiece transfer method, workpiece transfer device, and workpiece transfer program" was invented by Takumi Wada (Kobe, Japan), Hiroki Oribe (Kobe, Japan), Takashi Kitahata (Kobe, Japan) and Shunya Azami (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A workpiece transfer method is for transferring a workpiece when bending of the workpiece is performed by a press brake including a die and a punch, the workpiece transfer method including, before or after the bending: moving an upstream transferer in a transfer direction of the workpiece while pushing the upstream...