US Patent Issued to KOBE STEEL on April 7 for "Metal-resin composite and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,742, issued on April 7, was assigned to KOBE STEEL LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Metal-resin composite and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same" was invented by Shu Sekiguchi (Kobe, Japan), Kenichi Watanabe (Kobe, Japan) and Hiroko Kashima (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal-resin composite includes: a metal plate including at least one cut-and-raised portion including a cutout hole and a cut-and-raised piece; and a resin material disposed only on one surface side of the metal plate, the resin material cured by burying the cut-and-raised portion, the resin material integrated with the metal plate."

The patent was ...