ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,649, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to KOBE STEEL LTD. (Kobe, Japan).
"Method and device for producing frame structure" was invented by Takumi Nakahara (Yamaguchi, Japan), Taiki Yamakawa (Yamaguchi, Japan), Yuki Fujita (Yamaguchi, Japan), Chieko Imai (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yoshihaya Imamura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a method and a device for producing a frame structure, in which influences of both a thermal distortion due to welding and a decrease in the accuracy of the frame member itself are eliminated and high geometrical accuracy is obtained. The method for producing a frame structure includes supporting ...