ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,367, issued on June 16, was assigned to KURTZ GMBH & Co. KG (Kreuzwertheim, Germany).

"Mold and method for manufacturing a component by molding and component thereof" was invented by Jarkko Siltamaeki (Fuerth, Germany), Bastian Gothe (Erlangen, Germany), Helge Weiger (Nuremberg, Germany), Andreas Seefried (Veitsbronn, Germany), Maximilian Drexler (Wilhermsdorf, Germany), Daniel S. Price (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Dietmar K. Drummer (Erlangen, Germany) and Kevin Schneider (Erlangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a mold for molding a component, in particular a particle foam part and a method fo...