US Patent Issued to LEGO on Aug. 4 for "Mold insert with conduits for cooling injection molded item" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,761, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to LEGO A/S.

"Mold insert with conduits for cooling injection molded item" was invented by Bo Skovbjerg (Billund, Denmark) and Mads Diemer (Billund, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mold insert having a main body including a first surface and an opposed second surface, the first surface defining a plane. The mold insert also has a mold core extending from the first surface and a gas inlet port connectable to a supply of pressurized gas. Further, the mold insert has two or more gas outlet ports arranged to direct a gas flow towards an uncovered surface of an injection molded item located on t...