US Patent Issued to NHK SPRING on June 2 for "Die set for forming a work having a pair of flange bending parts" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,529, issued on June 2, was assigned to NHK SPRING Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Die set for forming a work having a pair of flange bending parts" was invented by Sosuke Kurebayashi (Yokohama, Japan), Yohei Mitsumori (Yokohama, Japan) and Naoki Iwamoto (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A die set to bend a work including a pair of flange bending parts. The die set includes: a die supporting a first part of the work in a length direction; a pad including a pressure surface which holds the work with the die; and a punch which presses a second part of the work in the length direction in a thickness direction of the work while ...