ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,574, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to NSK LTD. (Tokyo).

"Press-formed product, rolling bearing, vehicle, machine, press-formed product manufacturing method, rolling bearing manufacturing method, vehicle manufacturing method, and machine manufacturing method" was invented by Seiji Nakamura (Fujisawa, Japan) and Manabu Sekiguchi (Takasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A press-formed product manufacturing method includes obtaining a first piece (19, 55) by punching a metal material, obtaining a second piece (28, 50) by comprising an edge of a second surface (8) of the first piece (19, 53) sandwiching the first piece (19, 55)...