US Patent Issued to SK On on June 23 for "Apparatus for press forming" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,832, issued on June 23, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for press forming" was invented by Dong Ju Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Mo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Sun Min Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Gyu Byun (Daejeon, South Korea) and Taek Eon Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a press forming apparatus, comprising: a die in which a molded portion is formed by being recessed inwardly from an upper surface thereof; a stripper for fixing an object to be formed disposed on the die; a punch provided above the die to be movable upwardly and down...