US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES on Nov. 3 for "Intermediate mold, mold unit, and injection molding machine" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,751, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Intermediate mold, mold unit, and injection molding machine" was invented by Rei Takahashi (Chiba, Japan) and Takayuki Sato (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intermediate mold disposed between a stationary-side mold and a movable-side mold in a mold unit of an injection molding machine, the intermediate mold including: a mold portion that performs a mold opening and closing operation with a facing mold facing one of the stationary-side mold and the movable-side mold; a guide bar that penetrates through the mold portion, and that guides the mo...