US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES on Oct. 20 for "Forming device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,580, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Forming device" was invented by Kimihiro Nogiwa (Niihama, Japan), Akihiro Ide (Niihama, Japan) and Masashi Kawakami (Niihama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A forming device that forms a heated metal material includes a forming die that performs forming such that a quenching area of the metal material is quenched and a non-quenching area of the metal material is not quenched; and a temperature control unit that controls a temperature of the forming die such that warpage in the non-quenching area is reduced."

The patent was filed on May 17, 2024, u...