US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES on Sept. 15 for "Intermediate mold, mold unit, and injection molding machine" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,736, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided 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 support portion that supports, in an attachable and detachable manner, both sides of a rotary shaft of a mold portion that is rotated; and a connection member that is detachably connected to a top side o...