ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,406, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Coupling device and molten resin supply system" was invented by Tsutomu Miyatake (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling device includes a pipe including at least pipes through which a molten resin passes, in which the coupling device couples an output device that outputs the molten resin to be recycled and an injection molding machine that performs injection molding of the molten resin with each other by connecting an upstream end part of the pipe to the output device and connecting a downstream end part of the pipe to the injection mo...