US Patent Issued to THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS on April 21 for "Injection molding machine and method of operating the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,870, issued on April 21, was assigned to THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS LTD. (Tokyo).

"Injection molding machine and method of operating the same" was invented by Keigo Susa (Shinagawa-ku, Japan) and Motomu Furumoto (Shinagawa-ku, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injection molding machine has a clamp that generates electromagnetic force and that secures a moving plate or a fixed plate using attractive force that is produced by the electromagnetic force; and a controller that controls separation force that acts on the moving plate or the fixed plate such that the separation force is less than the attractive force."

The patent was file...