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. 12,605,871, 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; a pressure sensor that is provided in the clamp, wherein the pressure sensor measures contact pressure that acts between the moving plate or the fixed plate and the clamp; and a contro...