ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,008, issued on June 30, was assigned to THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS LTD. (Tokyo).

"Adjustment method for shut-off nozzle, shut-off nozzle, injection device, and injection molding machine" was invented by Kiyotaka Nakayama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustment method for a shut-off nozzle provided in an injection device, the shut-off nozzle including a nozzle portion having an injection flow path and a needle hole, a needle valve movably insertable into the needle hole, a cylinder component driving the needle valve, a bracket rotatably support the cylinder component at a rear end, and a fixing device fixing the bracket to a fi...