US Patent Issued to TOYODA IRON WORKS on April 7 for "Mold structure and method for manufacturing molded product" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,704, issued on April 7, was assigned to TOYODA IRON WORKS Co. LTD. (Toyota, Japan).

"Mold structure and method for manufacturing molded product" was invented by Takashi Yoshida (Toyota, Japan) and Kaiho Komoto (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mold structure includes a fixed mold and a movable mold, and a first insert and a second insert disposed in the movable mold. A molded product includes a plate-shaped body, a side wall, and a wrapped portion. The side wall has a basal end region that is curved and connected to the body. The first insert is located at a position corresponding to the side wall inside the molded prod...