US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Nov. 3 for "Forming method and forming device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,792, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Forming method and forming device" was invented by Akihiro Terasaka (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the forming method according to the present disclosure, the shape holding jig is fixed on the first holding jig, the material sheet is attached to the shape holding jig, the material sheet and the shape holding jig are removed from the first holding jig, and the material sheet and the shape holding jig are replaced with a second holding jig having a lighter weight and a smaller heat capacity than the first holding jig, and the material sheet an...