ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,343, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to TPR Co. LTD. (Tokyo) and TPR INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Sagae, Japan).

"Mold cooling device, cast manufacturing system, and cast manufacturing method" was invented by Hideki Aizawa (Yamagata, Japan) and Atsushi Igarashi (Yamagata, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling device (21) includes radiation thermometers (51 to 55), a plurality of nozzle parts, a plurality of electromagnetic valves (V1 to V5), and a control device (60). The radiation thermometers detect pre-cooling temperatures that are temperatures at a plurality of places on the mold before cooling water is sprayed from the plurality ...