US Patent Issued to Trillium Marketing on Aug. 25 for "Thermoplastic extrusion die" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,169, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Trillium Marketing Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Thermoplastic extrusion die" was invented by Joel A. Dyksterhouse (Harbor Springs, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoplastic extrusion die is disclosed. The thermoplastic extrusion die includes a housing, and a resilient or elastomer insert having an inlet through the housing, and a passage through the resilient insert. Embodiments have a mechanical locking mechanism configured to communicate physical pressure to the resilient insert thereby narrowing the passage for contact with traversing rovings."

The patent was filed on May 23, 2022, under A...