ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,998, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Bendforce GmbH (Hambuhren, Germany).
"Device for the internal bending of pipes for pipelines" was invented by Oliver Baum (Hannover, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for the internal bending of pipes (100), in particular of coated pipes, for pipelines with a base body (11) which can be positioned in the pipe and which has on at least one side (12), preferably the underside, at least one support surface (13) with an inner wall (101) of a pipe (100) to be bent, wherein the base body (11) has a support surface (13) opposite, preferably the upper side, on whi...