US Patent Issued to Bracker on May 27 for "Ring for a ring-spinning or ring-twisting machine" (Austrian, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,713, issued on May 27, was assigned to Bracker AG (Pfaffikon-Zurich, Switzerland).

"Ring for a ring-spinning or ring-twisting machine" was invented by Markus Dippel (Pfaffikon, Switzerland), Robert Santner (Linz, Austria), Hubert Mitterhofer (Linz, Austria) and Gerald Jungmayr (Traun, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driven ring assembly for a ring-spinning or ring-twisting machine includes a ring and an electric drive having a stator and a rotor with a magnet. A ring crown is on the ring and a ring traveler is on the ring crown. A connecting portion is between the ring and the rotor. The electric drive includes coil winding ...