ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,430, issued on May 27, was assigned to CML INTERNATIONAL S.P.A. (Piedimonte S. Germano, Italy).
"Mandrel for pipe bending machine" was invented by Alessandro Caporusso (Piedimonte San Germano, Italy), Werner Davide D'Agostino (Villa Latina, Italy) and Paolo Sacco (Piedimonte San Germano, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mandrel for pipe bending machine has an elongated body (3) with a first end connected to a mandrel rod and a second end, opposite to the first, in which there is a spherical seat (8), several intermediate articulated elements (10) and a terminal articulated element (11). Each intermediate joint element (10) and ...