ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,554, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to ContiTech Deutschland GmbH (Hannover, Germany).
"Clamping and holding apparatus" was invented by Tim Fiss (Hannover, Germany) and Philipp Freiheit (Hannover, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamping and holding apparatus for an article (1) fixed under preload by at least one clamping means (4), preferably for a container of variable volume, the clamping and holding apparatus having a clamping frame or carrier (3) assigned to the article (1), and also a clamping device (5), assigned to the clamping frame or carrier (3), for the clamping means (4), the clamping frame or carrier (3) being...