ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,371, issued on May 13, was assigned to CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY INC. (Alsip, Ill.).
"Can bodymaker ram alignment" was invented by Bronislaw Rukat (West Yorkshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A can bodymaker comprising: a ram; a drive mechanism; a yoke coupling the ram to the drive mechanism in order to drive the ram with a linear, reciprocating motion; a yoke slide fixed relative to the can bodymaker, the yoke being confined by the yoke slide to move in a linear direction; and an alignment mechanism for aligning a yoke-coupled end of the ram with respect to the yoke within a plane perpendicular to said linear direc...