ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,844, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to EMUGE-WERK RICHARD GLIMPEL GMBH & Co. KG FABRIK FUR PRAZISIONSWERKZEUGE (Lauf a.d. Pegnitz, Germany).

"Methods and device for producing a thread, comprising a gear unit" was invented by Peter Liebald (Hilpolstein, Germany), Dietmar Hechtle (Pegnitz, Germany) and Thomas Funk (Pegnitz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to methods for producing a thread with a predetermined thread pitch in a workpiece."

The patent was filed on Sept. 11, 2020, under Application No. 17/642,574.

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