ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,331, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to FELSS Systems GmbH (Koenigsbach-Stein, Germany).
"Forming method and forming machine for producing a helical toothing of a cylindrical workpiece by extrusion" was invented by Max Olaf Jandt (Keltern, Germany), Maximilian Ludwig (Maulbronn-Schmie, Germany), Nadezda Missal (Schwieberdingen, Germany), Serjosha Heinrichs (Oberderdingen, Germany) and Sascha Voegele (Kaempfelbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the context of a forming method for producing a helical toothing of a cylindrical workpiece by extrusion, a relative movement of a forming tool and of a workpiece blank carried ou...