ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,054, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG (Igenhausen, Germany).

"Appliance for heat treatment and method for operating the appliance" was invented by Franz Haimer (Igenhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An appliance for heat treatment or inductive heating or cooling of shrink chucks for shaft-type tools or a shrinkage appliance or cooling appliance or shrinkage appliance with a cooling appliance, includes a receiving device or opening receiving a shrink chuck, a heat treatment unit surrounding the receiving device relative to a central axis, an induction coil arrangement or cooling unit, and a ...