US Patent Issued to GKN Sinter Metals Engineering on July 15 for "Method for determining a parameter of a material and pressing tool for the production of a green compact" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,048, issued on July 15, was assigned to GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH (Radevormwald, Germany).

"Method for determining a parameter of a material and pressing tool for the production of a green compact" was invented by Thomas Villgrattner (Brixen, Italy) and Roland Oberleiter (Uttenheim/Gais, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least one parameter of a material is determined with a pressing tool usable for producing a green compact and a pressing tool for producing at least one green compact. The pressing tool has at least one planar surface which is formed at least in part by a die which, starting from the surface, extends a...