ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,557, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH (Radevormwald, Germany).
"Method for producing a calibrated combination of parts" was invented by Rainer Schmitt (Wachtberg, Germany), Sebastian Siebenmorgen (Cologne, Germany), Niklas Schuller (Mayschoss, Germany) and Hasim Tekines (Wachtberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A calibrated combination of parts are produced according to a method. The combination of parts includes at least one first part with a first contact surface and a second part with a second contact surface. The parts contact each other via the contact surfaces in the combination of ...