ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,580, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to HEMA Maschinen- und Apparateschutz GmbH (Seligenstadt, Germany).
"Pneumatic clamping and/or braking device" was invented by Edmund Likus (Seligenstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Device for clamping and/or braking an object to be clamped and/or braked, comprising a housing; a spring arranged in the housing comprising a first and a second annular spring plate, wherein the annular spring plates are clamped in the housing between first and second contact surfaces of the housing; at least one clamping element having a clamping surface which is designed to transmit a clamping and/or brakin...