US Patent Issued to Keil Befestigungstechnik on Feb. 25 for "Undercut anchor, setting tool for setting an undercut anchor and setting method for an undercut anchor" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,847, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Keil Befestigungstechnik GmbH (Engelskirchen, Germany).

"Undercut anchor, setting tool for setting an undercut anchor and setting method for an undercut anchor" was invented by Jurgen Bergfelder (Engelskirchen, Germany) and Alexander Wollmann (Reichshof, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An undercut anchor 2; 30, which facilitates the formation of a corresponding undercut in a blind hole for receiving the undercut anchor 2; 30, is formed to independently cut or form this undercut by rotating and spreading the undercut anchor 2; 30. Furthermore, a setting tool for forming this undercut at t...