ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,634, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to KNIPEX-Werk C. Gustav Putsch KG (Wuppertal, Germany).

"Pipe cutting device" was invented by Andreas Heinsohn (Wuppertal, Germany) and Christian Holz (Schwerte, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe cutting device includes a cutting element, a counter-holder, and a C-shaped working head. The counter-holder is formed by the working head and the cutting element protrudes into a C-opening. The working head merges into a foot part and the cutting element is accommodated in a displacement part. The displacement part is movably arranged with the cutting element in an offset part and/or the count...