ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,572, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Mahle International GmbH (Germany).

"Method for the powder metallurgical production of a component" was invented by Heiko Grueneberg (Zell im Wiesental, Germany), Alexander Jakob (Schopfheim, Germany) and Klaus Wintrich (Schopfheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the powder metallurgical production of a component may include providing a mould, filling a first metallurgical powder into the mould such that an outer contact surface of the first metallurgical powder in the mould forms an angle of 55deg to 65deg with an axis of a future green product, and filling a second meta...