US Patent Issued to Manufacturing Resources International on July 8 for "Bending mandril comprising ultra high molecular weight material, related bending machines, systems, and methods" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,730, issued on July 8, was assigned to Manufacturing Resources International Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Bending mandril comprising ultra high molecular weight material, related bending machines, systems, and methods" was invented by William Dunn (Alpharetta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bending mandrils and related bending machines and methods are disclosed, which include at least one ultra-high molecular weight (UHMW) material. The mandril, which may comprise or consist of the UHMW material, is placed within an interior of a structure to be bent before the structure is bent about a pending die of the bending machine. Kerf cuts ma...