ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,399, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Novopress GmbH Pressen und Presswerkzeuge & Co. KG (Neuss, Germany).
"Drive unit for a press collar" was invented by Jens Girrbach (Neuss, Germany) and Paul Spitz (Hilden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a drive unit for use with a press collar for pressing two workpieces, including a drive and pressing pliers connected to the drive, the pressing pliers having two jaws. In one embodiment, the jaws of the pressing pliers can be moved toward each other via the drive in order to close the press collar and to press the two workpieces. Furthermore, the two jaw...