ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,459, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Risomat GmbH & Co. Kg (Baienfurt, Germany).

"Machine for producing an insulator" was invented by Hubert Halder (Horgenzell, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Shaping strip for forming an insulator, wherein the shaping strip has a main body having an upper side, and the shaping strip has first and second deflection elements projecting from the upper side of the main body. In a forming procedure of the insulator, in which the insulator is pushed in a thrust direction over the first and the second deflection elements, a first end of a first side of the insulator is pushed in the thrust directio...