ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,717, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Schenck RoTec GmbH (Darmstadt, Germany).
"Component for connecting a clamping holder to a shaft" was invented by Helge Graefenstein (Darmstadt, Germany) and Volker Binsack (Weiterstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a component for connecting a shaft to a clamping holder that can receive a rotor, the clamping holder is able to be inserted into a cup-shaped housing and is able to be fixed there by fasteners. On the housing base of the housing is a connector for connecting the housing to the shaft in a torque-proof manner. The fasteners are arranged with their base surface on the oute...