ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,553, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Stolle Machinery Co. LLC (Centennial, Colo.).
"Unitary forward mounting body for a unitary forward mounting assembly" was invented by Ian Kenneth Scholey (Barnsley, Great Britain), Karl S. Fleischer (Denver) and Alan W. Cleveland (Firestone, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A unitary forward mounting assembly for a bodymaker includes a unitary forward mounting body with a cradle portion, a first support arm portion and a second support arm portion. The cradle portion has a forward side, a rear side, a right side, and a left side. The first support arm portion is disposed at the cradle portion...