ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,467, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH (Bensheim, Germany).

"Casting tool, method and use of a casting tool for postforming a cast part and cast part" was invented by Rudolf Pamin (Bensheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A casting tool has a tool part that, in a casting position, delimits a hollow of the casting tool and shapes a negative form of a self-supporting cantilever of a cast part. The tool part is transferable from the casting position along a separation direction into a separation position to demold the cast part. The hollow has an undercut with respect to the separation direction t...