ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,963, issued on June 3, was assigned to UMDASCH GROUP NEWCON GMBH (Amstetten, Austria).
"Formwork device" was invented by Christian Heuboeck (Amstetten, Austria) and Andreas Furtner (Neustadtl an der Donau, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a formwork device for manufacturing a construction element, in particular a plate-shaped precast concrete element, said formwork device comprising a formwork element and a transport anchor for positioning within the construction element, the transport anchor having a connecting part for connecting a lifting device and a shear force part for introducing a shear force in...