ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,074, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to UNIFLEX-HYDRAULIK GMBH (Karben, Germany).
"Radial press" was invented by Vaclav Hejplik (Dietzenbach, Germany), Reiner Viehl (Frankfurt, Germany) and Carsten Baumgartner (Laubach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radial press is provided having a first and a second ring structure which extend around a press axis and a plurality of pressing elements, which are disposed around the press axis and are translatably supported on supporting surfaces associated with the ring structures. The axial distance of the two ring structures from each other can be changed using a hydraulic drive system, ...