ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,452, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to UNIFLEX-HYDRAULIK GMBH (Kerben, Germany).
"Radial press" was invented by Alexander Schnell (Echzell, Germany) and Carsten Baumgartner (Laubach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radial press is provided including a base, a hollow ring die mounted on the base rotatably relative to a press axis with an inner contour tapering in the direction of the axis and rotationally symmetrical, and a rolling element unit rotatable relative to the axis and having a pressure ring, which surrounds the axis, and a plurality of rolling elements arranged around the axis which are rotationally symmetrical. The...