ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,018, issued on July 22, was assigned to WILA B.V. (Lochem, Netherlands).

"Clamping system for a press brake having an integrally formed cavity or chamber and press brake comprising such a clamping system" was invented by Thomas Jan Herbert Jansen (Markelo, Netherlands) and Dennis Hermanus Johannes Rouhof (Harbrinkhoek, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamping system for a press brake includes an elongate beam having a receiving space for receiving a part of a bending tool, and a clamping element movable between a first position in which it may engage on the bending tool for clamping it in the receiving space, and a secon...