US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on Oct. 7 for "Method for producing or releasing a press-fit connection and tool" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,335, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Method for producing or releasing a press-fit connection and tool" was invented by Ewald Schmitz (Daisendorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Making or undoing an oil press fit between a first and second components at respective fitting surfaces includes pressurizing a channel in the second component to produce or release the oil press fit. Oil is applied by the channel during pressurization from a connection between a first fitting surface on the first component and a second fitting surface on the second component. The channel is defined,...