ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,085, issued on July 15, was assigned to ZOLLER GMBH & Co. KG EINSTELL- UND MESSGERAETE (Pleidelsheim, Germany).
"Shrink-clamping cooling device, cooling station and method" was invented by Alexander Zoller (Pleidelsheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shrink-clamping cooling device for a cooling of, in particular previously heated, tool holders comprises at least one cooling element which forms a cooling region for creating a heat-conductive contact with the tool holder that is to be cooled, whereinthat the cooling element comprises a contact switch, which is configured to detect at least a laying-in, and in particular a pr...