ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,320, issued on Aug. 11.
"Clamping and holding apparatus" was invented by Lukas Kuehne (Seelze, Germany), Philipp Freiheit (Hannover, Germany), Stefan Granzow (Frankfurt, Germany), Markus Ochs (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Stefan Narberhaus (Garbsen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a tensioning and holding apparatus (6) having at least one tensioning means (12a, 12b, 13a, 13b) for a cubic or cuboidal object (1) of variable geometry and/or dimensions that can be fixed by pretensioning, wherein the object has a respective end plate (4, 5) at two opposite ends. According to the object of the invention, ...