ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,376, issued on May 13, was assigned to CELL IMPACT AB (Karlskoga, Sweden).
"Apparatus and a method for material forming by impact" was invented by Erika Henriksson (Skoghall, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an apparatus for material forming, by means of a tool (41) and a drive unit (2), the apparatus being arranged to move the drive unit (2) to provide kinetic energy to the tool (41), for the tool (41) to strike a work material (W), so as to form the work material (W), the apparatus being provided with an impact head (4") between the drive unit (2) and the tool (41), and the apparatus being arranged to ...