ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,752, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ENGEL AUSTRIA GMBH (Schwertberg, Austria).

"Arrangement with a first clamping unit for a molding machine" was invented by Herbert Zeidlhofer (Haag, Austria), Guenter Schott (St. Valentin, Austria), Anton Lohnecker (Ertl, Austria) and Lukas Gugler (St. Peter, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement with a first clamping unit including a first fixed platen and a first movable platen movable relative thereto, a first clamping force mechanism to apply a clamping force to the first movable platen, and a control or regulating unit for controlling or regulating the first clamping force mec...