ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,212, issued on June 16, was assigned to FELSS Systems GmbH (Koenigsbach-Stein, Germany).
"Apparatus and method for reducing the cross section of a tubular hollow body by shaping the hollow body" was invented by Nadezda Missal (Schwieberdingen, Germany), Serjosha Heinrichs (Oberderdingen, Germany), Max Olaf Jandt (Keltern, Germany) and Sascha Voegele (Kaempfelbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for reducing the cross-section of a tubular hollow body with a hollow body wall has a shaping die on the outer side of the hollow body, a mandrel in the interior of the hollow body, and a shaping drive with a mandrel drive...