US Patent Issued to FINCANTIERI, CASTELLINI S.P.A. SOCIETA BENEFIT on July 28 for "Blankholder for a welding apparatus, and welding apparatus comprising said blankholder" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,534, issued on July 28, was assigned to FINCANTIERI S.P.A. (Trieste, Italy) and CASTELLINI S.P.A. SOCIETA BENEFIT (Brescia, Italy).

"Blankholder for a welding apparatus, and welding apparatus comprising said blankholder" was invented by Piermarcello Filippini (Rovato, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blankholder for a welding apparatus has an upper gripping element and a lower gripping element having longitudinal development along a longitudinal direction. The upper gripping element is movable between a closed position in which a panel is clamped between the upper and lower gripping elements and an open position in which the pa...