ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,495, issued on July 28, was assigned to GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH (Radevormwald, Germany).
"Sintered part and method for producing same" was invented by Rainer Schmitt (Wachtberg, Germany), Christian Siegert (Ahrweiler, Germany), Maurits van de Velde (Bornheim, Germany) and Stefan Tiller (Sankt Augustin, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sintered part has at least one base with a first end face which faces in a first axial direction and a second end face which faces in a second axial direction. The end faces are produced in a press for producing a green body (which is subsequently sintered to form the sintered part) b...