US Patent Issued to Gnutti Transfer on May 12 for "Apparatus for mechanical machining by plastic deformation or for assembling a pair of components, and relative machine tool comprising such an apparatus" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,271, issued on May 12, was assigned to Gnutti Transfer S.p.A. (Ospitaletto BS, Italy).

"Apparatus for mechanical machining by plastic deformation or for assembling a pair of components, and relative machine tool comprising such an apparatus" was invented by Renato Gnutti (Ospitaletto BS, Italy) and Stefano Coraglia (Ospitaletto BS, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for mechanical machining by plastic deformation, comprising: a support unit configured to support a workpiece; a first and a second punch which are opposite and movable to and from the support unit along a direction of action to switch between an operating p...