ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,108, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to HYDRO EXTRUDED SOLUTIONS AS (Oslo, Norway).
"Manufacture of roll formed tubes" was invented by Giorgio Giovanni Battista Zaffaroni (Tradate, Italy), Marco Pasqualon (Bierges, Belgium), Jeffrey Lee Insalaco (Melbourne, Fla.), Vincent Buzzelle (Rockledge, Fla.) and Andrej Mangelsdorf (Cologne, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seam guide assembly configured to maintain the longitudinal edges of a metal strip in position before welding in a welding section of a welded tube roll forming apparatus, the seam guide assembly having a front seam guide tip component, a through channel being provid...