ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,442, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Kiefel GmbH (Freilassing, Germany).

"Mold body with varying thickness for a pre-pressing tool, and pre-pressing tool" was invented by Matthias Hausmann (Unken, Austria), Werner Steinbacher (Piding, Germany), Josef Rehrl (Teisendorf, Germany), Hubert Rehrl (Teisendorf, Germany), Marcel Boxleitner (Abtenau, Austria) and Thomas Schickmaier (Kremsmunster, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a molding station a mold body for a pre-pressing tool that is utilized for pressing three-dimensional preforms made of a fiber-containing material. The mold body includes a def...