ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,319, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Klaus Union GmbH & Co. KG (Bochum, Germany).
"Can, and a method for producing same" was invented by Thomas Eschner (Bochum, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a can formed from a can part and a flange part is provided, the flange part being formed as an annular body and, on a side oriented inward toward an axis of symmetry of the annular body, an interface forming a bearing for the can part. A base and a lateral wall are formed on the can part, and the can part is deep drawn and made into a target geometry with a defined wall thickness by virtue of the lateral wall be...