US Patent Issued to MAPAL Dr. Kress on Oct. 27 for "Expansion clamping device and method for producing same" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,737, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to MAPAL Dr. Kress SE & Co. KG (Aalen, Germany).

"Expansion clamping device and method for producing same" was invented by Ralf Gerstenberger (Sehmatal Neudorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expansion clamping device includes a base body and an expansion socket. The expansion socket is inserted into the base body to form a pressure chamber appliable with a hydraulic medium while elastically deforming the expansion socket to achieve a clamping effect in a receiving space open in an axial direction of the base body towards a face side and is surrounded by the expansion socket in a circum...