ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,497, issued on May 5, was assigned to OERLIKON METCO AG, WOHLEN (Wohlen, Switzerland) and MOOG GAT GMBH (Geisenheim, Germany).
"Powder rotary feedthrough having a purge chamber" was invented by Alexander Michla (Hohentengen, Germany), Martin Stoeckli (Boswil, Switzerland), Christian Bohnheio (Wohlen, Switzerland), Dennis Hoff (Bodenheim, Germany) and Peter Stephan (Kesselbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary feedthrough for the feedthrough of a powder-gas mixture from a stationary machine part into a rotating machine part, with a seal in the form of two flat circular-ring-shaped sliding seal surfaces arranged one on the...