ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,201, issued on June 2, was assigned to Olaf und Andre Tunkers GbR (Ratingen, Germany).
"Clamp for automobile manufacturing industry" was invented by Josef-Gerhard Tunkers (Ratingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a clamp for use in manufacturing automobile bodies for the automotive industry that is used to clamp and hold metal plate components in place. It is demonstrated how a parallel movement of a pivotal clamping lever is defined with just one component, using simple means."
The patent was filed on Aug. 28, 2023, under Application No. 18/456,940.
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