ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,610, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ROLEX SA (Geneva).
"Assembly press toolholder" was invented by Guillaume Parisot (Copponex, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Toolholder (10) for a press (100), in particular for an assembly press (100) having an axis (A11), an actuation member (14), and retaining elements (17a, 17b, 17c, 17d) arranged to retain a tool (20), the toolholder being configured and/or arranged so that the retaining elements (17a, 17b, 17c, 17d) are movable from an activated position to a deactivated position by virtue of a movement in a first direction of the actuation member (14), in particular by an elementary...