ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,216, issued on June 16, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Sheet metal coining method utilizing bilateral coin punching" was invented by Seth Funk (Wooster, Ohio), Raymond Imars (Ashland, Ohio), Timothy Simon (Wooster, Ohio) and Richard Boyer (Wooster, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of coining a metal part includes positioning the metal part between an upper die and a lower die, an upper punch being positioned within the upper die, a lower punch being positioned within the lower die; and punching an upper surface of the metal part with the upper punch to cause an upper portio...