ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,903, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG (Attendorn, Germany).
"Force generator for generating a linear compressive force" was invented by Philipp Dasbach (Wilnsdorf, Germany) and David Goska (Attendorn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a force generator for generating a linear pressure force, including a housing, an output wedge displaceably arranged in the housing, and a drive wedge for transmitting an externally exerted pressing force into a linear movement of the output wedge. The output wedge is connected to a first pressure element. The housing is connected to a second ...