ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,719, issued on June 23, was assigned to WTO Vermogensverwaltung GmbH (Ohlsbach, Germany).

"Self-locking clamping system for a hollow shaft" was invented by Markus Schmieder (Berghaupten, Germany) and Karlheinz Jansen (Schutterwald, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-locking clamping system for hollow shaft adapters is proposed."

The patent was filed on Oct. 15, 2021, under Application No. 18/030,819.

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