ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,669, issued on Oct. 20.

"Workpiece table comprising a plurality of workpiece-clamping fixtures" was invented by Martin Zimmer (Rheinau, Germany) and Gunther Zimmer (Rheinau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A workpiece table includes a frame and at least one workpiece-clamping fixture having a plurality of individually height-adjustable pneumatic workpiece-clamping elements. The workpiece table has at least one second workpiece-clamping fixture having a plurality of pneumatic workpiece-clamping elements. All the workpiece-clamping fixtures can be moved relative to the frame. The workpiece table increases the throughput time of ...