US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Feb. 17 for "Process of grinding and polishing gear wheels" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,957, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Process of grinding and polishing gear wheels" was invented by Juergen Hechler (Kusterdingen, Germany), Fynn Rosenau (Dormagen, Germany) and Marc Eberwein (Velbert, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Process of grinding and polishing flank surfaces of teeth of toothed wheels, which includes a grinding device, a polishing device, a dynamic positioning device, and a toothed wheel."

The patent was filed on June 22, 2021, under Application No. 18/013,011.

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