US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations, The University of Sheffield on March 3 for "Machining system" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,334, issued on March 3, was assigned to Airbus Operations Ltd. (Filton, Great Britain) and The University of Sheffield (Sheffield, Great Britain).

"Machining system" was invented by Marco Chacin (Bristol, Great Britain), Navein Madhavan (Bristol, Great Britain), Yuri Mejia Melgarejo (Bristol, Great Britain) and Ashutosh Tiwari (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machining system includes an automated manipulator configurable between a measuring configuration, in which a position probe is operable, and a machining configuration, in which a tool is operable, a fixture for holding a template or a workpiece, and a co...