ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,062, issued on July 21, was assigned to BLUM-NOVOTEST GMBH (Gruenkraut, Germany).
"Tool cutting edge adjusting head, method of operating same and correcting tool cutting edge wear" was invented by Gregor Maier (Wolpertswende, Germany), Christian Harscher (Bad Wurzach-Seibranz, Germany), Thomas Vujica (Baienfurt, Germany), Michael Renz (Besigheim, Germany) and Martin Boos (Schlier, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The adjustment head is intended for use in the working space of a CNC machine which has a base station set up and intended for the exchange of information with a measuring probe or bore measuring mandrel, which base st...