ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,235, issued on June 16, was assigned to Broetje-Automation GmbH (Rastede, Germany).
"Method and apparatus for machining a workpiece" was invented by Christian Heyers (Edewecht, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for machining a workpiece is provided, wherein drilling of the workpiece and subsequent countersinking of the bore, obtained by the drilling, in the workpiece are performed by means of a drilling/countersinking tool in a machining process, wherein the drilling/countersinking tool in the machining process while being axially rotated is subjected to an axial feed movement relative to the workpiece that reaches a co...