ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,019, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to BYSTRONIC LASER AG (Niederonz, Switzerland).

"Bending machine, in particular a press brake, with a safety system" was invented by Lars Woidasky (Gotha, Germany) and Ronny Wenig (Gotha, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a bending machine, in particular a press brake, having an upper beam and a lower beam. The upper beam is movable in a working direction of the bending machine in order to form a workpiece by bending along a bending line, which extends in a width direction of the bending machine. The bending machine includes a safety system having a first functional e...