ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,347, issued on April 7, was assigned to DECKEL MAHO Pfronten GmbH (Pfronten, Germany).
"Data interface device for transmitting tool data, manufacturing system and numerically controlled machine tool" was invented by Thomas Lochbihler (Vils, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data interface device including a first interface module configured for data transmission with a tool data management device, a second interface module configured for data transmission with a control device of a numerically controlled tool machine, and a data processing unit. The data interface device is configured to receive tool data of a tool usable in n...