ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,750, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to FANUC AMERICA Corp. (Rochester Hills, Mich.).
"System and method for transferring a part being machined" was invented by Paul Skrna (Orion, Mich.), Patrick A. Gray (Waterford, Mich.) and Benjamin J. Delisle (Ortonville, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for transferring a part being machined from a first fixture to a second fixture so that an un-machined side of the part can be exposed for machining, where the first fixture is secured to a first actuator and the second fixture is secured to a second actuator. The method includes securing the part to the first fixture and ...