ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,640, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to FRANKEN GMBH & Co. KG FABRIK FUR PRAZISIONSWERKZEUGE (Ruckersdorf, Germany).
"Multi-part modular tool" was invented by Michael Jahncke (Freystadt, Germany), Cornelius Muller (Schnaittach, Germany) and Hans-Jorg Licha (Furth, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-part modular tool rotatable about a longitudinal tool axis (A), comprising: a machining head; a first holding element comprising a body elongated along the longitudinal axis (A) of the tool, in which a passage extends along the longitudinal axis (A) of the tool; a second holding element which can extend in the passage of the fi...