ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,627, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to GF MACHINING SOLUTIONS AG (Biel, Switzerland).
"Spindle for a machine tool" was invented by Edwin Reinhard (Niederoenz, Switzerland), Adrian Wittwer (Schafisheim, Switzerland), Jeremie Monnin (Des Plaines, Ill.) and Juergen Reichenbaecher (Busswil, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spindle for a machine tool for machining a metal workpiece, including a motor including a stator and a rotor arranged in a spindle housing, a spindle shaft operationally connected to the motor, a clamping interface for clamping a machining tool, a vibration sensing unit for detecting vibration of the spi...