ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,996, issued on April 14, was assigned to Index-Werke GmbH & Co. KG Hahn & Tessky (Germany).
"Multi-spindle machine tool" was invented by Dirk Prust (Esslingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to configure a multi-spindle machine tool comprising a machine frame, a spindle drum arranged on the machine frame to be rotatable about a spindle drum axis and having a plurality of workpiece spindles, each of which is provided with a workpiece receptacle for a workpiece that is to be machined in a working area, a plurality of tool carriers arranged in the working area, in particular associated with individual spindle stations,...