ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,826, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to LECTRA (Paris), AMVALOR (Paris), ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE D'ARTS ET METIERS (ENSAM) (Paris), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris) and CONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL DES ARTS ET METIERS (Paris).
"Modular support element for aspirated cutting in a machine for automatic cutting of sheet material" was invented by Didier Chabirand (Cestas, France), Regis Lallement (Cestas, France), Gilles Regnier (Paris) and Ghailen Ben Ghorbal (Paris).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular cutting-support element with suction in a machine for automatic cutting of sheet material by means of blades, includ...