ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,060, issued on July 21, was assigned to LEISTRITZ PRODUKTIONSTECHNIK GMBH (Pleystein, Germany).

"Tool holder for a machine tool" was invented by Bernhard Vater (Pleystein, Germany) and Tobias Lehner (Moosbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool holder for a machine tool, having a retaining component which can be rotated about an axis of rotation and on which a cutting tool is or can be fastened in a releasable manner, wherein the retaining component has at least two plug-in mounts, which are offset in the circumferential direction about the axis of rotation and are intended for receiving a respective cutting tool, having a...