ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,197, issued on June 2, was assigned to pro-micron GmbH (Kaufbeuren, Germany).
"Method for controlling and/or monitoring a workpiece machining process" was invented by Rainer Wunderlich (Kaufbeuren, Germany) and Martin Dix (Chemnitz, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling and/or monitoring a workpiece machining process where a tool having a working surface is brought into contact with a surface of a workpiece to be machined via a feed movement. In the machining process, the tool and/or workpiece rotate about a tool axis and/or workpiece axis. The feed movement occurs while the tool and/or workpiece are rotating...