ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,503, issued on July 28, was assigned to ROHM GMBH (Sontheim/Brenz, Germany).
"Clamping jaw and chuck" was invented by Martin Stangl (Nersingen, Germany), Christian Neubauer (Monchsdeggingen, Germany), Andreas Dolpp (Syrgenstein, Germany), Jens Grassle (Oggenhausen, Germany) and Steffen Kranzle (Demmingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamping jaw for a chuck includes a jaw body on which there is formed at least one jaw step having a step head, which has a sensor on its end face, for holding a clamping insert which is formed from a base leg and two fastening legs projecting from the base leg. On each of the opposite longit...