ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,921, issued on June 30, was assigned to SHIN-YAIN INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Taichung City, Taiwan).

"Automatically replaceable fixture plate" was invented by Pen Hung Chen (Taichung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatically replaceable fixture plate is configured to be mounted onto a saddle and is configured to directly fix a workpiece or mount a fixture for fixing the workpiece. The automatically replaceable fixture plate has a post and a main plate body. The post is configured to be clamped or released by a tightening and loosening mechanism of the saddle for being fixed to or detached from the saddle. The main plate ...