ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,058, issued on July 22, was assigned to AFW HOLDING GMBH (Kirchham, Austria).
"Steady rest for supporting a workpiece being machined" was invented by Dominik Weingartner (Pettenbach, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steady rest for supporting a, particularly elongate, workpiece undergoing mechanical work and particularly machining, having: a steady rest main part that can be arranged in a device for machining a workpiece being machined, and at least one support arrangement which is disposed or designed on said steady rest main part and configured to support a workpiece being machined, and comprises at least one support elemen...