ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,993, issued on June 24, was assigned to Broetje-Automation GmbH (Rastede, Germany).
"Machining facility for aircraft structural components" was invented by Nils Varrelmann (Varel, Germany) and Volker Neemann (Westerstede, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a processing installation for aircraft structural components having a processing station comprising a clamping frame, wherein the clamping frame extends along a station longitudinal axis, and a processing unit which has a first upper tool unit having an upper tool which is orientated along a first tool axis and a lower tool unit having a lower tool whi...