ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,489, issued on May 27, was assigned to DDS INVESTMENTS LLC (Junction City, Kan.).
"Handling tool" was invented by Phillip L. Sheridan (Ellsworth, Kan.) and Bryce W. Burris (Manhattan, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handling tool for reorienting a workpiece in an interior of a CNC machine has a gripper assembly connected to a turret in the interior of the CNC machine. The gripper assembly is movable between closed and open positions to grip and release the workpiece and is rotatable about a longitudinal axis to reorient the workpiece in the interior of the CNC machine."
The patent was filed on Feb. 8, 2022, under Application N...