ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,429, issued on May 13, was assigned to FerRobotics Compliant Robot Technology GmbH (Linz, Austria).
"Braking device for an orbital tool" was invented by Ronald Naderer (Linz, Austria) and Georg Pree (Linz, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device with a machine tool and a braking device, the machine tool having an eccentrically supported, rotatable backing pad for receiving a tool. According to one embodiment, the braking device has a frame, which is attached to the machine tool; a spring, a first end of which is fixed on the frame; and a lever, which is connected to a second end of the spring. The bra...