ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,831, issued on July 1, was assigned to GRESSEL AG (Aadorf, Switzerland).
"Clamping device" was invented by Marcel Schlussel (Bassersdorf, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamping device includes a zero-point clamping system, which can be actuated by a working medium; a machine vice, which can be coupled to the system; and a gripping and positioning device for transporting and positioning the machine vice on the zero-point clamping system. The zero-point clamping system contains at least one coupling element and the gripping and positioning device contains a docking device having at least one docking element, which can be ...