US Patent Issued to Hexagon Metrology on July 1 for "Automated work-holding for precise fastening of light parts during automated transfer" (Rhode Island, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,860, issued on July 1, was assigned to Hexagon Metrology Inc. (North Kingstown, R.I.).

"Automated work-holding for precise fastening of light parts during automated transfer" was invented by Jonathan J. O'Hare (East Greenwich, R.I.) and Jonathan Dove (Woodstock, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Illustrative embodiments improve holding of a workpiece in an industrial process by placing the workpiece on or in a workpiece interface of a workholder and, prior to securing the workpiece on or in the workholder, vibrating the workpiece interface to settle the workpiece onto or into the workpiece interface. The act of vibrating the workpie...