ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,694, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HOMAG GmbH (Schopfloch, Germany).
"Operating device and method" was invented by Jochen Axt (Horb, Germany), Andreas Hahn (Schiltach, Germany) and Timo Zimmermann (Horb/Dettingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Operating device for a machining device configured to machine workpieces consisting preferably at least in sections of wood, said operating device comprising: a display device, and a selection device, wherein the operating device is configured such that on the selection device, a user can select machining operations on a workpiece and that, based on the selected machining operatio...