US Patent Issued to HOMAG on March 4 for "Multifunctional gateway unit, production system and method for operating a production system" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,253, issued on March 4, was assigned to HOMAG GmbH (Schopfloch, Germany).

"Multifunctional gateway unit, production system and method for operating a production system" was invented by Simon Riethmuller (Nagold-Vollmaringen, Germany), Martin Meintel (Horb-Talheim, Germany), Jochen Paul (Eggstatt, Germany), Manuel Friebolin (Calw-Stammheim, Germany) and Benjamin Kerth (Tubingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multifunctional gateway unit may connect at least one apparatus, which is in particular used for machining, handling or storing workpieces that preferably consist of, at least in portions, of wood, wooden materials, or ...