ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,576, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Hypertherm Inc. (Hanover, N.H.).
"Edge shaping using material processing systems" was invented by Yu Zhang (Hanover, N.H.) and Steven Moody (Charlestown, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method is provided for shaping an edge of a part to be cut from a workpiece using a material processing system comprising a processing head configured to deliver a processing stream. The method includes calculating a start point and an end point of a shaping path proximate to the edge of the part based on a desired edge profile and determining a set of operating parameters to controllabl...