ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,479, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Igus GmbH (Cologne, Germany).
"Telescopic cover for a machine tool" was invented by Frank Blase (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany), Bilal Yilmaz (Cologne, Germany) and Andreas Hermey (Hennef, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A telescopic cover comprising several telescopic members for a machine tool. The telescopic members can move back and forth with respect to each other and are arranged so that they can be guided with respect to the direction of movement in an overplapping manner, can extend in two directions of movement and in guide rails that are arranged in parallel and at a distance from...