US Patent Issued to Kern Microtechnik on June 24 for "High precision machine tool having linear drive- and guide bearing" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,430, issued on June 24, was assigned to Kern Microtechnik GmbH (Eschenlohe, Germany).

"High precision machine tool having linear drive- and guide bearing" was invented by Matthias Fritz (Eschenlohe, Germany) and Christian Maier (Grossweil, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-precision machine tool with at least one linear drive and guide-bearing, having at least one linear motor, which has at least one magnet arranged on one of the machine components and at least one coil arranged on the other machine component and operatively connected to the at least one magnet, wherein the at least one magnet and the at least one coil ar...