ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,869, issued on July 1, was assigned to Khalifa University of Science and Technology (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).
"Reconfigurable hybrid kinematics machine" was invented by Bashar El Khasawneh (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Abdur Rosyid Patrum (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) and Cesare Stefanini (Pisa, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for machining a workpiece. The system includes a rotatable frame mounted to a base and arms which can translate relative to the rotatable frame. The arms are attached directly or indirectly to a machining tool which can be moved to various points around the workpiece and include t...