ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,425, issued on May 13, was assigned to LANG TECHNIK GMBH (Holzmaden, Germany).
"Clamping device and method for handling a workpiece" was invented by Guenter Lang (Wernau, Germany) and Philipp Lang (Holzmaden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamping device and a method for handling a workpiece or a unit comprising a workpiece and a workpiece holder. An automatic workpiece exchange is enabled by using a tool spindle. For this a spindle adapter is present that can be releasably connected with the workpiece holder. By means of the spindle adapter, the unit comprising the workpiece and the workpiece holder can be transported. Th...