ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,883, issued on June 3, was assigned to Lapmaster Wolters GmbH (Rendsburg, Germany).
"Double-side or one-side machine tool" was invented by Hans-Peter Boller (Fockbek, Germany) and Ingo Neuber (Bornstein, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine tool includes a first support disk and a first working disk. The first working disk defines a clamping surface and is fastened to the first support disk. A counter bearing element is positioned relative to the first working disk such that a working gap is formed between the first working disk and the counter bearing element and is dimensioned to accept a flat workpiece. A first clamping...