ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,568, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Ledermann GmbH & Co. KG (Horb am Neckar, Germany).
"Machining tool" was invented by Martin Dressler (Schorndorf, Germany) and Holger Grotzke (Horb-Rexingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machining tool has a main body with a carrier surface. Cutting bodies each having a cutting edge are arranged on the carrier surface, the edges rotating in a direction of rotation which runs around an axis of rotation during the machining. The edges of a group including a plurality of cutting bodies overlap in a gapless manner with respect to the direction perpendicular to the direction of rotation and...