ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,968, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Lisa Draxlmaier GmbH (Vilsbiburg, Germany).
"Position splitting" was invented by Rafal August (Ergolding, Germany) and Robert Thalhammer (Aich, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for splitting a semi-finished product includes placement of the semi-finished product on a splitting template, and the splitting template includes at least one elevation. The method includes fixation of the semi-finished product on the splitting template, in which an area of the semi-finished product is arranged on the elevation. The method includes splitting of the semi-finished product, in which material...