ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,497, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to TOX PRESSOTECHNIK GMBH & Co. KG (Weingarten, Germany) and ALPHA LASER GMBH (Puchheim, Germany).
"Joining tool and tool gripper" was invented by Michael Badent (Weingarten, Germany), Wolfgang Pfeiffer (Hagnau am Bodensee, Germany) and Juergen Sollner (Waldburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joining tool unit including a hold-down device with a movable tool and a tool counter element. The hold-down device together with the movable tool and the tool counter element are provided opposite each other. A workpiece can be positioned between the hold-down device and the tool counter element i...