US Patent Issued to TRUMPF Laser-und Systemtechnik on March 18 for "Methods and devices for determining a reference focus position of a beam of beam-based machine tools by performing test cuts on a workpiece" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,775, issued on March 18, was assigned to TRUMPF Laser-und Systemtechnik GmbH (Ditzingen, Germany).

"Methods and devices for determining a reference focus position of a beam of beam-based machine tools by performing test cuts on a workpiece" was invented by Jeremy Meyer (Leonberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods of determining a reference focus position of a beam of a beam-based machine tool. The methods providing a relative motion trajectory defining a discoid area with respect to a surrounding area, the discoid area being connected to the surrounding area via at least one bridge area, and performing a s...