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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Friedrich Kilian, Flacht, DE;
Hubert Wilbs, Schramberg, DE;
Assignee:
Trumpf GmbH + Co., Ditzingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 2/300 ; B21D 1/122 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 2/300 ; B21D 1/122 ;
Abstract
A machine tool for processing sheet metal workpieces which has a bending station and a joining station between which the workpiece is moved. The bending station has a positioning stop for the positioning of the workpiece relative to the bending tools, and the stop is movable in controlled fashion by a motorized drive unit. This drive unit also moves a laser welding head at the joining station to perform a welding operation on the workpiece.