ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,752, issued on May 26.

"Method of controlling polishing tool holder, polishing tool holder, and polishing device" was invented by Yoshiteru Kageyama (Tokyo) and Keisuke Fukushima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polishing tool holder (4) of a polishing device (1) has a shank (6), an attachment part (21) to which a polishing tool (3) is attached, a movement mechanism (22) including a motor (35) configured to move the attachment part (21) in an axial direction (X) of the shank (6), a load detector (23) configured to detect a load exerted on the polishing tool (3) attached to the attachment part (21), and a control unit (52) confi...