ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,762, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to DMG MORI Co. LTD. (Yamatokoriyama, Japan).
"Machine tool" was invented by Tatsuhiro Nakanishi (Yamatokoriyama, Japan), Tatsuhiko Kuriya (Yamatokoriyama, Japan) and Shigetsugu Sakai (Yamatokoriyama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine tool includes a bed that includes a guide unit, a first structure and a second structure that are each mounted over the bed, a first drive unit that moves the first structure along the guide unit, and a protector that covers at least part of the first drive unit. The protector is extendable and retractable with movement of the first structure, at least o...