US Patent Issued to DMG MORI on Sept. 22 for "Machine tool" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,350, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to DMG MORI Co. LTD. (Nara, Japan).

"Machine tool" was invented by Susumu Nakamura (Nara, Japan), Tadaharu Morimoto (Nara, Japan) and Tatsuya Aizawa (Nara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine tool includes a spindle for detachably attaching a tool thereto, a tool stocker storing the tool, a tool conveyance mechanism having a tool holding unit for detachably holding the tool and moving the tool holding unit along a path, and a conveyance control unit controlling driving of the tool conveyance mechanism. The tool conveyance mechanism is configured to move the tool holding unit to a tool...