ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,066, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to DMG MORI Co. LTD. (Nara, Japan).

"Linear motor and machine tool" was invented by Ryota Morimoto (Nara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear motor includes a magnet plate including magnets arranged side by side in a first direction, a slider configured to slide in the first direction, and a cooling pipe provided at a surface portion. Grooves and ridges alternate in the first direction. The grooves are elongated in a second direction that is parallel to a surface of the magnet plate and orthogonal to the first direction. The ridges are elongated in the second direction. The cooling pipe ...