US Patent Issued to DMG MORI on Sept. 8 for "Operation panel and machine tool" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,432, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to DMG MORI Co. LTD. (Nara, Japan).

"Operation panel and machine tool" was invented by Toshinori Ouchi (Hokkaido, Japan), Sumihiro Kiyota (Nara, Japan), Makoto Ideue (Nara, Japan), Yusaku Nishimiya (Hokkaido, Japan) and Kazunari Kakiseko (Hokkaido, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operation panel for operating a machine tool includes a first display unit for displaying information related to the machine tool, a keyboard, and a plurality of buttons. The button includes a second display unit and a transparent cover. The second display unit displays a first key image indicating a first functio...