ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,458, issued on March 31, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Machine tool" was invented by Ryutaro Ishikawa (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine tool including a cutting fluid supply unit configured to supply a cutting fluid to be discharged from a leading end of a tool mounted on a spindle, a detection unit configured to detect information for determining arrival of the cutting fluid to the leading end of the tool, and a control unit configured to determine the arrival of the cutting fluid based on the information detected by the detection unit and control the cutting fluid supply unit, wherein th...