ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,146, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Method for facilitating analysis of causes of machining defects" was invented by Chun-Ting Chen (Taichung, Taiwan), Jheng-Jie Lin (Taichung, Taiwan), Chien-Chih Liao (Taichung, Taiwan) and Jen-Ji Wang (Lukang Township, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for facilitating analysis of causes of machining defects is provided. The method is carried out by a computer system. The method includes the step of obtaining motion data and vibration acceleration data about the tip of a cutter mounted on a machine tool. The method furthe...