US Patent Issued to MAKINO MILLING MACHINE on April 7 for "Diagnostic device for power supply device for electric discharge machine" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,158, issued on April 7, was assigned to MAKINO MILLING MACHINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Diagnostic device for power supply device for electric discharge machine" was invented by Katsutomo Suzuki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A simulated current generation unit is connected in series to a power supply device for an electric discharge machine in a state in which a contact and a contact are in contact with each other and generates a simulated current (Isim) for simulating current caused by dielectric breakdown of a discharge gap constituted by a workpiece and a pipe electrode, which face each other with a predetermined gap i...