ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,515, issued on July 28, was assigned to Sodick Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Electric discharge machining apparatus and method for fixing power conductor in electric discharge machining apparatus" was invented by Masashi Sakaguchi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electric discharge machining apparatus including: a wire guide, positioning and guiding a wire electrode stretched perpendicularly to a horizontal line; a power conductor, energizing the wire electrode; a guide assembly, accommodating the wire guide and the power conductor; an extrusion member, provided in the guide assembly and pushing out the p...