US Patent Issued to Sodick on July 7 for "Wire electric discharge machining apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,376, issued on July 7, was assigned to Sodick Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Wire electric discharge machining apparatus" was invented by Manabu Tsukuda (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An upper guide assembly includes an upper wire guide, an upper power feed contact, and a power feed contact movement device, and a lower guide assembly includes a lower power feed contact. The upper power feed contact and the lower power feed contact are configured to contact the wire electrode to supply power by moving in a horizontal direction from initial positions not contacting the wire electrode. The power feed contact movement devic...