ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,449, issued on March 17, was assigned to SUGINO MACHINE Ltd. (Namerikawa City, Japan).
"Processing tool" was invented by Yusuke Yanagihara (Namerikawa City, Japan) and Akihiro Ishitani (Namerikawa City, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processing tool includes: a body including a cylinder chamber having an opening toward a distal end, and a slide groove extending parallel to the cylinder chamber; a tool received in the cylinder chamber in a detachably attachable manner, and having an anti-rotation groove on an outer periphery; an anti-rotation body disposed in the body and advance to or retract from the cylinder chamber; a pus...