US Patent Issued to CITIZEN WATCH on March 25 for "Control method for a scraping machine based on correlation between machining force and displacement" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,710, issued on March 25, was assigned to CITIZEN WATCH Co. LTD. (Nishitokyo, Japan).

"Control method for a scraping machine based on correlation between machining force and displacement" was invented by Yosuke Takahashi (Fuchu, Japan) and Tadashi Mitsuhashi (Tokorozawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machining device for scraping a workpiece is provided. The machining device includes: a drive unit for driving a scraper; a first detection unit for detecting the position of the scraper; a second detection unit for detecting the machining force of the scraper with respect to the workpiece; a first acquisition unit for acquiring...