ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,000, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to DMG MORI Co. LTD. (Nara, Japan).
"Machine tool" was invented by Shinji Kago (Nara, Japan) and Toyotada Tanaka (Nara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine tool includes a workpiece spindle unit (15) including a workpiece spindle (17) and a workpiece spindle motor (20) and includes a tool spindle unit (25) including a tool spindle (27) and a tool spindle motor. The machine tool further includes a first-axis movement mechanism (6) and a second-axis movement mechanism (9) relatively moving, in a plane including an axis of the workpiece spindle (17) and an axis of the tool spindle (27), th...