US Patent Issued to DMG MORI on Jan. 27 for "Workpiece diameter measurement method and machine tool" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,764, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to DMG MORI Co. LTD. (Nara, Japan).

"Workpiece diameter measurement method and machine tool" was invented by Tatsuhiko Kuriya (Nara, Japan), Koji Iiyama (Nara, Japan) and Katsuhito Miyahara (Nara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a workpiece diameter measurement method including the steps of: measuring coordinates of a point P that is on an outer circumferential surface of a cylindrical workpiece that is supported such that a rotary axis of a main spindle of a machine tool and a central axis of the cylindrical workpiece coincide with each other, the coordinates having a maximum or...