ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,442, issued on May 27, was assigned to DMG MORI Co. LTD. (Nara, Japan).
"Processing machine" was invented by Syuichi Nishi (Nara, Japan), Yasumitsu Shiratsukayama (Nara, Japan) and Hisakazu Arita (Nara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processing machine includes: an external cover that forms an appearance of the processing machine and defines and forms an internal space; and a safety belt connection portion that is disposed in the internal space and to which a safety belt is connectable. The external cover includes an openable lid. The safety belt connection portion is exposed to an outside of the internal space through an ope...