ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,670, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to DN SOLUTIONS Co. LTD. (Changwon, South Korea).

"Apparatus for cooling and load-compensating ram spindle and machine tool including same" was invented by Youngkun Jung (Changwon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for cooling a ram spindle and compensating for a load comprises a saddle installed to be transferred along a cross rail; a ram spindle installed to be transferred along the saddle; a transfer unit configured to transfer the ram spindle relative to the saddle by means of a box guideway; a cooling unit configured to cool the ram spindle; and a load compensation unit ...