US Patent Issued to Fanuc on July 29 for "Numerical control device and numerical control method for controlling movement of processing tool that applies internal surface processing to recessed part formed in advance in workpiece" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,941, issued on July 29, was assigned to Fanuc Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Numerical control device and numerical control method for controlling movement of processing tool that applies internal surface processing to recessed part formed in advance in workpiece" was invented by Yoshiyuki Suzuki (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A numerical control device includes a main control unit, a processing program reading unit, and a tool moving path setting unit that sets moving paths of a processing tool between a plurality of recessed parts. The tool moving path setting unit includes: a tool retreat position setting unit that s...