ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,018, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Machine tool control device" was invented by Yusaku Oho (Yamanashi, Japan), Naoto Sonoda (Yamanashi, Japan) and Kenta Yamamoto (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine tool control device which reliably divides and discharges chips, and which suppresses damage to a tool by reducing shock when the tool cuts into a workpiece. The machine tool control device causes the tool to rotate and executes a cutting process to move the tool and the workpiece while causing the same to oscillate relative to one another in a feed direction, and is provided wit...