ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,600, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to FUJI Corp. (Chiryu, Japan).

"Turret device" was invented by Kazuya Asakawa (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turret device having a configuration for obtaining required processing accuracy, includes: an indexing motor configured to pivotally index a turret tool; a turret shaft configured to transmit a rotation of the indexing motor; and a turret head coupled to the turret shaft on which multiple turret tools are mounted on a circumference, wherein the turret head includes a diaphragm-type base member coupled to the turret shaft, an inner diameter side of the base member is coupled...