ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,029, issued on June 3, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Methods and systems of electrochemical machining" was invented by Andrew Lee Trimmer (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and John Malott Cottrill (Franklin, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems of electrochemically machining are provided. The methods may include applying a first potential to a tool electrode of an electrochemical machining system to generate a primary electric field. The electrochemical machining system may include a workpiece opposite the tool electrode, at least one bias electrode, and at least one fluid delivery channel within the at le...