ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,472, issued on May 27, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Machining head and three-dimensional laser processing machine using the machining head" was invented by Hiroshi Nakaoku (Tokyo) and Akinori Nishio (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machining head capable of coping with impacts from different directions with a simple configuration of one buffer, and a three-dimensional laser processing machine using the machining head. A machining head having a multi-axis structure that rotatably supports orientation of a tip that emits a laser beam used for a three-dimensional laser processing machine according to the pr...