ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,597, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to STAR MICRONICS Co. LTD. (Shizuoka, Japan).
"Machine tool" was invented by Shotaro Kamo (Shizuoka, Japan), Takeshi Ikegaya (Shizuoka, Japan) and Koichiro Shigama (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller of a machine tool determines in accordance with a machining program whether a first tool post is used to machine an unfinished workpiece. When the unfinished workpiece needs machining before terminating a continuous machining and when the controller determines that the first tool post is used to machine the unfinished workpiece W2, the controller simultaneously advances a firs...