ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,563, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SUGINO MACHINE Ltd. (Namerikawa, Japan).
"Tool bracket" was invented by Yusuke Yanagihara (Namerikawa, Japan), Akihiro Ishitani (Namerikawa, Japan) and Mitsuru Muto (Namerikawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a tool bracket in which a spindle body is inserted and the spindle body can be smoothly tilted. The tool bracket includes a housing including a cylinder chamber extending along a cylinder axis; a tilting body having a tilt axis configured to tilt about a tilt center, the tilting body to which a spindle body is attachable, the tilting body tiltable with respect to the cyli...