ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,565, issued on July 28.

"Self-adaptive hanging structure of converter" was invented by Yang Yu (Chongqing, China), Qing Wang (Chongqing, China) and Ming Zeng (Chongqing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses a self-adaptive hanging structure of a converter, including vertical connecting rod mechanisms connecting the lower edge of a backing ring body and a lower half converter body of the converter, and horizontal connecting rod mechanisms connecting the upper edge of the backing ring body and an upper half converter body of the converter; the horizontal connecting rod mechanisms are located above the vertical c...