ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,490, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to JIANGSU UNIVERSITY (Zhenjiang, China).

"Ultra-high speed laser cladding based on double pressing of magnetic force and centrifugal force apparatus and method" was invented by Lan Chen (Zhenjiang, China), Xudong Ren (Zhenjiang, China), Tong Ge (Zhenjiang, China) and Xinzhou Zhang (Zhenjiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultra-high speed laser cladding device and a process based on the dual suppression of magnetic force and centrifugal force are provided, including a laser generator, a spectrometer, a powder device, a rotary tool and a magnetic field generator. The substrate is installed...