ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,699, issued on May 26, was assigned to TEMPUS STEEL LTD (Ningxiang, China).

"Structure of carbide steel rod embedded in steel matrix and composite casting process" was invented by Shouan Lu (Ningxiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The provided is a structure of carbide steel rod embedded in steel matrix, including the steel matrix and at least one preform arranged in the steel matrix; the preform includes a substrate and a plurality of carbide steel rods fixed to the substrate; and the preform forms a metallurgically bonded mosaic structure with the steel matrix through a casting process, and spaces exist between the carbide s...