ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,289, issued on May 12, was assigned to Tianjin University (Tianjin, China).

"Multi-field-assisted laser melting deposition composite additive manufacturing system" was invented by Wenjing Ren (Tianjin, China), Lianyong Xu (Tianjin, China), Lei Zhao (Tianjin, China), Yongdian Han (Tianjin, China) and Kangda Hao (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure belongs to the field of advanced manufacturing technology and discloses a multi-field-assisted laser melting deposition composite additive manufacturing system. The system includes a vacuum chamber atmosphere protection module, a laser melting deposition module, an ul...