ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,392, issued on June 30, was assigned to Wuhan University of Technology (Wuhan, China).

"Method for detecting three-dimensional force of a fiber-integrated monolithic clamp guided by metal additive manufacturing" was invented by Tianliang Li (Wuhan, China), Haolei Fan (Wuhan, China), Chen Zhao (Wuhan, China), Mingchang Du (Wuhan, China) and Yongwen Zhu (Wuhan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detecting a three-dimensional force of a fiber-integrated monolithic clamp guided by metal additive manufacturing, including: pre-preparing a three-dimensional force sensor, including a clamp head, an elastomer, and a transmissio...