ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,333, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Anhui Hangon Precise Rolling Co. Ltd (Suzhou, China).

"Skew rolling assembly and method suitable for large-size superalloy bars" was invented by Dong Liu (Anhui, China), Zhe Zhang (Anhui, China) and Jianguo Wang (Anhui, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a skew rolling assembly suitable for large-size superalloy bars, including four rollers with completely identical shape and size, where the four rollers are all active rollers. In the production process, the four rollers play a role in promoting the forward flow of blank metal in a rolling direction, thus avoiding a rolling jammi...