US Patent Issued to BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL on Sept. 23 for "Device and method for calibrating elongated metallurgical tool based on laser distance sensor" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,248, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Device and method for calibrating elongated metallurgical tool based on laser distance sensor" was invented by Xitao Song (Shanghai), Ruimin Wu (Shanghai), Zhenhong Wei (Shanghai) and Xingdong Gong (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for calibrating an elongated metallurgical tool based on a laser distance sensor (6) is provided. In addition, also provided is a device for calibrating an elongated metallurgical tool based on a laser distance sensor (6)."

The patent was filed on June 23, 2021, under Application No. 18/008,720.

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