US Patent Issued to CENTRAL IRON AND STEEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, YANSHAN UNIVERSITY on May 6 for "Electrically assisted forming process and device for high-strength metal alloy thin-walled pipe" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,851, issued on May 6, was assigned to CENTRAL IRON AND STEEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Beijing) and YANSHAN UNIVERSITY (Hebei, China).

"Electrically assisted forming process and device for high-strength metal alloy thin-walled pipe" was invented by Yong Li (Beijing), Zhiqing Lyu (Qinhuangdao, China), Bo Zhao (Beijing), Chunxu Wang (Beijing), Shun Han (Beijing), Le Zhan (Qinhuangdao, China), Jianxiong Liang (Beijing), Zhenbao Liu (Beijing) and Changjun Wang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrically assisted forming process and device for a high-strength metal alloy thin-walled pipe includes a die sleeve, wiring terminals, a pu...