ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,972, issued on May 20, was assigned to CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER Co. LTD (Tianjin, China) and CATARC AUTOMOTIVE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) Co. LTD (Tianjin, China).

"Method for measuring deformation of dummy rib" was invented by Zhixin Liu (Tianjin, China), Zhixin Wu (Tianjin, China), Hong Zheng (Tianjin, China), Liwei Qin (Tianjin, China), Weidong Liu (Tianjin, China), Hong Chen (Tianjin, China), Hai Liu (Tianjin, China) and Kai Wang (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for measuring deformation of dummy rib, includes: controlling a plurality of laser device groups to slide along corresponding cur...