ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,745, issued on March 18, was assigned to CISDI ENGINEERING Co. LTD. (Chongqing, China) and CISDI RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Co. LTD. (Chongqing, China).

"Thin strip production process employing continuous casting and rolling" was invented by Zhiwei Han (Chongqing, China), Qiang Liu (Chongqing, China), Yiwen Kong (Chongqing, China) and Bitao Deng (Chongqing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for thin strip production integrates continuous casting and rolling, with steps including continuous casting, rough rolling, induction heating, finish rolling, laminar cooling, high-speed shearing, and coiling. A key feature is the in-li...