ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,793, issued on April 29, was assigned to DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Dalian, China) and AVIC MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE (Beijing).

"Forming device and forming method for part with regular cross-section" was invented by Kailun Zheng (Dalian, China), Dechong Li (Dalian, China), Lihua Du (Beijing) and Yujie Han (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A forming device and a forming method for a part with a regular cross-section are provided, and relates to the technical field of metal member forming and manufacturing. A part to be formed is heated by a part heating temperature control assembly to obtain required microstructur...