ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,508, issued on July 15, was assigned to HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Shenzhen, China).

"Cross-scale structure feature surface machining method based on multi-component collaborative vibration" was invented by Yang Yang (Shenzhen, China) and Jian Wen (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to the technical field of cutting machining, and discloses a cross-scale structure feature surface machining method based on a multi-component collaborative vibration. A vibration in a z-axis direction is applied to a servo movement mechanism to realize the cutting of a micron-scale structure and the adjustm...