ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,937, issued on July 29, was assigned to HEFEI GENERAL MACHINERY RESEARCH INSTITUTE Co. LTD. (Hefei, China) and SPECIAL EQUIPMENT INSPECTION STATION OF HEFEI GENERAL MACHINERY RESEARCH INSTITUTE Co. LTD. (Hefei, China).
"Creepage stage determination systems and methods for aluminum-containing heat-resistant alloy furnace tubes" was invented by Tao Chen (Hefei, China), Xiaoming Lian (Hefei, China) and Zhichao Fan (Hefei, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Creep stage determination system and method for aluminum-containing heat-resistant alloy furnace tube, the system includes: a micro-imaging unit, a display unit, a memory, and a pro...