ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,685, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Jiangnan University (Wuxi, China).
"Abrasive water jet nozzle for strengthening" was invented by Xiaojin Miao (Wuxi, China), Meiping Wu (Wuxi, China), Chenlong Ma (Wuxi, China), Quanlong Wang (Wuxi, China), Chunlei Zhang (Wuxi, China), Shuxin Teng (Wuxi, China), Jun Zhang (Wuxi, China), Kan Xu (Wuxi, China) and Yiwen Chen (Wuxi, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An abrasive water jet nozzle for strengthening, including a chamber, providing a mixing space; and a strengthening mixing assembly, providing a strengthening mixing of water with an abrasive entering the chamber, wherein the strength...