ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,661, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC. (Aurora, Canada).
"Method of removal of heat checking" was invented by Randy S. Beals (Grand Ledge, Mich.) and John Richard Potocki (Armada, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for removing a heat check feature on an aluminum casting formed by a high pressure die casting process is provided. The system includes a laser source, a robotic arm, and a heat check sensor. The heat check sensor develops a surface profile of at least part of the casting and transmits heat check feature information to the laser source to project the beam of laser light thereon. The pro...