ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,028, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA (Qingdao, China).

"Wide laser beam high-throughput additive-manufacturing and cladding device and working method thereof" was invented by Hongzhi Cui (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a wide laser beam high-throughput additive-manufacturing and cladding device and a working method thereof, and belongs to the field of surface engineering for materials. In the present disclosure, an external optical fiber is connected to an optical fiber interface to input a laser, and the laser passes through a collimating lens, a diffract...