ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,206, issued on June 24, was assigned to SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY (Nanjing, China).

"Testing device for characteristic of resistance between fresh concrete and boundary, and testing method" was invented by Zhisong Xu (Nanjing, China), Jiaping Liu (Nanjing, China), Shijun Yuan (Nanjing, China) and Ming Jin (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A testing device for a characteristic of resistance between fresh concrete and a boundary, and a testing method includes a counter-force frame, a driving mechanism, an outer cylinder, a rotor, and pressurization mechanisms, where a bottom of an inner side of the counter-force frame is provid...