ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,310, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Taiyuan, China).

"Auxiliary support device for rolling-cut shear" was invented by Heyong Han (Taiyuan, China), Wenshuo Wang (Taiyuan, China), Hao Teng (Taiyuan, China), Li Wu (Taiyuan, China) and Yue Hou (Taiyuan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auxiliary support device for a rolling-cut shear, including: a lower cutting table; a plurality of first hydraulic support cylinders, a plurality of support plates, a plurality of second hydraulic support cylinders shorter than the first hydraulic support cylinders, a slide plate, and a plurality of ho...