ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,440, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Taiyuan, China).
"Pulse current processing apparatus and method for thin metal strip under bidirectional tension" was invented by Tao Wang (Taiyuan, China), Haoran Zhang (Taiyuan, China), Qi Liu (Taiyuan, China), Qingshan Ding (Taiyuan, China), Shufeng Wei (Taiyuan, China), Wanwan Fan (Taiyuan, China) and Zhongkai Ren (Taiyuan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pulse current processing apparatus includes a bidirectional tension and pulse current application apparatus, a real-time thin metal strip shape detection apparatus and a supporting base. In the appa...