ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,020, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Tesla Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"System and method for facilitating pulsed spray quench of extruded objects" was invented by Jared E. Ottmann (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for quenching an extrudate using an atomized spray of liquid are described. A system includes a billet die at a proximal end configured to accept a billet and form an extrudate, a quench chamber located adjacent to the billet die for receiving the extrudate and comprising at least one pulsed width modulation (PWM) atomizing spray nozzle and a control module in communication with the at least on...