US Patent Issued to The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama on July 29 for "Piston crank agitation mechanism for physical vapor deposition conformal coatings on powder" (Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,775, issued on July 29, was assigned to The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).

"Piston crank agitation mechanism for physical vapor deposition conformal coatings on powder" was invented by Jonathan Lake Priedeman (Northport, Ala.) and Gregory Bruce Thompson (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations include a device for deposition of conformal coatings. The device includes a powder container, a connecting rod, and a crankshaft. The powder container has a first side configured to contain a powder and a second side. The connecting rod has a first end directly hingedly couple...