ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,044, issued on July 22, was assigned to ZHEJIANG OCEAN UNIVERSITY (Zhoushan, China).
"Automatic activator coating device for wire and arc additive manufacture" was invented by Bo Yin (Zhoushan, China), Yu Sun (Zhoushan, China), Meiguang Cao (Zhoushan, China), Liquan Jin (Zhoushan, China), Changchang Yang (Zhoushan, China) and Jin Huang (Zhoushan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic activator coating device for wire and arc additive manufacture includes a base, a mechanical arm is arranged on the upper side of the base, a clamping mechanism is arranged at the lower end of the mechanical arm, a container bottle is clamped...