ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,464, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to ASM IP Holding B.V. (Almere, Netherlands).
"Radiation shield" was invented by Melvin Verbaas (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation shield and an assembly and a reactor including the radiation shield are disclosed. The radiation shield can be used to control heat flux from a susceptor heater assembly and thereby enable better control of temperatures across a surface of a substrate placed on a surface of the susceptor heater assembly."
The patent was filed on Aug. 3, 2022, under Application No. 17/880,412.
*For further information, including images, charts and tables, ...