ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,435, issued on July 8, was assigned to BECKETT THERMAL SOLUTIONS S.R.L. (Modena, Italy).
"Combustion membrane for a gas burner" was invented by Luca Sighinolfi (Modena, Italy), Massimo Gilioli (Modena, Italy), Gabriele Gangale (Modena, Italy) and Ettore Etenzi (Modena, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combustion membrane (14, 14') for a gas burner (2) forms a multilayer panel (22) including a gas-permeable diffuser layer (24) of a porous or fibrous solid material other than metal sheet, the diffuser layer (24) forming a combustion surface (25) facing an outer side (17), a support layer (26) formed by a metal sheet (32), arranged...