ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,996, issued on June 17, was assigned to BODYCOTE (Saint Priest, France).
"Modular device for positioning metal parts during thermal treatment operations" was invented by Vincent Delaire (Thiers, France) and Laurent Gardien (Dolomieu, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a tool system for disposing parts therein that are intended to undergo a thermal treatment, including a plurality of elementary components which can be assembled together, each component being made of a material suitable for its function, in particular blocks made of graphite and beams made of composite material."
The patent was filed on July 23, 2020, ...