US Patent Issued to Corning on April 29 for "Systems and methods for heating a honeycomb body" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,916, issued on April 29, was assigned to Corning Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Systems and methods for heating a honeycomb body" was invented by David Robert Heine (Hammondsport, N.Y.) and Avinash Tukaram Shinde (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical heater and method for heating a catalyst. The electrical heater includes a honeycomb body having a central axis extending longitudinally therethrough. The honeycomb body includes a matrix of intersecting walls forming a plurality of cells extending axially through the honeycomb body. A plurality of electrodes are positioned about an outer periphery of the honeycomb body. The p...