ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,341, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Furnace muffle for sintering a ribbon material" was invented by Brittany Lynn Higgins (Corning, N.Y.), Dale Charles Marshall (Brockport, N.Y.), Gary Edward Merz (Rochester, N.Y.), Richard Alan Shelleman (Horseheads, N.Y.) and Bin Yang (Dublin, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A furnace may include a furnace muffle that can accommodate relatively larger workpieces than other furnaces. The furnace muffle may include a cover that includes one or more sets of plates. The plates may be configured to prevent sag during extended runtimes while still enabling the furna...