US Patent Issued to CORNING on Sept. 16 for "Systems and methods for electrically heating a catalyst with a honeycomb body having radial walls" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,962, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Systems and methods for electrically heating a catalyst with a honeycomb body having radial walls" was invented by David Robert Heine (Hammondsport, N.Y.), Kunal Upendra Sakekar (Pune, India) and Avinash Tukaram Shinde (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical heater and a method of heating a catalyst. The heater includes a honeycomb body that includes a honeycomb structure. The honeycomb structure includes a central axis extending longitudinally and a plurality of interconnected walls. The interconnected walls include a plurality of radial walls...