ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,304, issued on July 29, was assigned to DSB TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Janesville, Wis.).

"Racking system for use in continuous sintering furnaces" was invented by Joseph Lange (Janesville, Wis.), Peter DePoutiloff (Janesville, Wis.), Ronald Martin (Janesville, Wis.), Paul Attoe (Janesville, Wis.) and Eldon Fuller (Avilla, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for carrying parts to be sintered through a sintering furnace includes a boat formed of a refractory metal or metal alloy and including a base and, sidewalls, and a plurality of vertically stacked ceramic tiles disposed within the boat, each of the plurality of vertically stac...