ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,802, issued on March 25, was assigned to Flooring Technologies Ltd. (Ricasoli Kalkara, Malta).
"Press platen for creating deep structures" was invented by Norbert Kalwa (Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany) and Torsten Kopp (Ruhner Berge OT Manitz, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a press plate for creating deep structures in panel-like products, for example in wood-based boards or laminates made of resin-coated papers, composed of a metallic base body, in which strip-shaped and/or frame-like webs, which have a higher thermal conductivity than the base body, are inserted in depressions provided."
The patent w...