US Patent Issued to GE Infrastructure Technology on Jan. 28 for "Heat extraction or retention during directional solidification of a casting component" (Utah, South Carolina, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,443, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to GE Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Heat extraction or retention during directional solidification of a casting component" was invented by Shenyan Huang (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Christopher Raymond Hanslits (Simpsonville, S.C.), Canan Uslu Hardwicke (Greenville, S.C.), Jared Micheal Iverson (Tremonton, Utah) and Jon Conrad Schaeffer (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a directionally-solidified casting component using a casting system is provided. The casting system includes a chamber having a heating zone and a cooling zone separated by a baffle pla...