US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on Jan. 27 for "Sealing of ceramic to metallic tubes with different CTE for high temperature reactors" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,171, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Sealing of ceramic to metallic tubes with different CTE for high temperature reactors" was invented by Mehrad Mehr (Morristown, N.J.), Robert Mantz (Clifton, N.J.) and Bahram Jadidian (Watchung, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly includes a first tube. The first tube includes a first end configured to receive a second tube. The second tube includes a first end configured to slidably translate into the first end of the first tube and to receive an insert. The insert is configured to be disposed within a first portion of the second tub...