US Patent Issued to NGK INSULATORS on Sept. 16 for "Method of manufacturing honeycomb structure and honeycomb structure" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,766, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to NGK INSULATORS Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Method of manufacturing honeycomb structure and honeycomb structure" was invented by Tatsuya Akahani (Komaki, Japan), Shuhei Kuno (Komaki, Japan) and Ryushiro Akaishi (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method of manufacturing a honeycomb structure capable of manufacturing a honeycomb structure excellent in external dimension accuracy. A method of manufacturing a honeycomb structure includes: a preparation step of preparing a honeycomb molded body; a storage step of storing the honeycomb molded body under a state in which temperatu...