ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,418, issued on June 17, was assigned to OBSCHESTVO S OGRANICHENNOY OTVETSTVENNOST'YU "OBEDINENNAYA KOMPANIYA RUSAL INZHENERNO-TEKHNOLOGICHESKIY TSENTR" (Krasnoyarsk, Russia).
"Method for lining a cathode assembly of an electrolysis cell for producing aluminum" was invented by Aleksandr Vladimirovich Proshkin (Krasnoyarsk, Russia), Andrej Gennad'evich Sbitnev (Krasnoyarsk, Russia), Aleksej Sergeevich Zherdev (Krasnoyarsk, Russia), Vitalij Valer'evich Pingin (Krasnoyarsk, Russia) and Anton Sergeevich Orlov (Krasnoyarsk, Russia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method includes: filling and levelling of a heat insulation layer on a cath...