ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,510, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Paulson Manufacturing Corp. (Temecula, Calif.).
"Blackbody radiation shield protective apparatus" was invented by Roy Paulson (Murietta, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arc flash protective hood device. The protective hood is fitted with a passive blackbody radiation shield device formed with facing plates, each plate having a plurality of slots therethrough, the slots in one plate being in offset registration with the slots in the other plate, thereby creating a semi-tortuous path for fluid flow through the device. The semi-tortuous path for air flow is so formed to prevent arc-flash ...