ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,371, issued on April 22, was assigned to POSCO (Pohang-si, South Korea) and RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (Pohang-si, South Korea).
"Radiant tube apparatus and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Won Ha (Pohang-si, South Korea) and Mok Young Lee (Pohang-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a radiant tube apparatus disposed in a heat treatment facility to perform a heat treatment of a strip and a method for manufacturing the same. The radiant tube apparatus includes a tube having an internal pipe, wherein the tube has a first continuous pattern and a second c...