ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,560, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SAFRAN CERAMICS (Le Haillan, France).
"Holding tools for preform sintering" was invented by Stephane Roger Andre Goujard (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Lucas Mathoux-Heuls (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Thierry Guy Xavier Tesson (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Christophe Paul Aupetit (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Emilie Lesizza (Moissy-Cramayel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An installation for sintering a preform includes a sintering furnace in which a load is disposed, wherein the load includes a revolution preform disposed around at least one holding tool, the at least one holding tool including a ...