ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,078, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS INC. (Worcester, Mass.).
"Refractory article" was invented by Evgeniy E. Esjunin (Dunstable, Mass.) and Hubert Muller (Roedental, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refractory article having a support structure including a first plurality of posts coupled by a first member; and a second plurality of posts substantially parallel with the first plurality of posts, the second plurality of posts coupled by a second member, wherein the support structure has a height, H, and wherein the first and second members are positioned between 0.3H and 0.7H. In another asp...