US Patent Issued to SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SYSTEMS USA, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA on May 13 for "Induction heating for process electrification" (California, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,477, issued on May 13, was assigned to SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SYSTEMS USA INC. (Foxborough, Mass.) and SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA INC. (Boston).

"Induction heating for process electrification" was invented by Jon A. Bickel (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) and Lanyon Carr (Gold River, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater and/or a reactor system having a conductive medium and a conductor adjacent to the conductive medium is described. The system has a source of electrical energy coupled to the conductor to provide electrical energy and create a magnetic field around the conductive medium. The system produces an eddy current that heats the condu...