ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,411, issued on July 22, was assigned to SILICON HOLDING B.V. (Netherlands).
"Refractory anchor" was invented by Danielle Francesca Garot (Wateringen, Netherlands) and Jerome Michael Garot (Wateringen, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refractory anchor comprising an elongated mounting pin having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end seen in the longitudinal direction of the elongated mounting pin, wherein the first end of the elongated mounting pin is weldable to an object, the refractory anchor further comprises two anchor fins of which each has a first anchor fin section having a first side and an opposi...