ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,618, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TCL ZHONGHUAN RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Tianjin, China).

"Anti-cracking suction device comprising outer cylinder, inner cylinder, suction tube, and first gap between inner and outer cylinders" was invented by Zhenyu Liu (Tianjin, China), Jian Xu (Tianjin, China), Zilong Zhao (Tianjin, China), Long Xiang (Tianjin, China), Jianping Wang (Tianjin, China) and Jianping Gao (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-cracking suction device for Czochralski single crystal is provided, wherein the device includes an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder disposed in the outer cylind...