US Patent Issued to TOKUYAMA on June 24 for "Protective structure for silicon rod and method for manufacturing silicon rod" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,548, issued on June 24, was assigned to TOKUYAMA Corp. (Yamaguchi, Japan).

"Protective structure for silicon rod and method for manufacturing silicon rod" was invented by Junya Sakai (Yamaguchi, Japan) and Kazuhiro Kawaguchi (Yamaguchi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is possible to carry out an operation to open a reactor while checking a falling over status of a silicon rod. A protective structure (200) includes: a first frame body (201) that is shaped so as to surround a bottom plate (101) of a reactor (100) in which a silicon rod (110) is contained; and a protective wall surface (204) that extends vertically upward from t...