ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,947, issued on May 13.
"Heat tracing system and method" was invented by Joseph V. D'Amico III (New Orleans).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat tracing assembly for heating a product in a process pipe including a compression layer formed of a conductive material and one or more tracing tubes for the flow of a heat source. The compression layer is positioned around the process pipe with the tracing tubes at least partially disposed within the compression layer. The compression layer may be formed of a plurality of interlocking longitudinal panels for optimizing the transfer and distribution of heat from the tracing tubes to the proce...