ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,124, issued on July 21, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Electrically powered catalyst heater for fluid treatment systems" was invented by Thomas Adam Collins (Bradford, N.Y.), David Robert Heine (Seminole, Fla.) and Avinash Tukaram Shinde (Irving, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater assembly including a heater body having a monolithic honeycomb structure comprising a plurality of intersecting walls. The walls have a thickness and extend in an axial direction to form a plurality of cells of the honeycomb structure that extend axially from a first end face to a second end face. A first electrode is coupled to t...