ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,204, issued on June 2, was assigned to CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC. (Lawrence, N.J.).
"Spinneret housing for use in the manufacture of polymer fibers, and method of use thereof" was invented by Janos Olah (Kelheim, Germany), Varun Kumar (Greenville, S.C.) and John Desmond Cook (Simpsonville, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a spinneret housing for use in the production of polymer fibers, such as large tow polymer fibers, typically used in the manufacture of carbon fiber. The present disclosure also relates to a system comprising the spinneret housing and a process for producing polymer fibers using such a...