US Patent Issued to Ford Motor on April 21 for "Modification of indirect-fired paint curing oven atmospheric environment through the introduction of gas combustion products" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,739, issued on April 21, was assigned to Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Modification of indirect-fired paint curing oven atmospheric environment through the introduction of gas combustion products" was invented by Mark Clinton Melvin (South Lyon, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for thermally treating components includes an indirect-fired oven, the indirect-fired oven having an internal chamber configured to house the components and an air intake in fluid communication with the internal chamber. A source of heat is disposed external to the internal chamber of the indirect-fired oven, and a combustion source is dispo...