ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,320, issued on July 7, was assigned to FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH (Julich, Germany).
"Article having a heat-insulating coating system" was invented by Christoph Dommann (Bonn, Germany), Daniel Emil Mack (Cologne, Germany), Robert VaBen (Herzogenrath, Germany) and Martin Tandler (Viersen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprising a substrate and a ceramic thermal barrier layer formed of columns which is applied to the substrate, characterized in that the columns are spatially separated from each other at the substrate or at least hardly contact each other is disclosed. A method for producing the system by laser weld...