US Patent Issued to Linton Kayex Technology on Nov. 3 for "Liquid silicon spill containment and detection system" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,382, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Linton Kayex Technology Co. Ltd (Wuxi City, China).

"Liquid silicon spill containment and detection system" was invented by Zhixin Li (Wuxi City, China) and Liu Hai (Wuxi City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single crystal furnace includes a furnace body, a thermal-field assembly, and a spill tray. The thermal-field assembly includes a crucible for carrying a forming material, a heater for heating the forming material from a solid state into a melt, and an insulation member located below the crucible and including an overflow hole. The spill tray is located in the furnace body below the i...