US Patent Issued to MITSUI KINZOKU on March 31 for "Refractory member and method of producing the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,041, issued on March 31, was assigned to MITSUI KINZOKU COMPANY Ltd. (Japan).

"Refractory member and method of producing the same" was invented by Hitoshi Kajino (Omuta, Japan) and Shoji Imaura (Omuta, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a refractory member that is excellent in corrosion resistance and excellent in the adhesiveness of a carbide coating disposed on a surface of a graphite material base. The refractory member includes: a graphite material base; and a carbide layer disposed to coat at least a part of a surface of the graphite material base. In the refractory member, the graphite material base includes a gr...