US Patent Issued to NGK INSULATORS on July 21 for "Dielectric drying method and dielectric drying apparatus for ceramic formed bodies, and method for producing ceramic structures" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,646, issued on July 21, was assigned to NGK INSULATORS Ltd. (Nagoya-City, Japan).

"Dielectric drying method and dielectric drying apparatus for ceramic formed bodies, and method for producing ceramic structures" was invented by Yoshimasa Fuma (Ichinomiya-City, Japan), Yuichi Tajima (Nagoya-City, Japan), Yoshimasa Kondo (Nagoya-City, Japan) and Kensuke Okumura (Chiryu-City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dielectric drying method for ceramic formed bodies includes drying a plurality of ceramic formed bodies placed side by side in a direction perpendicular to a conveying direction on upper surfaces of drying tables by conveying ...