ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,501, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to NIFCO INC. (Yokosuka, Japan).
"Method for manufacturing stainless steel sintered mesh" was invented by Shuichi Hiratsuka (Yokosuka, Japan) and Norio Saito (Yokosuka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a sintered mesh includes a step of preparing a mesh made of austenite stainless steel and including a plurality of wires extending respectively in intersecting directions, and a step of heat treatment for controlling an ambient temperature of the mesh. The step of heat treatment includes a temperature rising process for raising the ambient temperature to a treatment te...