US Patent Issued to Novelis on June 30 for "Internally cooled magnetic rotor for heating a substrate" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,287, issued on June 30, was assigned to Novelis Inc. (Atlanta).

"Internally cooled magnetic rotor for heating a substrate" was invented by James Charles Riggs (Acworth, Ga.), Rodger Eugene Brown (Atlanta), Antoine Jean Willy Pralong (Granges, Switzerland) and Jacob Whelchel (Decatur, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are magnetic rotors systems and methods for heating a substrate. The magnetic rotor includes a rotor body and at least one magnet supported on the rotor body. The rotor body is rotatable about an axis. The rotor body also defines a chamber that selectively receives a coolant within the chamber."

The patent wa...