ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,702, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Owens Corning Intellectual Capital LLC (Toledo, Ohio).
"Spinners" was invented by Evan O'Brien (New Albany, Ohio) and Stephen Prichard (Columbus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spinner for use in manufacturing glass fibers includes a body having an upper wall with an opening therethrough, a lower wall, and a side wall extending between the upper wall and the lower wall. The side wall comprises a plurality of orifices, and the body comprises a metal alloy material and is formed using a localized welding method, such as a directed energy deposition (DED) method."
The patent was filed on A...