ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,657, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES INC. (Worcester, Mass.) and SAINT-GOBAIN SURFACE SOLUTIONS FRANCE (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France).
"Abrasive articles and methods for forming same" was invented by Gwenaelle Ringenbach (Bascharage, Luxembourg) and Ignazio Gosamo (Leglise, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An abrasive article can include a core and an abrasive component attached to the core. The abrasive component may include a body including a leading end and a trailing end, wherein the leading end has a width greater than a width of the trailing end. In an embodiment, the abrasive component may i...