ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,851, issued on June 30, was assigned to Schwartz GmbH (Simmerath, Germany).
"Thermal treatment of component" was invented by David Buller (Hurtgenwald, Germany) and Andreas Reinartz (Monschau, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for thermal treatment of a component includes a heating portion and a downstream cooling portion, separated by a partition wall. The cooling portion has a nozzle for discharging a cooling fluid, with the nozzle being inclined toward the component and away from the heating portion. An outer wall of the nozzle, facing the heating portion, is arranged parallel to and spaced apart from the partiti...