ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,895, issued on May 12, was assigned to TRINITY INDUSTRIAL Corp. (Aichi, Japan).
"Drying furnace with first and second hot air supply ports" was invented by Satoshi Tamura (Aichi, Japan) and Shigeki Fujiwara (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drying furnace comprises a plurality of drying areas that are continuously provided along a longitudinal direction of the furnace and include a first hot air supply port, a second hot air supply port, and an exhaust port. The first hot air supply port is arranged at a position below a vehicle body in the furnace shell to discharge hot air diagonally upward. The second hot air supply po...