ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,992, issued on Aug. 12.

"Heater box repair apparatus and method of use" was invented by Nathaniel Bruce Hansen (Idaho Falls, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater box apparatus may include a shaft member and a gear member. The gear member may include one or more protrusions, with a first and a second protrusion being on a first side of the gear member and a third protrusion being on a second side of the gear member. The third protrusion may include an aperture configured to receive the shaft member. The shaft member may include a first shaft portion, a second shaft portion, and a hood that separates the first shaft portion fr...