ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,378, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ALLFEST GMBH (Aldingen, Germany).

"Ceiling radiator having a star-shaped cross-sectional shape" was invented by Hartmut Flaig (Aldingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceiling radiator (01) for heating or cooling rooms (14), the ceiling radiator (01) having at least one flow tube (03) for transport of a heating or cooling medium and having several radiant panels (04) connected in a heat-conducting manner to the at least one flow tube (03). The ceiling radiator (01) may have a star-shaped cross-sectional shape with five or more star tips (02), wherein at least two converging radiant pa...