US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on July 1 for "Heater" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,472, issued on July 1, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Heater" was invented by Kei Ishida (Inuyama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater includes: a substrate including a first surface and a second surface located opposite to the first surface relative to the substrate; a first heating pattern disposed on a first-surface side of the substrate; a second heating pattern disposed on the first-surface side of the substrate and located at a position different from a position of the first heating pattern; a first terminal to which electricity is to be supplied; a first power-supply pattern electrically connecti...