ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,217, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Gas burner" was invented by Stuart C. Black (Ballyclare, Ireland) and Philip Eadie (Donaghadee, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas burner has a burner deck having a first face and an opposite second face and a plurality of ports extending therethrough. A burner skin is coupled to the second face of the burner deck and covers the plurality of ports. The gas burner includes an igniter, and part of the igniter is located on the second face of the burner deck adjacent the burner skin. A burner tube extends from the second face of the burner deck and sur...