US Patent Issued to Encompass Group on Nov. 25 for "Metalized fabric heating blanket electrical connector" (Tennessee, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,197, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Encompass Group LLC (McDonough, Ga.).

"Metalized fabric heating blanket electrical connector" was invented by David Uland (Granville, Ohio), Jon Hermanson (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Steven P Baker (Farragut, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A warming blanket includes a metalized fabric exterior layer and an interior heating element made of a carbon fiber or carbon veil. The warming blanket has two oppositely disposed electrodes. The carbon veil includes a central portion positioned between two oppositely disposed margin areas. A temperature sensor is positioned upon the central portion of the h...