ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,665, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to FAURECIA SYSTEMES D'ECHAPPEMENT (Nanterre, France).
"Heating device for an exhaust system and associated manufacturing method" was invented by Valentin Sage-Aubriot (Auxon-les-Vesoul, France), Alain Mercier (Nommay, France), Thomas Denis (Gersthofen, Germany) and Georg Mosonyi (Gersthofen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating device comprises first and second electrodes attached to a heating plate comprising a plurality of branches each having a proximal end turned from a first longitudinal side of the heating plate and a distal end turned from a second longitudinal side of the heat...