ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,231, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Ceramic structure and method manufacturing ceramic structure" was invented by Yasunori Kawanabe (Kirishima, Japan), Yuusaku Ishimine (Aira, Japan), Takeshi Muneishi (Kusatsu, Japan) and Yoshihiro Okawa (Kirishima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater includes a base body and an internal conductor. The base body is made of ceramic. The internal conductor is located inside the base body and includes a connection portion. The base body includes a space extending from the connection portion to a lower surface of the base body. The space includes a first space...