ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,472, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Structure and heating device" was invented by Yasunori Kawanabe (Kirishima, Japan), Yoshihiro Komatsu (Satsumasendai, Japan) and Yoshihiro Okawa (Kirishima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Structures (2, 2A to 2P) according to the present disclosure have respective bases (10, 10A), electrode layers, and terminals. The bases (10, 10A) are made of a ceramic. The electrode layers (111, 111C, 111D, 111F, 111M, 111N, 111O) are located inside the respective bases (10, 10A). The terminals (41, 41G, 41H, 41I, 41J, 41K, 41L) are electrically connected to the respectiv...