ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,452,961, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Ceramic structure and wafer system" was invented by Yasunori Kawanabe (Kirishima, Japan), Takeshi Muneishi (Kusatsu, Japan), Yoshihiro Komatsu (Satsumasendai, Japan) and Yoshihiro Okawa (Kirishima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater includes a base, a resistive heating body, and a terminal portion. The base is formed of ceramic and has a plate shape. The resistive heating body is located in the base. The terminal portion is electrically connected to the resistive heating body. The base includes a protruding portion surrounding the terminal portion, on a...