ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,801, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Mahle International GmbH (Germany).

"Electrical adapter" was invented by Serge Bohn (Turkheim, France), Guillaume Daudon (La Bourgonce, France), Juan S. Garulo (Valencia, Spain), Jean-Philippe Gries (Colmar, France) and Audrey Zahnd (Cernay, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical adapter for electrically connecting a control unit of a heating device to an electric energy source and to an electrical signal source. The adapter may include a support, an electrical signal line, a first electrical supply line, a second electrical supply line, and a filter device. The signal line and the...