ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,820, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Momentive Technologies Japan K.K. (Tokyo).

"Heater and production thereof" was invented by Yoshihiko Matsui (Sayo-gun Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a heater in which heater patterns are provided in parallel between terminals. Each terminal is divided into a divided terminal having electrical conduction only with one heater pattern, and a divided terminal having electrical conduction only with the other heater pattern. After a heater body is fabricated, in a state prior to mounting a feed bolt, resistance adjustment is performed with respect to each of a virtual serie...