US Patent Issued to PACRAFT on Sept. 23 for "Heater, heat sealing device, thermal transfer printer, and container processing apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,562, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to PACRAFT Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Heater, heat sealing device, thermal transfer printer, and container processing apparatus" was invented by Noriyuki Yamane (Yamaguchi-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater includes: a heat generation unit that generates heat when energized; an electric wire that is attached to the heat generation unit and supplies electric current to the heat generation unit; a ground wire that is attached to the heat generation unit and is grounded; a conductive cover that includes an electrical conductor, is attached to the heat generation unit, and is grounded; and a...