ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,986, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Pinnacle Climate Technologies Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Portable heater with interchangeable battery" was invented by Sukru Erisgen (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Jacob Frame (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to portable forced air heaters and radiant heaters. Portable air forced air heaters include a blower, a blower housing, a burner disposed within the burner housing, a fuel tank in fluid communication with the burner, a fan pump and a battery connector. The battery connector of this disclosure allows for different batteries with different disting...