ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,875, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Compact igniter" was invented by Erick Lowe (Clamart, France) and Hari Prakash Kalakonda (Pune, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An igniter is described herein. The igniter comprises a housing having a first part with a circuit guide and a second part that fits together with the first part to form the housing, the first part and the second part defining an interior of the housing, with the circuit guide located in the interior of the housing; an ignition circuit having a heating element disposed within the interior of the housing, a first ...