ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,220, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SCHOTT AG (Mainz, Germany).

"Unit for high-temperature uses" was invented by Florian Berger (Essenbach, Germany), Christian Mix (Landshut, Germany), Ina Filbert-Demut (Pilsting, Germany) and Thorsten Wilke (Nack, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A unit for high-temperature for uses above 700deg C. is provided. The unit includes a housing and an electrical functional element. The functional element has a non-conducting substrate, an electrically conductive element, and at least one connection wire or pad. The functional element has a first section, a second section, and a third section. Th...