US Patent Issued to Sekisui Kydex on March 4 for "Dye sublimation apparatus with a multi-zone independent heater control" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,260, issued on March 4, was assigned to Sekisui Kydex LLC (Bloomsburg, Pa.).

"Dye sublimation apparatus with a multi-zone independent heater control" was invented by Jeffrey Humenick (Bloomsburg, Pa.), Jym Kauffman (Bloomsburg, Pa.) and Rebecca Gallup (Bloomsburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illustrative dye sublimation apparatus may include a heating surface that may have multiple zones. Each zone may include a single individually controlled heater. A controller may control the heater to generate a range of heat and not merely turn the heater ON and OFF. Therefore, one or more controllers may individually regulate heat fro...