ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,855, issued on June 3, was assigned to THERMOCOAX (Caligny, France).

"Method for soldering heating elements to create an electric heating device or a heating source; corresponding electric heating device" was invented by Benoit Dekervel (La Coulonche, France), Laurent Pichon (Vire, France), Denis Lecharpentier (Putanges-le Lac, France) and Olivier Caillaud Gafsi (Conde sur Noireau, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for creating an electric heating source, including a body equipped with one or more housings containing mineral-insulated heating cables. The housings communicate with one or more reservoirs which accept a pure...