ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,950, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).
"Heating device" was invented by Toshiya Inomata (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support member for a heater includes a main body extending longitudinally between a pair of end portions and a pair of first contact portions. Each first contact portion is coupled to one of the end portions of the main body. A gap is formed between each first contact portion and the main body. The support member is configured such that, when the heater is coupled to the support member (a) the gaps each receive the heater, (b) the first contact portions each enga...