ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,416, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to UNION Co. LTD. (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

"Heating cable connecting device and flexible heater with the same" was invented by Kyung Sang Cho (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea) and Ha Kyung Chang (Gyeongju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a heating cable connecting device and a flexible heater employing the same, in which the heating cable connecting device insulates a heating cable applied to a flexible heater to connect the heating cable to a terminal unit and includes an explosion-proofing device configured to be connected to one end of a connecting cable by explosion pr...