ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,338, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to VALEO AUTOMOTIVE AIR CONDITIONING HUBEI Co. LTD. (Jingzhou, China).

"Heating device" was invented by Ziran Tong (Hubei, China) and Qiang Geng (Hubei, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating device (100) for a vehicle, includes a Printed Circuit Board (11), at least one heating element (20a,20b,20c), a bus bar (30,31) and a terminal pin (42). The Printed Circuit Board (11) is received inside a casing (12) along one bus bar (30,31). The bus bar (30,31) includes at least one bus bar terminal (30a,30b,30c,31a,31b,31c), wherein at least one bus bar terminal (30a 30b 30c 31a,31b,31c) connects ...