ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,539, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to VALEO AUTOMOTIVE AIR CONDITIONING HUBEI Co. LTD. (Jingzhou, China).

"Heater 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 heater device for a vehicle is described. The heater device include a plurality of heating elements, a printed circuit board, a first bus-bar, and a second bus-bar. The first bus-bar having a first set of connecting legs is formed in a first side of the first bus-bar. The first set of connecting legs is adapted to be connected with a first set of heating elements amongst the plurality of heating elements. The se...