ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,134, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Valeo Systemes Thermiques (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France).
"Electrical fluid heater" was invented by Pierre-Louis Gas (Prague), Ales Ruzicka (Prague), Serif Karaaslan (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France) and Oscar Eduardo Alcocer (Toluca, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid heater (100) includes at least one heating element (10) and at least one casing (20). The casing (20) includes a first and a second portion (20a) and (20b), a partition groove (22), an inlet and an outlet (24) and (26). The first and second portions (20a) and (20b) are assembled to define an enclosure receiving the heatin...