US Patent Issued to WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING on Nov. 25 for "Encapsulated bus circuit for fluid heating systems" (Missouri, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,686, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY (St. Louis).

"Encapsulated bus circuit for fluid heating systems" was invented by Jacob R. Lindley (Webster Groves, Mo.), Mark D. Everly (St. Charles, Mo.), Michael A. Jones (St. Louis), Dennis P. Long (Monroe City, Mo.), Scott H. Boehmer (Hannibal, Mo.) and Philip S. Schmidt (Decorah, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A termination assembly for a heater assembly includes a plurality of resistive heaters arranged in discrete power phases, each resistive heater comprising a resistive heating element surrounded by dielectric material and a sheath. The termi...