ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,091, issued on April 21.
"Heated joystick" was invented by Nathan Jerome Mayer (Big Lake, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure generally describes a system for warming an area surrounding a control element for controlling operation of an associated machine or device. The system can include a heating element that can warm air in and around the heating element when actuated, a blower unit that can be in fluid communication with the heating element and that can generate a flow of the warm air when the heating element and the blower unit are actuated, and a forearm extension unit that can channel the flow of the warm air...