ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,882, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Brooke Erin DeSantis (Montreal).

"Control device with accessible symmetrical input connector" was invented by Alain Desmeules (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device for mounting in electrical heated wearables for controlling power to electrical heating wires secured in the heated wearables and capable of charging one or more portable batteries associate therewith and communicating data relative thereto. The control device has a finger-operable switch integrated with electronic circuits mounted on a pcb board. The electronic circuits include a communication circuit to interfac...