US Patent Issued to Chemelex Europe on May 5 for "Self-regulating heater cable with buffer layer" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,908, issued on May 5, was assigned to Chemelex Europe GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Self-regulating heater cable with buffer layer" was invented by Jennifer Robison (San Carlos, Calif.), Wade DePolo (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Sirarpi B. Jenkins (Menlo Park, Calif.), Linda D.B. Kiss (San Mateo, Calif.), Marcus Kleinehanding (Tolochenaz, Switzerland) and Paul Becker (San Carlos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the invention provide self-regulating heater cables utilizing substantially solid polymeric buffer layers surrounding the heating elements having improved heat transfer efficiency as well as improved reliability...