ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,382, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to DREVER INTERNATIONAL (Angleur, Belgium).

"Radiant heating element with free end" was invented by Van-Long Hoang (Angleur, Belgium), Alexandre Lhoest (Eupen, Belgium) and Olivier Pensis (Montegnee, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiant element for heating an oven is disclosed. The radiant element comprises a first end; a second free end; a radiant structure between said first end and second end; a conduit for an energy feed inside said radiant structure; a first attachment leg for mechanically coupling the radiant structure to a support, a first coupling means comprising a first porti...