ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,991, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Graco Minnesota Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Heated whip hose" was invented by Joseph E. Tix (Hastings, Minn.), Nicholas P. Peterson (Coon Rapids, Minn.), Nicholas K. Studt (Moscow, Idaho) and Stephen P. Schneider (Blaine, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heated whip hose (10) includes a hose core (12) configured to deliver a fluid, a heating element (16) disposed around the hose core, a protective layer (20) disposed around the heating element and hose core, an insulating layer (22, 24) disposed around the protective layer, and an abrasion protection layer (26) disposed around insulating layer a...