ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,371, issued on April 14, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Heater" was invented by Masataka Sato (Sendai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater includes a base, a heat element embedded in the base, a cylindrical body including a first end and a second end being open, and a metal fixture including a first hole receiving the cylindrical body. The cylindrical body includes a first cylinder including the first end and a second cylinder including the second end and continuous with the first cylinder. The second cylinder has a smaller outer diameter than the first cylinder. The cylindrical body includes a ridge locate...