US Patent Issued to LEAR on June 23 for "Heat transfer system for a therapy device" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,256, issued on June 23, was assigned to LEAR Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).

"Heat transfer system for a therapy device" was invented by David Hale (Southfield, Mich.), Joshua Hallock (Warren, Mich.), Vyachislav Ivanov (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Samuel Blair (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided with a thermoelectric device with a first heat transfer surface and a second heat transfer surface adapted for cooperation with a therapy device such that the first heat transfer surface is spaced apart from a contact surface of the therapy device to transfer heat to or from the contact surface. A fluid heat transfer s...