ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,347, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to OhmIQ Inc. (North Charleston, S.C.).
"Devices for ohmically heating a fluid" was invented by Jeremiah M. Callahan (Sullivan's Island, S.C.), Eric J. Doesburg (Charleston, S.C.), Gregory S. Lyon (Mamaroneck, N.Y.), Michael J. Wieckowski (Charleston, S.C.), Julie Klions (Charleston, S.C.), Weston Scott Catron (Charleston, S.C.), Kevin James Hammer (Charleston, S.C.) and Jesse Flynn (Johns Island, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater for heating a conductive liquid includes a two-dimensional array of rod-like electrodes (22, 122, 322, 422, 522) extending parallel to one another, an electrica...