US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on April 7 for "High-frequency heating apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,677, issued on April 7, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"High-frequency heating apparatus" was invented by Takashi Uno (Shiga, Japan), Daisuke Hosokawa (Shiga, Japan), Fumitaka Ogasawara (Hyogo, Japan) and Koji Yoshino (Shiga, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-frequency heating apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a first electrode (11), a second electrode (12), a high-frequency power supply (30), a position adjuster (20), a detector (50), and a controller (60). The second electrode (12) is disposed facing the first electrode. The high-frequency power sup...