ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,433, issued on April 21, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).
"Dielectric heating device" was invented by Tadashi Aizawa (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dielectric heating device includes a first electrode and a second electrode that face an object to be heated and to which an AC voltage is applied, and a coil that is electrically coupled in series to the first electrode. A linear distance between one end and the other end of the coil is equal to or smaller than a linear distance between the one end and a central portion of the coil in a magnetic path direction of the coil."
The patent was filed on Feb. 8, ...