ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,202, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP (Anderson, S.C.).
"Heated grips" was invented by Mathew Tang (Central, S.C.), Shuai Shao (Simpsonville, S.C.), Grzegorz Kondro (Piedmont, S.C.), Michael Scott Bailey (Powdersville, S.C.), Thomas Kolangayil James (Greenville, S.C.) and Jack Yu Jie (DongGuan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Power tools, snow throwers, and heated grips for snow throwers are provided. An exemplary heated grip for a power tool having a handle configured to be engaged by an operator includes a first heating element configured to be disposed at least partially on a first side of the handle;...