US Patent Issued to Uniheat on April 7 for "Infrared heating and heat transfer and radiation element including nanocomposite" (American, Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,675, issued on April 7, was assigned to Uniheat Inc..

"Infrared heating and heat transfer and radiation element including nanocomposite" was invented by Timo Rapakko (Saratoga, Calif.), Jorma Virtanen (Massillon, Ohio) and Kaarlo Wedman (Kuusamo, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infrared radiation and heating element and heat transfer and radiation element includes a nanocomposite configured to emit infrared radiation and absorb and emit thermal radiation. The heating element can include a panel, layer or an object, and a nanocomposite covering at least a part of a surface of the panel, layer or object. The heating element c...