ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,123, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to UNIVERSAL ANALYZERS INC. (Carson City, Nev.).

"Heating units for heating enclosures and methods of heating enclosures" was invented by Eric James Gardner (Reno, Nev.), Christopher Todd Brown (Reno, Nev.) and Gary Arthur Evans (Dayton, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating unit for heating an enclosure includes a base having a central axis, a first end, a second end axially opposite the first end, and a cavity extending axially from the first end. In addition, the heating unit includes a heater disposed in the cavity of the base. Further, the heating unit includes a heat sink mounted to th...