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| 8164031 | Electric trace tube bundle with internal branch circuit An electric trace tube bundle characterized by an internal branched circuit or circuits wherein power to the branched circuit or circuits is supplied via leads contained within a tubular jacket surrounding an insulation layer and an inner core containing one or more... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8148669 | Apparatus and method for effectuating temperature control in roller grills The present invention provides an apparatus and method for effectuating temperature control in roller grill assembly. Some embodiments provide a roller grill assembly which provides enhanced measurement by utilizing temperature probes located in convective air strea... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143559 | Heating pad with temperature control and safety protection device A heating pad is provided. The heating pad includes a heating element and a control circuit operatively connected to the heating element for providing a predetermined level of power thereto. An isolation device interconnects a power source to the control circuit. Th... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8110781 | Golf club head cover with temperature controlling device The present invention provides a golf club head cover which provides conventional protection to golf clubs and in addition provides a heating function for a hitting surface of the golf club in order to keep the temperature within a optimized range for hitting. The g... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8101892 | System and method for monitoring food Systems and methods for monitoring conditions that affect the quality of food being served. Conditions such as temperature and elapsed time affect the quality of food and the safety of food consumers. Various embodiments of monitoring systems can be incorporated wit... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8097835 | Temperature control circuit A temperature control circuit includes a microprocessor, a protection module, a temperature detecting module, and a heating module. The temperature detecting module includes a thermistor and a first switch. The thermistor is operable to sense a temperature to turn o... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8093535 | Temperature-controlled circuit integrated in a semiconductor material, and method for controlling the temperature of a semiconductor material having an integrated circuit A circuit is disclosed, integrated in a semiconductor material, for measuring signals of a sensor assigned to the integrated circuit. In at least one embodiment, the circuit includes an active component; a temperature sensor; and a circuit to control the temperature... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8058590 | Cooking and storage systems A cooking and storage system comprises a refrigeration device, a cooking device and controller for controlling the cooking device, and the refrigeration device provides to the controller temperature information relating to the temperature within the refrigeration de... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8008604 | Low profile heater A portable, low profile electric radiant heater has an elongated heating element. A plurality of thermistors are disposed proximate to and along the length of the elongated heating element, spaced at substantially equal intervals. A microcontroller switches a refere... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7994455 | Control circuit for fast heating of a positive-temperature-coefficient heating component Traditional temperature-control products have the problem that the temperature of the working surface reaches the setting temperature too slowly when heating up or recovering from a temperature drop. A traditional temperature control circuit and temperature-settings... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7968827 | Oxygen sensor heater control strategy A heating module for an oxygen sensor comprises an estimated mass module, a cumulative mass module, and a temperature control module. The estimated mass module determines an estimated mass of intake air to remove condensation from an exhaust system after startup of ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7968828 | Temperature controlling method of electron bombardment heating apparatus A method of operating an electron bombardment heating apparatus, in which thermions emitted from filaments are accelerated and impinged upon a heating plate, so as to heat the heating plate, wherein a peripheral wall of a heated material supporting member having a h... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7968826 | Calibrated thermal sensing system utilizing resistance varying jumper configuration The warming article contains a heating element and a sensing system. The sensing system has a first sensor element being a temperature dependent variable resistor and a second sensor element having at least two resistors in series and corresponding jumpers for one o... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7947931 | System and method for shaft heat treament for correction slow roll Certain exemplary embodiments comprise an computer readable storage device having instructions stored therein that are indicative of reducing slow roll electrical runout value of a shaft of an electric motor, the shaft having a runout sensing area; the instructions ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7939784 | Electrostatic chuck support assembly A method of tuning the thermal conductivity of an electrostatic chuck (ESC) support assembly comprises measuring the temperature at a plurality of sites on a support assembly surface in which each site is associated with a given cell, determining from the measuremen... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7919731 | Stirring hot plate A stirring hot plate for simultaneously heating and stirring a mixture includes a phase controlled motor that spins magnets which couple to, and thereby spin, a stir bar within the mixture. In addition to spinning the magnets, the motor includes an operational mode ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7902485 | Temperature setting method of thermal processing plate, temperature setting apparatus of thermal processing plate, program, and computer-readable recording medium recording program thereon Temperature setting of a thermal plate is performed so that the line width of a resist pattern is uniformly formed within a wafer. The thermal plate of a PEB unit is divided into a plurality of thermal plate regions so that the temperature can be set for each of the... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7858907 | Electric switching circuit for a clothes dryer An electric switching circuit with a first current path for operating an electric motor and with a second current path for operating a first heater. The electric motor drives a fan during which an air flow created by the fan is heated by the first heater. A switch f... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7820948 | Brewing machine/satellite contactless power and communication transfer-enabling system and method The present invention provides a system for enabling control of the temperature of a receptacle in a satellite for containing a brewed fluid, so as to enable control of the temperature of the brewed fluid in the receptacle upon transfer of the brewed fluid from a br... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7804047 | Temperature sensor diagnostic for determining water heater health status A method and apparatus for determining a health status of a water heating device is disclosed. The water heating device may have a controller that incorporates logic to regulate the heater responsive to water temperatures detected at different areas within the water... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7800026 | Heating body A heating body is provided. The heating body includes a plurality of heating members having different thermal expansion coefficients and a tube in which the heating members are disposed. At least one of the plurality of heating members supports other heating member.... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7800027 | Method of water temperature calibration for electric kettle A water temperature calibration method for an electric kettle includes the steps of providing a temperature sensor, a microprocessor, and a control circuit; detecting an interior temperature from one of the temperatures of the water, a heating point contacting with ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7791004 | Fluid heating system and method A fluid heating system configured to regulate a temperature of a fluid within a fluid receptacle having a fluid reservoir includes a processing unit, at least one fluid temperature sensor in electrical communication with the processing unit, and a heating element in... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7728263 | Process of controlling an operation of electric kettle A process of controlling an operation of an electric kettle includes the steps of initializing a microprocessor to detect a water temperature via a temperature sensor to set a system parameter; checking a status of a control circuit; determining a preserve temperatu... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7718932 | Electrostatic chuck having radial temperature control capability An electrostatic chuck (“chuck”) is provided for controlling a radial temperature profile across a substrate when exposed to a plasma. The chuck includes a number of independently controllable gas volumes that are each defined in a radial configuration relative ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7718933 | Methods and systems for direct manufacturing temperature control Methods and systems for direct manufacturing are provided. The system includes a part bed, a deck disposed within the part bed, and a heater configured to heat a workpiece area adjacent the deck. The heater includes a plurality of individually movable heating elemen... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7692121 | Temperature control for an inductively heated heating element A temperature control and method of operating the temperature control, for an inductively heated heating element. The heating element is heated by an inductor to which electrical power is supplied via a control circuit, which can also be a control circuit for an ind... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7687743 | Apparatus and method for heating and melting solid lubricants in the delivery drum An apparatus for heating and melting solid lubricants in a delivery drum, including a heating element composed of armored resistors shaped as concentric rings and junction spokes. A hoist lowers and raises the heating element into and out of the drum via vertical ro... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7675006 | Temperature sensing circuit in cooking appliance and controlling method of the same A temperature sensing circuit and a method of automatically controlling the temperature sensing circuit in a cooking apparatus for more accuracy are provided. In the method, the low temperature table and the high temperature table are selectively used based on a cur... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7667162 | Semiconductor thermal process control utilizing position oriented temperature generated thermal mask During fabrication, a rotating semiconductor substrate is radiated in accordance with a thermal recipe. Temperature measurements of the semiconductor substrate are obtained along with the position of the semiconductor substrate at the time of each temperature measur... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7655886 | Method of measuring a heating plate temperature, substrate processing device and computer-readable recording medium with computer program recorded thereon for measuring the heating plate temperature When a heating plate performs heat treatment on a substrate by a wireless wafer provided with a temperature detecting portion, a storing portion and a controller, the temperature of the heating plate is measured readily and accurately while suppressing lowering of a... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7635828 | Methods for correcting slow roll Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method comprising a plurality of activities comprising, for a shaft of an electric motor, the shaft comprising a runout sensing area: determining an electrical runout value for the runout sensing area; rotating the shaft; and... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7619185 | Image forming apparatus and electric-power control method An electric power supply is controlled below a maximum suppliable current value by detecting the applied current of a heater. The image forming apparatus includes a heater which includes heating elements that generate heat when electric power is supplied, a current ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7619184 | Multi-parameter process and control method A method and system for generating control settings for a multi-parameter control system. The interdependencies of processing tools and the related effect on semiconductor wafers within a processing tool is factored into a mathematical model that considers desired a... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7566848 | Catalytic combustion type gas sensor A catalytic combustion type gas sensor includes a gas sensing unit 10, in which a sensing element having a heater coil embedded in a thermal conduction layer provided with an oxidation catalyst for causing a gas to be sensed to combust by contact, a compensat... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7560669 | Method of thermal treatment of components A method of thermal treatment of components. The optimum thermal amplitude of the components at which the phase transformation kinetics of the components is maximum is determined by subjecting samples of the components to cyclic thermal processing at various thermal... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7514653 | Small diameter pipe repair device A tube shaped and fluid inflatable and electrically heatable in-situ pipe repair device comprising a first outer elastomeric tube layer and a resistive heating component comprised of electrically conductive fibers braided over an elastomeric core. The tube shaped de... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7501605 | Method of tuning thermal conductivity of electrostatic chuck support assembly A method of tuning the thermal conductivity of an electrostatic chuck (ESC) support assembly comprises measuring the temperature at a plurality of sites on a support assembly surface in which each site is associated with a given cell, determining from the measuremen... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7501604 | Sensor element for determining gas components in gas mixtures, and method for manufacturing it A sensor element for determining the concentration of gas components in gas mixtures, e.g., for determining the oxygen concentration in exhaust gases of combustion engines, includes: at least one electrochemical measurement cell that encompasses a first and a second... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7449662 | Air heating apparatus An embodiment of an air heating apparatus includes a mass to store heat energy and a heater to provide the heat energy to the mass. ... | 11/11/2008 |
