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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7441713 | Tamper resistant temperature dial and associated method of use A tamper resistant temperature dial and associated method of use is disclosed. This includes a temperature adjustment device associated with a controller for a heating device that includes a rotatable dial for setting temperature in the heating device, a ring that i... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439472 | Heating body A heating body is provided. The heating body includes a tube and a heating member disposed in the tube. When a radius from a center of the heating body to an outer circumference of the heating member is “r,” a radius of the tube is equal to or greater than 1.6r.... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435929 | Methods for monitoring or controlling the ratio of hydrogen to water vapor in metal heat treating atmospheres Methods for monitoring a heat treating atmosphere supply a preselected gas atmosphere at a preselected temperature to a heat treating furnace. The preselected temperature is not greater than a temperature at which wustite (FeO) forms. The methods sense the preselect... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7423240 | Pulse width modulated defroster A window defroster system that includes a heater grid and a controller. The controller includes a pulse width modulator configured to provide a driving signal to the heater grid. The driving signal has an initial heating portion and a pulsed portion. The initial hea... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423243 | Heating system and method A fluid heating system includes a fluid receptacle having a fluid reservoir, and a heating control system configured to heat fluid retained within the fluid reservoir. The heating control system includes a processing unit, at least one fluid temperature sensor posit... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7417208 | Power supply device The power supply device comprises first wiring that connects an alternator that is driven by the engine and a constant voltage electrical load that is driven at 12V, a heat accumulator that accumulates cooling heat and warming heat, a thermoelectric converter which ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411162 | Hot wire control apparatus and method Control system and apparatus for controlling current input to an electrical resistance element such as a seal wire. The system and apparatus of the present invention is a closed loop feedback modification to conventional systems, and takes advantage of the inherent ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411163 | Device for providing a melt The invention relates to a device (1) for providing a melt, in particular a plastic melt. Said device (1) comprises a feed unit (2) for material components, at least one purification unit (4) for the flowing melt, in particular a rotatabl... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408132 | Temperature sensor for power supply A temperature sensor, such as a thermistor, senses the temperature inside a power source connector, or other portion, of a power supply. This sensed temperature may then be used to determine if the output power should be reduced or switched off in order to avoid ove... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408421 | Determining thermal absorption using ring oscillator A device and method for determining a thermal absorption of a part of an integrated circuit (IC) are provided. A specially designed ring oscillator including a non-silicided poly-silicon resistor is used for the determination. The parameters of the ring oscillator a... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7402780 | Thermostat for a heat pump or conventional heating system A thermostat is provided comprising a first connector for connecting to an air conditioner, a second connector for connecting to either a conventional heater or a heat pump reversing valve, and a selection means for selecting from at least a first mode of operation ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7385161 | Method of estimating the temperature of an oxygen sensor heating element The resistance of an oxygen sensor heating element is estimated by modeling the effects of physical and electrical heating on the resistance of the heating element lead-in conductors, and subtracting the lead-in conductor resistance from a measure of the heating cir... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7378620 | Oven control system Oven control system, including a display screen, a data input means and a calculation unit able to send instructions to the display screen and to receive instructions from the data input means, the said calculation unit including a means for grading cooking programs... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372002 | Fluid heating device and cleaning device using the same A washing water inlet for receiving washing water is provided on an upper surface at one end of a case main body in a fluid heating device, and a washing water outlet for feeding heated washing water to a pump is provided on an upper surface at the other end of the ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371995 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes: a fixing roller; a center temperature detection unit including a protective member, the center temperature detection unit contacts the fixing roller in an axial center of the fixing roller and detects a temperature of the center section; an... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372003 | 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... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372004 | Method and device for recording the registration of the connection of a household appliance to a bus line configuration The aim of the invention is to record the registration of the connection of a household appliance to a bus line configuration to which a plurality of household appliances is to be, or is, connected, for the transmission of data. To this end, the household appliance ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372005 | Water storage device having a powered anode A water heater having a powered electrode and a method of controlling the water heater. The water heater includes a tank to hold water, a heating element, an electrode, and a control circuit. The control circuit includes a variable voltage supply, a voltage sensor, ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368303 | Method for temperature control in a rapid thermal processing system A method is disclosed for a multi-zone interference correction processing for a rapid thermal processing (RTP) system. This processing allows for improved calibration/tuning of RTP systems by accounting for zone coupling. The disclosed method includes establishing b... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363031 | System for monitoring and controlling a set of household appliances A system for monitoring and controlling a set of power users, in particular household appliances, which users (U) are connected to a first communication network (RE) through appropriate interfacing means (N) for the exchange of information and/or instructions, where... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361867 | Electronic scale and method for weight measurement including correction means for correcting a weight dependent signal A scale having an electronic weighing system to generate a weight-dependent signal and a digital signal processing unit (18). The digital signal processing unit (18) has a circuit or program parts which measure the time elapsed since connection of the ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358464 | Method for temperature measurement in a household appliance A method for temperature measurement in a household appliance includes generating a high-frequency electromagnetic excitation wave of a predefined transmit frequency. The transmit frequency is selected from a frequency band including temperature-dependent resonant f... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358463 | Switching power supply and method for stopping supply of electricity when electricity of switching power supply exceeds rated electricity A switching power supply includes a sensor for detecting that the output level of the switching power supply has exceeded a rated output level, and a memory that stores data for estimating temperature change of a heat-producing component during a period in which the... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353821 | Steam oven system having steam generator with controlled fill process A steam oven includes a heating chamber or boiler in which steam is generated. Water fill and refill operations of the heating chamber are controlled in attempt to account for water expansion and/or to enable substantially regular production of steam. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355831 | Y-capacitance fault current discharge compensation for HVDC systems A fuel cell system or HVDC power source includes a fuel cell or DC power source having a high voltage direct current (HVDC) bus including y-capacitors, which connect the HVDC bus terminals to chassis or safety ground, and a fault current discharge compensation circu... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355521 | Method and system for heating dies A method and system for monitoring the temperature of dies during the processing of thermoplastics. A non-contact infrared remote sensor is configured to remotely monitor each die of a cuber extruder. The face of the cuber dies is divided into four quadrants. A sens... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355146 | Heating unit A heating unit for a vehicle features a radial fan (100) having a housing (110), which housing has an air inlet (116) and an air exit opening (118). The heating unit has an air-directing device (140) that guides an air flow in a pr... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351938 | Electric blanket and system and method for making an electric blanket An electric blanket has a woven web of warp and weft fibers. At least a portion of the warp fibers are electrically conductive. At least a portion of the weft fibers are electrically conductive and interweave with the electrically conductive warp fibers at a first a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348522 | Apparatus for thawing frozen food items An apparatus is disclosed for thawing a frozen food item, including a chamber dimensioned to receive the frozen food item, a heat exchanger operable to either heat air in the chamber or to cool the air in the chamber, a fan for creating a flow of the air within the ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348515 | Solder dispenser A solder dispenser provides a cylindrical dispensing container which has a solder inlet for introducing a solder member, and an opening portion for discharging the above-mentioned solder member to the external, and forms an internal space where the solder member can... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345259 | Circuit arrangement and method for preventing overheating of a cooking appliance The invention relates to a method and a circuit arrangement for preventing overheating of a cooking appliance. The arrangement includes a power circuit with a heating element and a control circuit with a coupling switch. The control circuit and the power circuit are... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343850 | Cooking appliance with an extractor fan A cooking appliance including at least one heating unit for heating a cooking area and including at least one extractor fan. At least one parameter of the extractor fan can be controlled to different values by a control unit, regardless of the selected cooking mode.... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7339141 | System and method for monitoring heat seal devices An apparatus for monitoring the operation of a heating element moving periodically along a predefined path includes first and second sensors positioned adjacent the path of the heating element. The first sensor is configured to sense the presence of the heating elem... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335861 | Cooking stove A cooking stove which prevents the quantity of heat generated by a gas burner from increasing continuously contrary to the user's expectations, while allowing the user to easily operate the appliance. A cooking stove includes an operation portion 6 having tou... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334938 | Mold and fungus growth warning apparatus and method An apparatus for monitoring environmental conditions favorable for mold, mildew and fungus growth includes a microprocessor having a data map, a temperature sensor attached to the microprocessor, a relative humidity sensor attached to the microprocessor, an indicato... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335855 | Electric PCB heating component, electronic circuit board and heating method An electric PCB heating component for a heating electric component is coupleable to an electronic circuit board. The PCB heating component includes a fastening element, a heating element for generating thermal energy, and a heating body. The heating body emits therm... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331793 | Magnetic connector A connector (30) can include a housing (32), a plurality of magnets (14) within the housing used for data transfer and at least one alignment magnet (16 or 18) within the housing used for proper alignment and polarity. The connecto... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329841 | Method for operating an oven, and an associated device Method and control device for operating an oven. The control device comprises an operating panel which is substantially flat and sealed. One or more touch-sensitive regions of the panel define electronic on/off switches and an electronic rotary switch. Processing me... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330098 | Thermal fuse employing a thermosensitive pellet There is provided a thermal fuse employing a thermosensitive pellet that reacts to an operating temperature with limited variation, and operates with high precision and hence high reliability. To achieve this, the thermal fuse includes a switching function member in... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326887 | Modified reset motor protector A self-hold motor protector (10) has an open metallic housing (12) in which a thermostatic disc (14) carrying a movable electrical contact (18) is cantilever mounted. A heater seat plate (20) is mounted in the housing in electrical... | 02/05/2008 |
