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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7622695 | Multi-layered carrier A multi-layered carrier comprising: a first layer; a jacket; a laminated fabric heater disposed between the first layer and the jacket, wherein the heater comprises a consolidated electrically conductive fabric layer, a plurality of bus bars, a first thermoplastic l... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7560672 | Heated pump with boiling protection A heating system for heating fluid media including a carrier unit, a heating unit arranged on the carrier unit and a heat transfer element arranged on the carrier unit and includes a material which is a good conductor of heat, which heat transfer element has a first... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7388173 | Heating cable Heating cable comprising a first insulated conductor (1) and a second insulated conductor (2), which are located in a common sheath (4,5,6), wherein the first conductor (1) consists of electrical resistance material and the second conduct... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7372006 | Low cost heating devices manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials Heating devices are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a base resin host. The ratio... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7337810 | Elastic fabric with sinusoidally disposed wires A fabric for use with a system for monitoring prescribed body functions comprising an elastic fabric, adapted to be carried by a torso, which is stretchable in its longitudinal direction so as to expand and contract in response to body movement and size. The carrier... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336892 | Reflection plate for semiconductor heat treatment and manufacturing method thereof It is provided that a reflection plate of semiconductor heat treatment, which is resistant to cracks or deformations by controlling the adsorption of foreign materials and the production of reaction. Said reflection plate 1 for semiconductor heat treatment is... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327057 | Neutral-point terminal device for dynamoelectric machine A neutral-point terminal device for use with a neutral point side bundle of wires in a polyphase winding of a dynamoelectric machine includes a metal sleeve and an insulating cap covering the metal sleeve. The metal sleeve is covered by the insulating cap so that di... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7301435 | Flexible switching devices An electronic resistor user interface comprises flexible conductive materials and a flexible variably resistive element capable of exhibiting a change in electrical resistance on mechanical deformation and is characterised by textile-form electrodes (10,12), ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301433 | Fuse and truck cable assembly for a rail vehicle third rail current collector A fuse and truck cable assembly for a rail vehicle third rail current collector comprising a truck cable, a cable-engaging element, a fuse canister, a canister closure, a fuse contact element, and a flexible gland arranged so that the fuse can be replaced in the fus... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7285748 | Flexible heater device The heating device includes a conductive layer which is positioned on an electrically insulative substrate. Preferably, the conductive layer is screen printed onto the substrate. The substrate is designed to limit elongation of the conductive layer, thereby improvin... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7268320 | Electric heating/warming fabric articles Electric heating/warming composite fabric articles have at least a fabric layer having inner and outer surfaces, and an electric heating/warming element, formed, e.g., of die cut metallized textile or plastic sheeting or metal foil, affixed at a surface of the fabri... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268325 | Method of making flexible sheet heater A method of making a flexible sheet heater includes the steps of (i) bonding an electrically conductive fabric and an support member formed of a PET film and a layer of acrylic together, ii) stamp-cutting the electrically conductive fabric to form a heating element ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7244914 | Sheet heater A sheet heater structured so that heating wire is fixed to air-passing base material by sewing. This structure can provide a sheet heater that has improved durability of heating wire 2 against the load imposed on the seat during sitting, comfortable feeling o... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241979 | Temperature controller and temperature control method, and heating wire therefor The present invention relates to a non-electromagnetic wave temperature controller for a heating cable and a method therefor, which can perform heating and temperature detection in a non-electromagnetic fashion without short-circuiting one end of the heating cable t... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238196 | Skin-contacting heatable dressing A skin-contacting heatable dressing including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a first skin-contacting side and a second side; heat generating conductive carbon fibers contained within the skin-contacting pressure sensitive adhesive layer; and a source of ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236139 | Low backscatter polymer antenna with graded conductivity Polymer antenna structures having low reflectivity and high efficiency are disclosed. Wire antennas can be configured from coaxial cable having center conductors and outer conductors made from conductive polymer. Fabrics can also be configured with conductive polyme... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230213 | Modular heated cover The modular heated cover is disclosed with a first pliable outer layer and a second pliable outer layer, wherein the outer layers provide durable protection in an outdoor environment, an electrical heating element between the first and the second outer layers, the e... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7220947 | Pipe heater A heater for heating elongated objects includes an elongated strip of flexible material having first and second ends and elongated opposite side edges defining a width therebetween. The strip of material comprises a fiber reinforced elastomeric material having at le... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219701 | Papermaker's forming fabric with machine direction stitching yarns that form machine side knuckles A papermaking fabric includes a series of repeat units, each of the repeat units including: a set of top machine direction (MD) yarns; a set of top cross machine direction (CMD) yarns interwoven with the set of top MD yarns; a first set of bottom CMD yarns, the firs... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7204015 | Electric heating cloth method A method for producing a uniformly heated electric heating cloth comprising the steps of forming heating threads by dissolving a thermoplastic polymer in an organic solvent, adding an industrial carbon which is produced from acetylene to form a first mixture, grindi... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202444 | Flexible seat heater A heating device includes a conductive layer on an electrically insulated substrate. The substrate and conductive layer have a plurality of cross-like apertures therethrough. The conductive layer includes busses and traces extending from the busses, the traces surro... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7196289 | Personal warming systems and apparatuses for use in hospitals and other settings, and associated methods of manufacture and use Personal warming systems and apparatuses for use in hospitals and other settings. In one embodiment, a heating mattress or pad for warming a patient during a hospital procedure can include a heating element positioned between a first foam portion and a second foam p... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196288 | Flexible heating element A flexible heating element for a vehicle seat or the like includes at least one flexible heating resistor element and at least two flexible supply electrodes arranged at a distance from each other and at least partly embedding the heating resistor element between th... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193179 | Channeled under floor heating element A channeled under floor heating element incorporating channeled areas for accepting heat and sensor wires. The inventive channeled under floor heating element includes an arrangement of seam structures defining channels housing substantially discrete elongate heatin... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193191 | Under floor heating element An under floor heating element incorporating a scrim having one or more pairs of heating and/or sensor wires arranged in a continuous pattern such that pair members are disposed in crossing relation to one another. The pair members may be cut and joined to establish... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191803 | Elastic fabric with sinusoidally disposed wires A fabric for use with a system for monitoring prescribed body functions comprising an elastic fabric, adapted to be carried by a torso, which is stretchable in its longitudinal direction so as to expand and contract in response to body movement and size. The carrier... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189944 | Warming mattress and mattress pad A warming mattress and mattress pad incorporating an insert layer or sheet with a scrim having one or more pairs of heating and/or sensor wires arranged in a continuous pattern such that pair members are disposed in crossing relation to one another. The pair members... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7183524 | Modular heated cover The modular heated cover is disclosed with a first pliable outer layer and a second pliable outer layer, wherein the outer layers provide durable protection in an outdoor environment, an electrical heating element between the first and the second outer layers, the e... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180032 | Channeled warming mattress and mattress pad A warming mattress and mattress pad incorporating channeled areas for accepting heat and sensor wires. The inventive mattress and mattress pad includes an arrangement of seam structures defining channels housing substantially discrete elongate heating and sensing el... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7173223 | Flexible electro-heating apparatus and fabrication thereof The invention provides a flexible electro-heating apparatus and fabrication thereof. The electro-heating apparatus, according to the invention, includes a fabric-type heating device, at least one pair of terminals, and a power supply. The heating device is formed by... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168917 | Heat-generating blower housing A centrifugal blower for a furnace, heat pump, or other type of air handling unit includes a heat-generating blower housing that heats the airflow as the air passes through the blower housing. In some cases, the housing is made of a thermosetting resin impregnated w... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7151062 | Thermal textile A textile made at least in part with conductive yarns for the purpose of generating heat from an electrical power source. The textile has conducting yarns, or “heaters”, with conductivity and spacing tailored to the electrical source to be used and the heat to b... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7145432 | Flexible switching devices An electronic resistor user interface comprises flexible conductive materials and a flexible variably resistive element capable of exhibiting a change in electrical resistance on mechanical deformation and is characterised by textile-form electrodes (10,12) a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138612 | Electrical connection of flexible conductive strands in a flexible body A flexible body has a conductive resistance pathway which includes conductive resistance flexible strands of material connected in series between two supply bus flexible strands of material, and a temperature dependent variable resistance pathway with temperature de... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131689 | Automotive vehicle seating comfort system There is disclosed an automotive vehicle seating comfort system for providing heating, cooling, ventilation or a combination thereof to an individual in an automotive car seat. The system typically includes an insert, a blower and a tubular structure for providing f... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132630 | Resistive heating using polyaniline fiber The use of conductive polyaniline fibers for resistive heating applications is described. Unlike metal wires and conductive-polymer coated fibers, under certain conditions, electric voltages or currents used to generate heat in the fibers were found to produce irrev... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7124983 | Hybrid electrical ice protection system and method including an energy saving mode A hybrid electrical ice protection system implements three ice protection methods in various combinations. The ice protection methods include the fully-evaporative anti-ice protection method, the wet running anti-ice protection method, and the de-ice method. The par... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7105782 | Electrothermal article An electrothermal article including a fabric member defining an inner space. A connector is disposed outwardly of the inner space in the fabric member and has conductive first and second terminals. A plurality of elongated flat heating elements is disposed in the in... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7067774 | Heating element A heating element for placing on a pipe or nozzle comprises a current-carrying conductor connectable by means of connecting leads to a power supply. Each of the connecting leads has a terminal contact piece which can be engaged with a contact surface of the heating ... | 06/27/2006 |