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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7829822 | 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... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7820945 | Heating fabric and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed is a heating fabric comprising a heating fabric element made by weaving woof fibers and warp fibers, a pair of conductive parts being a plain fabric made by a weaving method to extend from one side edge of the heating fabric element, for supplying electric... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7786408 | Bus bar interfaces for flexible heating elements A flexible heating subassembly, which may be incorporated in an electric warming blanket or any other type of flexible heater, includes a single heater, which is preferably formed from an electrically conductive polymeric fabric. The subassembly further includes fir... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7777156 | 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, e.g., including a bus, formed, e.g., of die cut metallized textile or plastic sheeting or metal foil, affixed at... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7767935 | Battery type lighter A thin battery powered lighter, which has superior portability and usable as an advertising medium, is provided. The lighter includes a thin flat case (2); a sheet type battery (3) provided within the case (2); a heating element (4) conne... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7714255 | Bus bar attachments for flexible heating elements A flexible heating subassembly, that may be incorporated in a heating blanket or any other type of flexible heater, includes a flexible sheet-like heating element, or heater, to which first and second conductive bus bars are coupled, each with a respective first and... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7439474 | Low voltage and high performance climate control pad for skin surface A climate control pad includes a pad body having a climate treating surface and an air circulating circuit formed thereon for preserving a volume of air within the air circulating circuit in a circulating manner, and a heat generating element, which is a fiber heati... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7405378 | Safety blanket A warming blanket for use by individuals is provided. The warming blanket has an integrated heat coil which can be heated up by a pair of attached battery packs. Each of the battery packs is removably attached and includes at least one battery. The warming blanket i... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7390992 | Heat blanket The heat blanket (10) comprises an operative unit (20) and a control/power supply unit (40) which can be electrically connected on one side to the power mains and on the other side to the operative unit (20). The operative unit (20... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7378621 | Molybdenum silicide type element The present invention relates to an electrical resistance element of the molybdenum silicide type that includes two terminals (1, 2) for the supply of electric current and at least one leg (3) which extends between the terminals and which includes a gl... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7351934 | Low voltage warming blanket A low voltage warming blanket adapted for use in vehicles powered by the vehicles DC power source is provided with a control selectively actuatable to activate the blanket for one of a plurality of preset time periods at at least one pre-set temperature, the control... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7348519 | Multi-zone griddle and grill A multi-zone griddle with an upper substantially continuous layer of metal adapted for cooking a food product thereon. The upper substantially continuous layer of metal is positioned adjacent to a first lower layer of metal and is displaced a predetermined distance ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342329 | Power supply for electrical domestic appliances and domestic appliances for co-action with such a power supply The invention relates to a power supply for electrical domestic appliances, comprising: at least one connection to the mains electricity supply, and at least one connector for releasable electrical coupling of the power supply to a domestic appliance, wherein the po... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335862 | Resistance heater having a thin-line-shaped resistor A resistor heater includes an anode (10) arranged along one side and a cathode (20) arranged along the other side of a thin-line-shaped resistor (30). The anode (10) is connected to the resistor (30) at connections points (P2 | 02/26/2008 |
| 7319207 | Personnel heating assembly A heating assembly, is disclosed which includes a blanket portion and a control apparatus for electrically heating the blanket portion. The control apparatus generates direct current power of desired wave form to enable the assembly to be used for warming patients w... | 01/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7274007 | Control system for operating automotive vehicle components There is disclosed a control system for operating automotive vehicle components. The control system typically includes at least a control module programmed with instructions for controlling a heater, a ventilator or both. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7260857 | Conformable blanket The present invention is directed to a blanket having at least one snap stick inserted into or onto the blanket to maximize the surface area of the blanket that contacts the user. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7230206 | Battery operated heated jacket A battery operated heated jacket, with removable body and sleeves and hood, the jacket with a removable liner, the liner further detachable from itself at the attachment of the sleeves and the hood, the attachment comprised of quick connects, the jacket comprised of... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223948 | Covered conductor and heater formed therewith There is disclosed a conductor having a conductive element and a covering surrounding at least a portion of the conductive element. Preferably, the covering has an inner portion and an outer portion formed of different materials such that the melting point of the in... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7202443 | 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 the inner surface of ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7196295 | Two-wire layered heater system A heater system is provided with a layered heater in communication with a two-wire controller, wherein a resistive layer of the layered heater is both a heater element and a temperature sensor. The two-wire controller thus determines temperature of the layered heate... | 03/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7186957 | Temperature regulated clothing Temperature regulated clothing with a thermo-electric module that can be configured to transfer heat to or from the inside of the clothing. The clothing can include, e.g., a control system to maintain a desired internal clothing temperature. The clothing can have, e... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181787 | Air mattress assembly having heating device An air mattress assembly is provided herein, which mainly contains an air mattress, a blanket member, and a mattress cover. The blanket member is laid flatly on top of the air mattress, which contains a heating wire, a cotton blanket, and an insulating cover. The he... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183230 | Protective cover system including a corrosion inhibitor A protective cover system (100) for inhibiting corrosion of a metallic object. The protective cover system includes a cover (101, 200, 600) for defining a microenvironment and a corrosion inhibitor source for releasing one or more corrosion inhibitors ... | 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 |
| 7180037 | Heater wire and control therefor An improved control device and method is usable with flexible heating wire having a conductive core with a Negative Temperature Coefficient (NTC) layer and a helically wound heater conductor within an insulative outer sheath. The conductive core is coupled to a cont... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180033 | Electric blanket/pad An electric blanket or pad arrangement has a flexible pad (10) upon which a heating element (12) is mounted, the heating element (12) being connected, by a two core cable (16), to a control circuit (18), the heating element (12 | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176421 | Straight ribbon heater A heater for heating a rigid fluid line or hose for freeze protection. The heater has a base made of an outer base layer, a middle base layer attached to the outer base layer; and an inner base layer attached to the middle base layer. The inner base layer can be unc... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176419 | Heating pad systems, such as for patient warming applications A heating pad system useable in one embodiment for warming a person on a support structure. In this embodiment, the heating pad system comprises an upper foam pad, a lower foam pad, and a thermal-electric heating element sandwiched between the upper and lower foam p... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7151241 | Controller and heating wire capable of preventing generation of electromagnetic waves The present invention relates, in general, to a temperature controller and heating cable used for electric heating bedding, such as an electric blanket, electric papered floor or electric fomentation device, or warmers and, more particularly, to a controller having ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 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 |
