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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7919730 | Heating apparatus with multiple element array A heating apparatus assembly and method are provided for heating a surface. The heating apparatus contains a substrate with a multiplicity of heating elements disposed upon at least one surface of the substrate where each element is individually controllable. ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7812289 | Ceramic heater A ceramic heater according to the present invention includes a heating portion made of ceramics, and a cooling plate portion. In the heating portion, a belt like printed electrode is formed continuously in a spiral shape along a circumferential direction, and in the... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7482556 | Heating apparatus with multiple element array A heating apparatus assembly and method are provided for heating a surface. The heating apparatus contains a substrate with a multiplicity of heating elements disposed upon at least one surface of the substrate where each element is individually controllable. ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7372001 | Ceramics heater A ceramics heater comprises a circular heater plate formed of aluminum nitride and a metal foil heater wire formed of a high-melting metal and having a thickness of 100 μm to 175 μm. The heater wire is embedded in the heater plate. The heater wire has an inside po... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7288749 | Electrical heating device and method of its manufacture An electric heating device based on a ribbon of crystalline metal foil with high specific resistance, which is additionally treated to increase its plasticity and/or additionally coated with a mold release agent to enhance compatibility of the ribbon and insulating ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7279661 | Heating apparatus A heating apparatus for a semiconductor producing system is provided, including a heater having a mounting face, an opposed back face, a first resistance heating element, a second resistance heating element provided along substantially the same plane as the first he... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7138610 | Electric cooker An electric cooker having an enhanced heat insulating property to improve heat efficiency. The electric cooker includes a cabinet, a cooking plate disposed at a top portion of the cabinet, a heating member to heat the cooking plate, at least one heat insulating memb... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7060945 | Substrate heater and fabrication method for the same A substrate heater is provided including a plate-shaped ceramic base having a first side defining a convex heating surface on at least a portion of which a substrate is placed, a resistance-heating element embedded in the ceramic base, and a tubular member joined to... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7030342 | Electrical heating assembly An electrical heating assembly (2) comprises a glass-ceramic cooking plate (4) having an upper surface (6) for receiving a cooking vessel (8) and a lower surface (10). A radiant electric heater (12) incorporating at least on... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6967313 | Hot plate and method of producing the same An object to provide a hot plate making it possible to heat an object to be heated uniformly, and the hot plate of the present invention is characterized in that a resistance element having a thickness dispersion of ±3 μm or less is formed on an insulating substra... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6967312 | Semiconductor manufacturing/testing ceramic heater, production method for the ceramic heater and production system for the ceramic heater A process for producing a ceramic heater includes forming a resistance heating element on a surface of a ceramic substrate. The resistance heating element is divided into plural sections. Resistivities of the plural sections are measured, respectively. Each of the p... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6956186 | Ceramic heater An objective of the present invention is to provide a ceramic heater making it possible to heat an object to be heated, such as a silicon wafer, evenly. The ceramic heater of the present invention is a ceramic heater having and a resistance heating element formed on... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6924468 | System and method for heating materials A system and method for heating materials is provided. Generally, the system contains a first layer upon which a material may be placed for heating the material, wherein the first layer has sufficient conductivity to allow heat to travel through the first layer. The... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6897414 | Ceramic heater for semiconductor manufacturing/testing apparatus A ceramic beater for a semiconductor producing/examining device having a resistance heating element superior in adhesion to a substrate. The ceramic heater includes a ceramic substrate and a resistance heating element formed on the surface of the ceramic substrate. ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6875957 | Glass or glass ceramic cooking top with an electrical heating unit A glass or glass ceramic cooking top 1 has on its underside 6 at least one heating unit 7. The heating unit 7 is in flat, heat-conducting contact with the underside 6, and contains an electrical resistance heating element exhibitin... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6753507 | Wafer heating apparatus In a ceramic heater having a plate-like body made of a ceramic, heating element in one main face of the plate like body, and an electric supply portion to be electrically connected with the heating element, it has been a problem that the temperature is uneven if ben... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6723964 | Apparatus for heating and cooling semiconductor device in handler for testing semiconductor device A heating and cooling apparatus is provided which employs a series of thermally conductive plates thermally coupled to heating and cooling devices to heat or cool a mounting plate loaded with semiconductor devices. The mounting plate is assembled on a heating plate,... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6518551 | Apparatus and a method for heating a protective member for an optical fiber fusion splicing part A heating apparatus includes a heater 6 which includes a first heating conductor pattern 1, a second heating conductor patterns 2 and an elongated plate-shaped member 3 made of heat-resistive and insulated material. The first heating conductor pattern 1 i... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6437299 | Heating apparatus for splice protector with separate heating conductor patterns A heating apparatus includes a heater 6 which includes a first heating conductor pattern 1, a second heating conductor patterns 2 and an elongated plate-shaped member 3 made of heat-resistive and insulated material. The first heating conductor pattern 1 i... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6387185 | Processing chamber for atomic layer deposition processes A processing station adaptable to standard cluster tools has a vertically-translatable pedestal having an upper wafer-support surface including a heater plate adapted to be plugged into a unique feedthrough in the pedestal. At a lower position for the ped... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6242722 | Temperature controlled thin film circular heater A thin film tin-oxide heater (10) including an annular inner heat region (12), an annular outer heat region (14), a first silver buss bar (16), and a second silver buss bar (18). The radius (r2) between the inner and outer heat regions is selec... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6225608 | Circular film heater A range cook top is provided with circular heating zones having a layer of resistive thin film thereon. Slots in the cook top separate the heating zones from the surrounding areas of the cook top. The heating zone includes a resistive layer elements forme... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6046438 | Thick film heating element with thermal sensor disposed in thinner part of substrate A heating element 2 comprises a substantially planar substrate 4 having a heating track or tracks 8 and a thermal sensor 10, in the form of a track or discrete component, disposed on one side of the substrate 4. The thermal sensor 10 is separated from the... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6018149 | Radiant electric heater A radiant electric heater has first, second and third heating zones (1, 2, 3) arranged substantially side-by-side. The first heating zone (1) is provided with at least one first heating element (9). The second heating zone (2) is arranged adjacent to the ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5793929 | Immersion heaters with heating elements in the form of printed circuit tracks An immersion heater has a support plate on which there is provided an electrical heating element in the form of a printed circuit conductive track. The element is provided with a portion which allows it to be clamped in direct relation to a control unit i... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5758019 | Radiative keyboard heating apparatus Methods and apparatus are disclosed for warming a typist's hands to provide relief from arthritis, muscle fatigue, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and general discomfort. A radiative hand warming apparatus includes, including a source of hand-warming radiation, an... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5679273 | Cooktop having a flat surface, suitable for flush-mounting The invention relates to a flush-mountable cooktop having a steel support table covered on its two faces by a layer of an electrically insulating material, which table has openings in which burners are fixedly flush-mounted to the table by mounting elemen... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5616266 | Resistance heating element with large area, thin film and method A large-area, thin film, resistance heating element (21, 46, 81) including a relatively rigid substrate (22, 63, 82), which will retain its mechanical properties at elevated temperatures, an electrically conductive film (26, 64, 84) deposited on the subst... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5566043 | Ceramic electrostatic chuck with built-in heater The ceramic electrostatic chuck with built-in heater of the present invention is disclosed having electrodes for electrostatic chuck made from an electroconductive ceramic bonded to a surface of a supporting substrate made from an electrically insulating ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5508495 | Domestic cooking apparatus A domestic cooking apparatus includes a layer of ceramic material having high temperature thermal shock resistance and a foil heating element disposed to heat at least a portion of the ceramic material to a temperature exceeding 200 degrees centigrade. A ... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5497883 | Warm food isothermal container, particularly for collective catering An isothermal container for warm foodstuffs, comprising a tray of thermally insulating material provided with recesses housing respective food vessels, and a cover of thermally insulating material detachably secured onto the tray. For each of the food ves... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5374807 | Domestic cooking apparatus A domestic cooking appliance having a housing whose top surface is formed with a flat cooking surface made from a layer of ceramic material of high thermal shock resistance capable of being heated to a temperature of at least 200° C. A foil heating eleme... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5329097 | Compact substrate heater for use in an oxidizing atmosphere A compact heater is designed for the deposition of thin films at high temperatures in an oxidizing atmosphere or in vacuum. The heater is designed to accommodate a small-diameter load-lock system in an ultra-high-vacuum deposition chamber, and can operate... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5252809 | Panel heating element and process for its production A panel heating element, especially for thermal home appliances, with a laminar support element (1) for supporting all items to be heated and an electrically conductive heating layer (2) applied laminarly to support element (1), the heating layer (2) cont... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5225663 | Heat process device A heat process device according to the present invention includes a film-like heating body serving as a heat source for a heat transfer plate on which an object to be processed is mounted and heated. Therefore, the heat process device can be excellent in ... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5221829 | Domestic cooking apparatus Domestic cooking apparatus including a layer of ceramic material having high temperature thermal shock resistance and defining a first surface which is a planar cooking surface and a second surface and a foil heating element disposed in intimate touching ... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5177341 | Thick film electrically resistive tracks In a thick film water track, irrespective of track thickness or the material of which the track is constructed, the optimum track width is found to be in the range of from 1.2 mm to 2.1 mm. Further, for a given resistance, the track is longer and may be c... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5157240 | Deposition heaters A gaseous deposition source for providing a deposition material that emanates from a crucible having multiple thin film heating elements formed thereon, with each adjacent pair being separated by an insulating layer therebetween. A gaseous deposition sour... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5151871 | Method for heat-processing semiconductor device and apparatus for the same CPU stores information showing a time-temperature relationship and applicable for either heating a semiconductor wafer to a hold temperature for a predetermined period of time or cooling the wafer from the hold temperature over a predetermined period of t... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5026970 | Cooking appliances This invention relates to cooking appliances. More particularly the invention relates to a heater unit for a cooking appliance and comprises a heater unit for a cooking appliance comprising a substrate, a layer consisting of or containing a ceramic materi... | 06/25/1991 |
