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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178821 | Substrate treating apparatus A substrate treating apparatus for treating substrates with a treating liquid is disclosed. The apparatus includes a treating tank for storing the treating liquid, and treating the substrates as immersed in the treating liquid, a chamber surrounding the treating tan... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8008603 | Boiler protection apparatus and method Apparatus and methods for protecting a boiler and heating system from damage comprising a control board having inputs and outputs, a processor having inputs and outputs, at least one ambient sensor in communication with the processor, at least one boiler sensor in c... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7964824 | System, method and computer program product for programmable counter-top electric oven A multi-stage cooking method for a counter-top electric oven is provided. The oven may include at least one cooking element and at least one control system coupled to the cooking element, the control system including a processor, a storage device, and an input inter... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7923664 | Method for controlling a cooking process in a cooking appliance A method for controlling a cooking process in a cooking appliance includes determining, from a gas concentration detected during the cooking process, a set of function values corresponding to a shape of a function that depends on the gas concentration from a startin... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7442902 | Adaptive temperature controller The adaptive temperature controller includes an ambient temperature sensor, a device for measuring resistance, an electrically-conductive material, a power supply, and a device for controlling power. In operation, the controller determines the resistance of material... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7410355 | Method for the heat treatment of substrates A substrate undergoes a semiconductor fabrication process at different temperatures in a reactor without changing the temperature of the reactor. The substrate is held suspended by flowing gas between two heated surfaces of the reactor. Moving the two heated surface... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7369912 | Batch execution engine with independent batch execution processes A process plant control system includes a batch execution engine that spawns or creates an individual batch process application in a separate application process space for each batch to be run within a process plant. The batch execution engine includes communication... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7351043 | Horizontal compressor end cap A substantially horizontal compressor including a housing having a main body portion with an open end. An end cap is secured to the main body portion with the end cap being provided with a plurality of apertures. The hermetic terminal body of the compressor is seala... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342205 | Apparatus and method for controlling an electric heating assembly In apparatus and a method for providing electronic control of an electric heating assembly, a radiant electric heater (10, 110) is arranged at a lower surface (22, 124) of a glass-ceramic cooking plate (12, 112), the plate having an upper surfac... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337019 | Integration of fault detection with run-to-run control Semiconductor wafers are processed in conjunction with a manufacturing execution system using a run-to-run controller and a fault detection system. A recipe is received from the manufacturing execution system by the run-to-run controller for controlling a tool. The ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7291813 | Controller for electric article for human body A controller for an electric article includes a voltage-stabilizing circuit for supplying voltage stable DC power, a microprocessor, a temperature-detecting circuit, a protecting circuit, a control circuit, and a switch circuit. The temperature-detecting circuit inc... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281362 | Film side sealing apparatus with closed-loop temperature control of a heater A side sealing apparatus for a shrink packaging machine comprising closed loop temperature control of a heater for maintaining an optimum temperature for cutting and sealing two layers of thermoplastic film. The heater comprises a cable or cartridge heater with an i... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279660 | Apparatus for brewing beverages An electrically heated water kettle comprises a vessel for holding a liquid for extraction of tea, coffee or other food material. The vessel includes a partially open immersible container sized to allow the passage of water between the walls of the vessel. The conta... | 10/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7269007 | Magneto-hydrodynamic heat sink A heat sink uses a pump assembly to generate a magnetic field. Flow directions of electrically and thermally conductive liquid flowing through multiple pipes that go through the pump assembly are dependent on an orientation of the magnetic field and/or the direction... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265325 | Cap sealer with a graduated power display An induction foil cap sealer which includes a visual display device that shows power consumption in a bar graph format. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258892 | Methods and systems for controlling temperature during microfeature workpiece processing, e.g., CVD deposition The present disclosure provides methods and systems for controlling temperature. The method has particular utility in connection with controlling temperature in a deposition process, e.g., in depositing a heat-reflective material via CVD. One exemplary embodiment pr... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7247165 | Disposable cassette for intravenous heat exchange catheter A heat exchange fluid supply system for supplying a heat exchange fluid to an intravascular heat exchange catheter includes a disposable cassette having a bulkhead and an external heat exchanger, and which is configured to operate in combination with a reusable mast... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7247820 | Heat sink and information processing device A heat sink that is disposed on a heating element and absorbs the heat generated by the heating element includes: a contact surface to which recessed grooves are formed and the region of which excluding the recessed grooves is in contact with the heating element; in... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241974 | System and method of deactivating a fluid receptacle deicer A deicing system configured to heat fluid within a fluid receptacle to prevent ice from forming includes a sensing unit and a heating element. The sensing unit is configured to detect a change in at least one of capacitance and resistivity. The heating element is co... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7235900 | Switching apparatus and method for varying a phase line impedance of an electric power transport line section The switching apparatus and method are provided for varying the impedance of a phase line of a segment of an electrical power line. The phase line includes n conductors electrically insulated from each other and short-circuited among each other at two ends of the se... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7227102 | Food warming apparatus and method An oven for transferring heat to food in trays and a method for using the oven. The oven includes a cabinet with partitions dividing the interior into a plurality of separate, thermally isolated holding compartments each adapted for removably receiving a tray of foo... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7221106 | Cordset based appliance controller An apparatus and method for distributed control of an electrical appliance having a plug and a load and two power carrying conductors connecting the plug to the load, comprising locating power control elements completely within the plug, connecting interface element... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214906 | Heated hand grip control An apparatus for the independent control of the amount of heat produced by a right and a left side heated hand grip includes a control panel with various input buttons and a pair of LEDS that each indicates a relative power setting of one of the heated hand grips. A... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211152 | Heating element CVD system and connection structure between heating element and electric power supply mechanism in the heating element CVD system A heating element CVD system wherein one or a plurality of connection terminal holders is placed in the processing container, and each of the connection terminal holders holds a plurality of connection terminals. Each of the connection terminals connects the heating... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208701 | Method of steam cooking A method of cooking food with steam in an automatic household oven comprises receiving a user inputted cooking temperature, receiving a user inputted steam level, and implementing a preprogrammed steam cooking cycle based on the user inputted cooking temperature and... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7196290 | Heat sealer with platen surface temperature sensor and load sensor A heat sealer having a heated platen, a cylinder for reciprocating the platen, a die positioned to be engaged by the platen and a shuttle supporting the die to move the die from a platen-engaging position to a non-engaging position, and a control for controlling the... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193185 | Mini-oven A cooking device includes a main oven, a controller for controlling the main oven, a mini-oven, and a control for controlling the mini-oven, wherein the control is in communication with the controller. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193187 | Feedback control system and method for maintaining constant resistance operation of electrically heated elements The present invention relates to a system and method for controlling electrical heating of an element to maintain a constant electrical resistance, by adjusting electrical power supplied to such element according to an adaptive feedback control algorithm, in which a... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189947 | Oven temperature control A control system for controlling an appliance at a predetermined temperature. The control system comprises a sensor capable of providing a temperature signal representative of a temperature in the appliance and a controller capable of receiving the temperature signa... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7154068 | Method and system for a vehicle battery temperature control A system for heating a vehicle battery and a method for using the same. The system and method enable energy flow from the battery to a heater to heat the battery after determining a shut-down condition. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7148453 | Control unit with thermal protection and an electrical heating device comprising the control unit An overheating protection system for a control unit includes an interrupter element, which, in its initial position defined with respect to a circuit board, electrically connects the opposite facing ends of at least one track on the circuit board, and an actuating e... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7127358 | Method and system for run-to-run control A method and system of controlling a process from run-to-run for semiconductor manufacturing. The method of control utilizes a process model to establish a relationship between process control input data and process control output data. The method of control involve... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7104462 | Low noise solid-state thermostat with microprocessor controlled fault detection and reporting, and programmable set points A low noise solid state thermostat is provided which includes a thermostat input operatively configured to be coupled to a temperature sensor; a comparator for comparing an output of the temperature sensor to a predefined setpoint temperature; and solid-state switch... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7075035 | 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 ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7067776 | Monitoring device for flexible heating elements The invention concerns a controlling and monitoring device for avoiding damage through overheating in the case of flexible, textile surface heating elements which include at least two opposed contact conductors (3.1, 3.2) made of electrically conducting, non-... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7064292 | Grip heater control apparatus A grip heater control apparatus enabling a driver to visually identifying the electrified condition of a heater and to control the temperature of the heater easily during vehicle driving and enabling the configuration for the temperature control and the visual ident... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059839 | Horizontal compressor end cap with a terminal, a visually transparent member, and a heater well mounted on the end cap projection A substantially horizontal compressor including a housing having a main body portion with an open end. An end cap is secured to the main body portion with the end cap being provided with a plurality of apertures. The hermetic terminal body of the compressor is seala... | 06/13/2006 |
