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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7388176 | Heating device with thin heating boards A heating device includes a case having a plurality of openings and a plurality of slits are defined in bars of the case so that a plurality of heating boards are engaged with the slits of the case at an equal distance. A power control device is connected to the cas... | 06/17/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7326881 | Floor heating system A floor heating system including a sub-floor, a plurality of fasteners, a first heater conductor assembly and a second heater conductor assembly. The first conductor assembly including a first resistive conductor having a first length, first and second ends, and two... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7306283 | Heater for an automotive vehicle and method of forming same There is disclosed a heater for an automotive vehicle or other article of manufacture. The heater typically includes a first conductive medium and a second conductive medium disposed upon a carrier. In a preferred embodiment, the first conductive medium includes a f... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7307242 | Heating device of a glove A heating device includes a warming member, a battery set, and a control mechanism; the warming member consists of a sheaf of highly resistant filaments, and several spaced-apart conductive wires, which are positioned among, wrapped in, and connected in series to th... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7291815 | Composite ice protection heater and method of producing same The invention includes a composite ice protection heater for an aircraft. The composite heater includes at least one electrically insulating layer, and at least one electric heater element comprising an electrically conductive layer bonded to the insulating layer. T... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7256374 | Induction heating apparatus for controlling the welding parameter of temperature for heat treating a section of piping The present invention relates to a novel induction heating apparatus for controlling the welding parameter of temperature for a pre-weld heating operation, interpass operation, or a hydrogen bake-out operation. Specifically, the present invention relates to using a ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250586 | Surface heating system and method for producing it and a heatable object A surface heating system consists of a support and a heating layer that contains an electrically conductive plastic. The heating layer is formed by a flexible film. A heatable object made as such a surface heating system. A method for producing a surface heating sys... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7238422 | Environmentally stable high resistivity carbon fiber and method of producing A carbon composite construction includes carbon fibers having a controlled level of electrical resistance. The controlled level of electrical resistance is achieved by subjecting the carbon fibers to a predetermined stress level during the stabilization process. The... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7223941 | Reduced-volume commercial space heating system and method for manufacturing same A heating system has been incorporated into the commercial space fixture of a plastic chair mat to provide a space-saving heating system. The material for the plastic mat is chosen based on its thermal and electrical properties to provide necessary safety and suppor... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7224256 | Stable high temperature heater with serpentine heating strands on insulative substrate A sensor system has an AlN substrate, a W layer on the substrate, a signal source adapted to apply an electrical actuating signal to the W layer, and a sensor adapted to sense the response of the W layer. The W layer can comprise a thin film, with various types of o... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220916 | Electric heating cable or tape having insulating sheaths that are arranged in a layered structure An electric heating cable or an electric heating tape having insulating sheaths of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) being arranged in a layered structure is provided. At least one of the PTFE sheaths is protected by at least one adjacent insulating layer of a melt pro... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217380 | Vibration apparatus and methods of vibration The present invention relates to apparatus and methods of vibration. In particular, the present invention relates to apparatus and methods of vibration for tooling in a structure, such as, for example, a fuselage. In one implementation, the tooling comprises at leas... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213360 | Scope cover and warming assembly A scope cover and warming assembly includes a tubular covering that includes an open first end, an open second end and a peripheral wall extending between the first and second ends. The covering has an elongated slot therein generally extending from the first end to... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7205510 | Heater for an automotive vehicle and method of forming same There is disclosed a heater for an automotive vehicle or other article of manufacture. The heater typically includes a first conductive medium and a second conductive medium disposed upon a carrier. In a preferred embodiment, the first conductive medium includes a f... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7141760 | 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... | 11/28/2006 |