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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8153941 | Method of heating superposed components and heating apparatus therefor A first plate material is set on a work stage. The first plate material includes first components commonly connected to a first connection member. A second plate material is subsequently set on the work stage. The second plate material includes second components com... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8138457 | Plate-type heater and a method for the manufacture thereof The present invention provides a plate-type heater designed to allow uniform generation of heat across the entire surface of the heater, comprising an upper component composed of a first outer covering and a first intermediate layer joined together and a lower compo... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8097837 | Method of making interchangeable glass ceramic tops for a cooking stove In the method of manufacturing a cooking stove its stove top can be equipped with different glass ceramic tops, which each have at least one cooking area, which is heated by a radiant heating body cooperating with a temperature-limiting adjusting device, which limit... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7989739 | Electric heater assembly An electric heater assembly suitable for use with molten metals, the heater employing improved heat transfer media. ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7928347 | Heating unit and method of making the same A heating unit includes an AlN substrate having a main surface on which an elongated heat-generating resistor is provided. A protection layer is formed on the main surface of the substrate for the heat-generating resistor. The protection layer includes a first cover... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7709770 | Heating device for heating a patient's body A heating device is presented for surface heating of a body so as to maintain a required temperature of the body. The heating device comprises an electrical heating element and a power source for supplying a required voltage thereto. The heating element comprises fi... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7626147 | Heating body A heating body is provided. The heating body includes a tube, a heating member disposed in the tube, and a supporting unit disposed along a length of the tube to maintain a predetermined space between the tube and the heating member. ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7495195 | Electric heating device An electric heating device includes an electric heater (10) and at least one heat radiator (30, 40) thermally attached to the electric heater. The electric heater includes a pair of electrode plates (12, 14) parallel to each other and a pluralit... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7485833 | Rare earth element contained substrate for heat generating device A rare earth element contained substrate for heat generating device contains the rare earth elements, compounds of the rare earth elements, or rare earth minerals so as to heighten its withstanding temperature and improve its heat dissipation. The substrate is also ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7420143 | Durable graphite connector and method for manufacturing thereof An article comprising a graphite part coated with a pyrolytic graphite (pG) for increased mechanical strength of at least 25% over an uncoated graphite part. In connector applications for use in a semiconductor processing assembly such as a heater, the pG coated com... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7397016 | Heat generating element, medical therapeutic instrument implementing the same, and treatment apparatus A heat generating element is constructed of at least a substrate, an insulating film disposed on the substrate, a heat generating portion provided with a thin film resistor disposed on at least a part of the insulating film, and a protective film disposed on the abo... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391295 | High voltage over-current protection device A high voltage over-current protection device includes a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) electrically conductive heat-dissipation layer and two metal electrodes. The PTC electrically conductive heat-dissipation layer includes at least one polymer, an electric... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7382224 | Over-current protection device An over-current protection device comprises two metal foils and a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) material layer. The PTC material layer is sandwiched between the two metal foils and comprises plural crystalline polymers with at least one polymer melting poin... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7358466 | Localized heat treating apparatus for blisk airfoils The present invention is a BLISK airfoil heat treating apparatus and method for heat treating the leading and/or trailing edge section(s) of a BLISK airfoil using the BLISK airfoil heat treating apparatus. The apparatus comprises a pair of hingedly connected heat tr... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355147 | Ice removal for a pond A floating ice removal device with a disk shaped upper cover, a disk shaped lower cover and a heat emitting cup. An electric circuit board is mounted on an inner bottom of the lower cover, and a helical heat emitting wire is mounted on the inner top surface of the u... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355504 | Electrical devices An electrical device which comprises first and second laminar electrodes and a laminar PTC resistive element sandwiched between them, the device comprising (a) a main portion which comprises a main part of the first electrode, a ma... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7348792 | Packaging reliability super chips A test chip module for testing the integrity of the flip chip solder ball interconnections between chip and substrate. The interconnections are thermally stressed through an array of individual heaters formed in a layer of chip metallurgy to provide a uniform and ub... | 03/25/2008 |
| RE40181 | Infrared radiator with carbon fiber heating element centered by spacers The invention relates to an infrared radiator with a heating element containing carbon fibers disposed in a quartz glass tube, with its ends connected to contact elements running through the wall of the quartz glass tube. The known radiators are improved by the fact... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347966 | Method for manufacturing ceramic heater A method for manufacturing a ceramic heater includes mixing a conductive ceramic powder, an insulating ceramic powder, a sintering aid powder, and a solvent so as to obtain a slurry, drying the slurry so as to obtain a heating-element material powder, forming a gree... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345260 | Heater and method of manufacturing the same A heater including a plate-shaped substrate having a heating surface for heating an object and a heater element provided in the substrate or on its surface. A central axis C2 of a circumscribed circle of the heater element and a central axis C1 of the ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7338151 | Head for ink-jet printer having piezoelectric elements provided for each ink nozzle The present invention provides a line head for ink-jet printer capable of accomplishing a printing of high density and high quality, capable of achieving a high productivity with a simple construction, and capable of printing with multicolor inks (five colors or mor... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7332694 | Heating resistances and heaters A heating resistance 1 comprises a shaped body of a band made of a conductive material obtained by bending the band in a shape of a wave. The heating resistance 1 is fixed to a substrate made of an insulating material to obtain a heater. Alternatively,... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332695 | Carbon heating element and method of producing same A carbon heating element having an arbitrary specific resistance and an arbitrary shape which are arbitrary necessary as a heating element, and a method of producing the same. The carbon heating element is obtained by uniformly dispersing one or at least two metal o... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329842 | Ceramic heater and method for producing ceramic heater A ceramic heater including a plate member made of insulating ceramics in which one or more pair(s) of through-holes are formed, a rod member made of conductive ceramics with a power-supply terminal at one end. The rod member is inserted into the through hole in the ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323664 | Heating system A heating system includes a plurality of radiant heaters, a power source supplying electricity to the radiant heaters, and a transformer provided between the radiant heaters and the power source, wherein each of the radiant heaters includes a support plate substanti... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322099 | Method for producing heated components for injection moulding apparatus A method for producing components for injection moulding comprising a body made of thermally conducting material with expansion coefficient matching that of the insulating layers and provided with a passage for the material to be injected. At least one strip of elec... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7311709 | Electrosurgical instrument and method of use An electrosurgical medical device and method for creating thermal welds in engaged tissue. In one embodiment, at least one jaw of the instrument defines a tissue engagement plane carrying a variable resistive body of a positive temperature coefficient material that ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308193 | Non-metallic heating element for use in a fluid heater An electric fluid or water heater is shown in which the heat generation is accomplished by a non-metallic element. The heating element exploits properties of carbon black based polymers. These basic elements have both electrically conductive and electrically restive... | 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 |
| 7288496 | Aluminum nitride sintered body and method of evaluation for the same An aluminum nitride sintered body is provided, including a polycrystalline structure in which grain boundary fracture toughness KICgb is 1.6 MPa·m1/2 or more. The grain boundary fracture toughness KICgb is dete... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289326 | Direct contact cooling liquid embedded package for a central processor unit A direct contact cooling liquid embedded package design for use with a computer central processor unit is suitable for thermal management of high heat dissipation electronic components such as server processors. The direct contact cooling liquid embedded packaged CP... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7265322 | Method for making a plastic pane with electrical conductor structure and plastic pane with embedded wires A process for manufacturing a plastic pane provided with embedded electrical conductors, in particular a window pane, in which the conductors are joined to a surface of a plastic sheet that subsequently receives another layer of plastic by injection molding from the... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262388 | Vehicle light heater The present invention is directed to a system for reducing condensation on the inner surface of a vehicle light cover, and preventing or deicing ice build up on the exterior of the cover. In an embodiment, a heater is mounted to a carrier and the heat produced by th... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257883 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing an electric heater In the manufacture of an electric heater, means (24, 26) is provided for feeding and guiding a ribbon heating element (14) progressively into overlying edgewise relationship with a base (2). Means (6, 8) is provided for supporting the bas... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252472 | Individual bookbinding device, system, and associated methods A stack of pages is bound along a first edge to form a book using an elongated resistive strip having an adhesive in contact with at least a portion of a first side. The strip has two opposed ends and is dimensioned to substantially cover the first edge of the stack... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247822 | Carbon fiber heating element assembly and methods for making An electrical resistance heating element has an axially elongated flat carbon fiber tow, which includes a multiplicity of continuous axially parallel carbon filaments. The tow is sandwiched between two layers of polyester sheet material and bonded to only one of the... | 07/24/2007 |
