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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8013278 | Ceramic heater and glow plug There are provided a ceramic heater in which a defect, such as generation of a gap at the interface between an insulating substrate and a heat-generating resistor, is unlikely to occur in the course of manufacture or use, and a glow plug using the ceramic heater. A ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7825356 | Heater for assisting in venous catheterization Certain embodiments pertain to a heater for warming a patient's extremity in order to cause vasodilation for facilitating venous catheterization. ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7667166 | Heat-generating element of a heating device A heat-generating element of a heating device for heating air includes at least one PTC element and, lying on opposing side surfaces of the PTC element, electric strip conductors. A heat-generating element that is improved with a view to safety from electric flashov... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7576306 | Electric heating element that includes a radiant tube An electric heating element with radiant tube comprising a radiation pipe (1) and an electric heating element (2, 3) contained in said pipe, wherein the heating element has legs that run to and fro in the pipe, and wherein the heating element is connec... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7541560 | Thermal roll, and drying apparatus and method A drying apparatus includes a thermal roll for contacting and heating aluminum web in a continuous sheet form. The thermal roll includes a roll surface, having a static friction coefficient μ defined by contact with the web. The static friction coefficient μ satis... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7439475 | Thermally conductive body and method of manufacturing the same The thermally conductive body for use by being placed between a heat generating body and a heat radiating body, in which the body is molded from a thermally conductive polymer composition. The thermally conductive polymer composition contains a polymer matrix and a ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439473 | Method and arrangement for supporting vertically depending electrical resistance elements A method of supporting vertically hanging electrical resistance elements for heating furnaces or ovens in industrial operations. Each resistance element includes current-conducting legs that extend downward and upward a number of times, and the element includes alon... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439472 | Heating body A heating body is provided. The heating body includes a tube and a heating member disposed in the tube. When a radius from a center of the heating body to an outer circumference of the heating member is “r,” a radius of the tube is equal to or greater than 1.6r.... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7429720 | Electric heating pipe and electric heating apparatus using it The present invention relates to an electric radiating pipe capable of enhancing a heating efficiency in such a manner that a mixture of a porous operation medium and a volatile operation fluid is filled in a radiation pipe, and a porous operation medium is fast hea... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7423242 | Oven for non-metal melting Oven for non-metal melting, in particular silicon melting, with a housing enclosing an interior, at least one mould arranged in the interior for receiving a non-metal melt, at least one electrical heating device enclosing, at least partially, the at least one mould ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423239 | Laminated element provided with a heated layer A laminated panel element that includes at least two rigid panes, for example glass panes, bonded to each other on their surfaces, which are each provided, over their whole surface, with an electrically conductive coating that can be heated by application of a volta... | 09/09/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7381931 | Thermal roll, and drying apparatus and method A drying apparatus includes a thermal roll for contacting and heating aluminum web in a continuous sheet form. The thermal roll includes a roll surface, having a static friction coefficient μ defined by contact with the web. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7372054 | Radiator module Radiation module for thermal or UV irradiation processing procedures with a large number of radiation sources essentially adjacent and parallel to one another for electromagnetic radiation whose main effective range is in the UV spectrum, visible spectrum, and/or ne... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364624 | Wafer handling apparatus and method of manufacturing thereof A wafer processing device or apparatus, i.e., a heater or an electrostatic chuck, comprises a planar support platen, a support shaft having centrally located bore, and a pair of electrical conductors located in the shaft. In one embodiment, the electrical conductors... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7342201 | Silcon carbide element A ceramic heating element arrangement in which a ceramic heating element made of SiC having electrical NTC (negative temperature coefficient) properties is provided for a circuit. At least one segment is provided in the circuit, whose resistance saturates at least q... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335858 | Toaster using infrared heating for reduced toasting time A toaster uses radiant heat at infrared wavelengths optimized for producing rapid and uniform toasting of a food product. The infrared wavelengths of the radiated heat are selected for optimum speed and quality (browning and moisture content) of the food product. Th... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7314678 | Solid oxide fuel cell device with a component having a protective coatings and a method for making such A solid oxide fuel cell device comprises: (a) zirconia based electrolyte; (b) at least one ectrode situated on the electrolyte; (c) a component situated in close proximity to the electrolyte, the component comprising at least one metal or metal oxide capable, at tem... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309848 | Sealing structure of ceramic heater A ceramic heater is provided which may be built in a gas sensor to heat a sensor element up to a desired activation temperature. The ceramic heater includes a pair of electrical conductors formed on a ceramic body. Each of the conductors is equipped with a terminal.... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7302828 | Oxygen sensor An oxygen sensor includes a tubular casing; an oxygen detecting element installed in a leading end of the tubular casing; lead wires each extending from the oxygen detecting element to the outside of the tubular casing through an open base end of the tubular casing,... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7282669 | Ceramic heater and method for manufacturing the same A ceramic heater 1 includes a silicon nitride ceramic substrate 13 and a resistance-heating member 10 embedded in the silicon nitride ceramic substrate 13 . The silicon nitride ceramic substrate 13 contains oxygen derived from a si... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279141 | Exhaust filter system for non-road engine An exhaust filter system, adapted for removing substances entrained in an exhaust gas from a nonroad engine, includes a casing having a filter cavity for communicating with an exhaust outlet of the generator and a filter core which includes a plurality of filtering ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277628 | Heater for aircraft potable water tank A heater (10) for installation on a potable water tank (12). The heater (10) comprises a blanket (14) including an electrical resistance heating element (16) and a connection pad (18) for electrically connecting the heating ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271369 | Multilayer positive temperature coefficient device and method of making the same An improved PTC device and method of manufacturing is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device and method incorporates an improved metal-ceramic composite PTC material manufactured by: (a) heating a ceramic material to a sufficiently high temperature to induce the c... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265324 | Flexible heating sheet A flexible heating sheet is composed of two heat fusible aromatic polyimide films and an electric heating element having an electric source-connecting terminal at each end which intervenes between the heat fusible aromatic polyimide films, in which each heat fusible... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261865 | Heatable honeycomb body with two different coatings An electrically heatable honeycomb body, in particular for cleaning exhaust gas originating in an internal combustion engine. The honeycomb body has at least two zones arranged in series in the flow direction with different coatings. The honeycomb body preferably ha... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7259356 | Temperature self-regulating soldering iron with removable tip A soldering iron with a removable tip, including: a soldering iron, including: a shaft; a ferrite bobbin disposed on the shaft; a magnetic coil wrapped around the ferrite bobbin; and a removable tip with a heater element disposed thereon, wherein the heater element ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259358 | Encapsulated graphite heater and process A graphite heater and method of forming a graphite heater comprising a graphite body configured to form an electrical heating circuit for at least one heating zone through the graphite encapsulated in a continuous overcoat layer comprising at least one of a nitride,... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7241975 | Igniter systems with associated lead frame Resistive igniter systems are provided that comprise a metal substrate with an associated resistive igniter element in electrical connection through braze applied to the metal substrate. Igniter systems of the invention can enable significantly simplified manufactur... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7223949 | Analysis apparatus having improved temperature control unit An apparatus for use in controlling the temperature of one or more substances passing through one or more microfluidics channels in an analysis device is set forth. The apparatus includes a heating unit having first and second surfaces. The first surface of the heat... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7176417 | Apparatuses and methods for resistively heating a thermal processing system A resistive heater having a doped ceramic heating element embedded either partially or completely within a matrix of undoped ceramic material. The ceramic may be silicon carbide, and the dopant may be nitrogen. Many of the advantages of the present heater stern from... | 02/13/2007 |
