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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7414226 | Movable heating method and system having fixed heating source for brazing stator bars A method to heat a stator bar and clip assembly in a brazing chamber including: placing the stator bar and clip assembly in the brazing chamber, wherein the assembly is seated in a heating coil; positioning a conductive mass between a press and the stator bar and cl... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7211774 | Induction heating system The invention is an induction heating system comprising a first article having a metallic mesh lining; and a second article having a coil for receiving an alternating electrical current; wherein the coil induces a current in the metallic mesh lining when the second ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7199342 | Self-aligned mechanical joint between die and substrate exposed to mixed microwave energy The present invention includes a mechanical joint between a die and a substrate that is reflowed by microwave energy and a method of forming such a mechanical joint by printing a solder over a substrate, placing the solder in contact with a bump over a die, reflowin... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7049548 | System and method for processing a preform vacuum vessel to produce a structural assembly A system and method for processing a preform in a vacuum vessel to produce a structural assembly are provided. The system includes a heated die set defining a cavity in which the preform can be formed, bonded, or otherwise processed. The die set is disposed in a cav... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7038125 | Low-frequency de-icing of cableways Low-frequency AC power in a range of about from 50 to 200 Hz flows through a cableway, providing 5 to 100 watts per meter of cableway. Through separate connections to a power bus, a cableway is electrically divided into branches of a parallel circuit that use low vo... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6841763 | Heat induction workstation A heat induction workstation has a base, a housing, a working station, an electrical power supplier and a cooling device. The housing has two baffles to divide the inner space of the housing into a central chamber and two side chambers. The working station is mounte... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6822204 | Thermal seat and thermal device dispensing and vending system employing RFID-based induction heating devices An RFID-based induction heating/vending system for quickly and efficiently heating, vending, and recollecting stadium seats (10) or other objects. The system includes a plurality of objects each including an induction-heatable body (22), a charging/ven... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6783272 | Induction-heated disc tribometer A disc tribometer for measuring tribological, mechanical and thermal phenomena including at least a first rotary support for receiving a test sample, a second rotary support for receiving a second test sample, means for measuring torque applied to each of the suppor... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6698242 | Brittle article comprising joined-together hardened glass and/or glass-ceramic parts and method of making same In the method according to the invention cold or unheated hardened glass and/or glass-ceramic parts are bonded together with a metallic ductile joining material, preferably silver, copper, aluminum or an alloy of those metals, to form a brittle article. T... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6207939 | Device and method for de-icing an elongated structural element The device and the method are used to de-ice an elongated structural element having a closed contour. The device is formed of pairs of electrically conductive and insulated wires, preformed for winding, one next to the other, along and around the structur... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6077417 | Silicon microlens cleaning system A method and system for cleaning the silicon microlenses in an electron-beam microcolumn in situ. The microlenses individually are heated by passing a current through each microlens. The current is utilized to heat the microlens to at least two hundred de... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5613505 | Inductive heating systems for smoking articles An induction heating source is provided for use with an electrical smoking article. The induction heating source provides an alternating electromagnetic field which inductively heats a susceptor in thermal proximity with tobacco flavor medium to generate ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5571436 | Induction heating of composite materials Apparatus and method for superplastic forming. The workpiece is held between a pair of dies that are electrically and thermally nonconductive, and is heated inductively by a coil embedded within the dies. The dies are formed of a material that is substant... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5534091 | Joining method of ceramics and insertion member for heating and joining for use in the method The present invention related to a method for joining ceramic members and an insertion member to be employed in the joining method. In the present invention, ceramic members are heated by the induction heating in a state that a heating ceramic member havi... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5527586 | Apparatus and method for depositing metal particles on a dielectric substrate A method and apparatus for making a template used in manufacturing printed circuit boards is disclosed. The template is made from boron nitride, silicon nitride or similar material which has a melting temperature higher than the melting temperature of the... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5410132 | Superplastic forming using induction heating Apparatus and method for superplastic forming. The workpiece is held between a pair of dies that are electrically and thermally nonconductive, and is heated inductively by a coil embedded within the dies.... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5354970 | Pot for batch coating of continuous metallic strip A hot dip batch coating pot for containing a coating material in a liquid state. The pot comprises a container portion having a horizontal bottom and vertical side walls, with the bottom and said side walls defining an interior volume for containing said ... | 10/11/1994 |
