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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7420144 | Controlled torque magnetic heat generation A magnetic heater is provided having a conductor assembly and a magnet assembly. The magnet assembly is adapted to rotate relative to the conductor assembly about an axis so as to induce eddy currents in the conductor assembly when relative motion is produced betwee... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7347054 | System for heating tanks of liquefied gas by induction The invention relates to a system for delivering gas stored in a vessel in liquefied form, said vessel having in its lower part a liquefied phase of said gas and in the upper part a gaseous phase of said gas, which vessel includes a means for connecting to a means f... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339144 | Magnetic heat generation A magnetic heater is provided having a conductor assembly and a magnet assembly. The magnet assembly is adapted to rotate relative to the conductor assembly about an axis so as to induce eddy currents in the conductor assembly when relative motion is produced betwee... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7323667 | Curie temperature thermostat for a eddy current heating device and method The device and method are used for controlling eddy currents generated by an electro-magnetic heater having at least one magnetic field producing element. To control the heater, a source of heat is used to heat a Curie temperature material, located adjacent to the m... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318553 | Apparatus and method for heating fluids An apparatus for heating a liquid includes a housing having an internal chamber and a rotor disposed in the chamber. The rotor is preferably cylindrical and operates inside a bore provided by the housing without touching, the shape of the bore preferably being paral... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7312550 | Architecture for electric machine In one aspect, an alternator is described which includes a current control apparatus including a stator winding and a control winding, wherein current control in the control winding regulates the stator winding. In another aspect, a gas turbine engine includes a mul... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7274124 | Electric generator The present invention discloses a generator (1) able to generate either unidirectional current or bi-directional current. A rotatable disc (7) has a conductive track (9) and a ferromagnetic bridge (8). Brushes (12, 13) switchingly ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7211773 | Conveyance and forming apparatus A conveyance apparatus comprises a transformer having a core, a primary coil connected to an alternate power source and a secondary coil connected to an output coil, a holding section including a conductive member for heating fluid by high frequency induction heatin... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7126313 | Architecture for electric machine The invention includes an electric machine having a rotor, stator and at least one winding in the stator adapted to conduct a current, and a secondary winding, electrically isolated from the first winding and inductively coupled to the first winding, which may be us... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7116006 | Wind energy conversion system A wind energy conversion system includes upper and lower wind turbines having counter-rotating blade assemblies supported for rotation about a vertical rotation axis, with each blade assembly carrying a rotor for rotation past a stator to produce an electrical outpu... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7051947 | Heat generator for a motor vehicle A heat generator for a motor vehicle comprises a rotor (1), a stator (13) in which the rotor (1) induces by rotation electrical currents that generate heat in the stator (13), and a coolant duct (16) adjacent to the stator (13 | 05/30/2006 |
| 7022952 | Dual coil induction heating system A dual coil induction cooking system and method for heating ferrous and non-ferrous cooking vessels. The system includes a first resonant circuit for inducing a current in a ferrous metal cooking vessel at a first frequency and a second resonant circuit, wired in a ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6967315 | Method for vaporizing a fluid using an electromagnetically responsive heating apparatus A method of microbially decontaminating at least one of a defined area and an item within the defined area. The method includes the steps of (a) inductively heating a block comprising an electrically non-conductive material and an electromagnetically responsive mate... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6906296 | Electromagnetically responsive heating apparatus for vaporizer A vaporizer heating apparatus is comprised of electromagnetically responsive material and electrically non-conductive material. A antimicrobial fluid to be vaporized, such as water or hydrogen peroxide solution, is supplied to the heating apparatus where it is conve... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6504136 | Liquid heating apparatus with an inductively heated impeller An apparatus for heating liquids, such as cooking fat, includes a vessel for the liquid to be heated, an electrically inductive impeller disposed in the vessel, a motor for rotating the impeller, to cause the liquid to circulate around the vessel, and a e... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6489598 | Heat generator for a motor vehicle using induction heating A heat generator for reducing emissions includes a permanently magnetized, disc-shaped rotor; a stator axially separated from the rotor and in which the rotor induces electric currents as it rotates to generate heat in the stator; and an adjoining cooling... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6325298 | Induction heat generator for the reduction of emissions from an internal combustion engine In order to reduce emissions from a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine, the cooling liquid of the internal combustion engine is heated by a heat generator that is driven by the internal combustion engine as long as the working temperature of the int... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6297484 | Magnetic heater An auxiliary heater is provided for heating a heat transferring fluid to a high temperature efficiently in a short time. The heater includes a permanent magnet provided within a housing and a rotary water jacket made of a conductor positioned to face the ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6177660 | Magnet type heater An auxiliary heater is provided for heating a fluid flowing through a pipe. The heater includes a conductor mounted in proximity to the pipe. A magnet is opposed to the conductor with a small gap therebetween. Relative rotation is generated between the co... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6144020 | Apparatus for simultaneously generating a fluid flow and heating the flowing fluid An apparatus is provided for simultaneously generating a fluid flow and heating the flowing fluid. The apparatus includes a conductive material provided on at least a part of a member which is rotated. The rotatable member generates the flow of the fluid ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6011245 | Permanent magnet eddy current heat generator A permanent magnet eddy current heat generator apparatus has a thermally insulated working fluid reservoir containing a working fluid and an enlongate stationary ferrous metal tube disposed in the reservoir with an elongate permanent magnet rotatably moun... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5994681 | Apparatus for eddy current heating a body of graphite A method and apparatus has a body of graphite and a magnetic field source operatively connected with the body of graphite so that a magnetic field of the magnetic field source penetrates at least a portion of a surface of the body of graphite. The portion... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5914065 | Apparatus and method for heating a fluid by induction heating In a heating apparatus for the heating of a solid or fluid medium, several permanent magnets are arranged on the periphery of a rotor which produce a magnetic field in whose region an electrically-conducting medium is arranged. The magnetic field from the... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5773798 | Method of heating fluid with magnets A method for heating a fluid in a pipe by transforming induced current flowing through a conductor directly to heat energy as the conductor moves through a magnetic field. The method comprises locating N and S poles of a magnet adjacent the outer peripher... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5012060 | Permanent magnet thermal generator A permanent magnet thermal generator having at least one stationary permanent magnet and a rotatable rotor assembly for producing and absorbing heat from the magnetic flux from the permanent magnet as the rotatable rotor is rotated. The rotor assembly ser... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4678881 | Induction apparatus for heating and mixing a fluid The simultaneous heating and mixing of a fluid in a vessel with heated walls and a stirring device can lead to excessively high temperatures at the walls due to the formation of a thick boundary layer. This specification discloses a stirring paddle incorp... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4629844 | Induction heater having an alternating current conductor An induction heater has a conductor loop (1) in which a large alternating current is induced by a toroidal primary transformer (8). An annular secondary magnetic core (4) encircles a straight length of the conductor loop (1) and is itself enclosed by inne... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4614853 | Permanent magnet steam generator An improved magnetic thermal generator has axially aligned, spaced-apart shafts, each with an electric motor at the outer end and on each inner end a permanent cylindrical magnet rotor with alternate north-pole and south-pole disposition of magnets parall... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4600821 | Apparatus for inductively heating fluid The invention relates to a unit and a plant with such a unit as part thereof, based on the use of eddy currents for turning mechanical energy into heat energy for heating a fluid. The unit has a driver with at least one permanent magnet and is mechanicall... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4511777 | Permanent magnet thermal energy system An improved rotary magnet thermal generator system of the type having an array of magnets in alternating disposition coaxially disposed about and parallel with the shaft of a motor driving the rotary array and having a copper heat absorber and a ferro-mag... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4486638 | Device for converting rotational kinetic energy to heat by generating eddy currents The converter device comprises a magnetic rotor (2) rotatively mounted integral with primary shaft (1) of the device and a heat exchanger (5) having electrically conducting walls through the helically-shaped inner cavity (6) of which a fluid is caused to ... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4484049 | Liquid-cooled heat generator for a vehicle heating system An additional claw-pole rotor similar to that of the alternator of a motor vehicle and excited by a similar winding is mounted on the same shaft as the rotor of the alternator and is surrounded by a stator core carrying, instead of winding, a short circui... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4421967 | Windmill driven eddy current heater A windmill electric heater converts wind energy to heat energy. A windmill drives a rotor of an eddy current heater. Magnetic fields are provided at an air gap between the rotor and a stator of the eddy current heater. Rotation of the rotor with respect t... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4217475 | Apparatus for transferring heat to fluids Apparatus is provided for transferring heat to fluids by the use of magnets. A first plurality of magnets is mounted in a housing in a pattern having a circular cross section. A second plurality of magnets is mounted in spaced relationship with respect to... | 08/12/1980 |
