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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7271508 | Method for deicing energized electrical transmission lines The invention concerns a method for deicing energized electrical transmission lines by means of an apparatus capable of producing an angular offset between its terminals. The method consists in: selecting segments (4, 6) of electrical transmission lines to de... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7238919 | Heating element movement bonding method for semiconductor components According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bonding method, comprising disposing on a first body a second body with a bump interposed therebetween; and electrically and mechanically bonding the first body and the second body with the bump by... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7168160 | Method for mounting and heating a plurality of microelectronic components A method for heat-treating a plurality of microelectronic structures attached to a non-metallic substrate is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: (a) placing the non-metallic substrate and the plurality of microelectronic structures in an oscillating electr... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7106987 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device has a magnetic field generator; an electric power supplier for electric power supply to the magnetic field generator; electric power controller for controlling an electric power value to be supplied by the electric power supplier; a fixing member, di... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7064291 | Annealing plant An annealing apparatus for annealing metallic billets, particularly for use in annealing aluminum-containing billets, comprising at least two contact elements or contact discs made of electrically conducting material, the contact elements being connected to a voltag... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7039336 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device has a magnetic field generator; an electric power supplier for electric power supply to the magnetic field generator; electric power controller for controlling an electric power value to be supplied by the electric power supplier; a fixing member, di... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6959158 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device has a magnetic field generator; an electric power supplier for electric power supply to the magnetic field generator; electric power controller for controlling an electric power value to be supplied by the electric power supplier; a fixing member, di... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6911633 | Suspended induction coil and method for replacement of turns comprising same An induction heater (14) for use in conjunction with an associated furnace (10) for material processing includes essentially straight induction coil (16, 50) arranged inside the furnace shell (12). The induction coil (16, 50) has a... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6721530 | Fusing system having electromagnetic heating The present disclosure relates to a fusing system for fusing toner to a recording medium. The fusing system includes a fuser roller including a metal layer, a pressure roller in contact with the fuser roller, and an external induction heating element. In addition, t... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6255634 | Transverse flux heating coil and method of use A transverse flux heating coil is disclosed to inductively heat a continuous run of wire. In general, the transverse flux heating coil includes a single loop conductive element having a pair of termination ends extending therefrom and connectable to a pow... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6222167 | Impedance matching apparatus for induction heating type galvanized steel sheet alloying system and method An alloying system for a galvanized steel sheet, the alloying system using an induction heating coil, wherein an impedance matching apparatus is provided between the induction heating coil and a high frequency power source. The impedance matching apparatu... | 04/24/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6198083 | Method and apparatus for heat treating wires A process for heat treating steel wires in which the wires are passed through an induction furnace with induction coils connected in series to a common power supply. No more than one wire passes through any one of the induction coils. The wires are heated... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6050999 | Corneal implant introducer and method of use A device for introducing a corneal implant into a cornea of a human eye. The device includes a body, a member coupled thereto, and a guide portion. The body has a distal end and a proximal end. The guide portion is disposed at the distal end of the body a... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5747779 | Method of fusing and programming fuse frame A method of fusing and programming a fuse frame for use in a semiconductor package is disclosed. A fuse frame includes an external lead arranged for electrically connecting to a first internal element of the semiconductor package and to extend externally ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5698124 | Magnesia fiber draw furnace A fiber drawing apparatus is provided with an improved fiber draw furnace wherein an inner zirconia tube is surrounded by a radially-spaced annular insulating region of magnesia within a silica beaker. While the magnesia has a melting point approximately ... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5357085 | Induction heating of polymer matrix composite fiber strands Induction heating is utilized to heat polymer matrix composite fiber strands containing electrically conductive fibers. This is accomplished with an apparatus having a helical induction coil and a matching helical guide tube situated adjacent to the induc... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5300750 | Thermal induction heater A heater employs a ferromagnetic or like material heated by a varying magnetic field to heat the ferromagnetic material wherein the ferromagnetic material has a large cross-section comprised of many members of small cross-section insulated from one anothe... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5288960 | Process and apparatus for thermal cutting of workpieces Process and apparatus for thermal cutting of workpieces, such as plate, made of materials which can be melted or decomposed thermally by means of a stream of liquid heated to a temperature above the melting or decomposition temperature of the workpiece to... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5238177 | Method and apparatus for forming conveyor belt hinge pins Disclosed is a flexible hinge pin, and a method and apparatus for forming the hinge pin, wherein a cable is twisted and heated with sufficient torque and heat to sever the cable into shorter hinge pins. The heating and twisting causes the portions of the ... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5210928 | Method of manufacturing an electric motor A method of connecting an end portion of an enameled wire forming a winding of an electric motor to one end of a conductor of a lead includes the steps of heating an enamel coating on the end portion of the enameled wire by a high-frequency current to sep... | 05/18/1993 |
| 4987283 | Methods of terminating and sealing electrical conductor means A strap comprised of a layer of magnetic material on a layer of nonmagnetic conductive metal comprises a self-regulating heater, which is wrapped around a length of heat recoverable tubing disposed around a terminal being terminated to a conductor wire, o... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4968866 | Closed loop induction type electrical wire preheater An induction wire preheater for heating electrical wire includes left and right inductors, each having a longitudinal passageway through which the wire being heated is passed. Both inductors are fixedly mounted on a mounting plate and/are tilted relative ... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4791260 | Induction type electrical wire preheater A preheater for heating either intermediate or small size electrical wire includes left and right inductors, each having a longitudinal passageway through which the wire to be heated is passed, one inductor being fixedly mounted on a mounting plate with i... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4788394 | Multi-wire induction heating In the induction heating of thin (e.g. 0.5 to 3 mm diameter) steel wires (W) in continuous heating processes, relatively low field strengths of e.g. up to 20,000 Am-1 are employed but are chosen so as to set the relative magnetic permeability Î... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4623129 | Apparatus for making retractile cords A leading end portion (33) of a supply of cordge (31) is clamped to a mandrel (32) such that it is straight, after which a plurality of convolutions of the cordage are wound on the mandrel. The cordage is severed from the supply and a trailing end portion... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4574604 | Process and apparatus for high speed fabrication of copper wire A continuous process for high speed fabrication of wire comprises the steps of directing wire through a first set of drawing dies to reduce the wire diameter to an intermediate diameter, applying a lubricant to the wire during the drawing process, anneali... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4221947 | Annealing of wire In a method of continuously heating wire by induction, a short circuit electrical connection between wire entering a loop or loops, constituting the secondary winding of a transformer, and wire leaving the loop or loops is effcted by guiding a portion of ... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4118617 | Process and apparatus for continuous heat treatment of metallic wires and bands The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for the continuous heat treatment of metallic wires and bands. In the process according to the invention, the wire or band to be treated is passed around the base of the groove of a pulley and is anneale... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117295 | Apparatus for annealing of wire The rim of the upper sheave in a wire induction heating apparatus contains a peripheral groove. The wire passes over a portion of the groove twice, and overlaps for a certain portion. The width of the groove at a height one half the wire width from the bo... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4043722 | Apparatus for heat curing electrical insulation provided on a central electrical conductor of an electrical cable An apparatus for and method of heat curing elastomeric electrical insulation on a central electrical conductor of an electrical cable is provided and the apparatus includes an outer housing which is adapted to contain means for curing the exterior portion... | 08/23/1977 |
