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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8138458 | Microwave chemical reaction device The invention performs uniform chemical reactions with high efficiency by action of microwave onto reaction targets placed within a flow path along a center axis of a waveguide for transmission of microwave. The microwave chemical reaction device includes a circular... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7868273 | Microwave generator In order to make it possible to direct sufficient microwave energy at a target with an electronic device which is to be interfered with or to be destroyed, the beams (7) from at least two antenna arrays (10) are focused on an effective area (8) ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7586066 | Hair styling device and method A hair styling apparatus including a magnetron and a styling base in communication with the magnetron for styling a moistened lock of hair is provided. A shield removably encases the styling base for shielding microwave radiation emitted from the magnetron. The lock... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7541561 | Process of microwave heating of powder materials A process for heating powder materials by microwave radiation so that heating and sintering or melting progressively and directionally occurs within the powder materials. The process generally entails forming a structure from a powder by arranging the powder in a ma... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7420500 | Electromagnetic radiation absorber An electromagnetic radiation absorber for absorbing radiation in the wavelength range λmin to λmax. The absorber has a conductor layer in contact with a dielectric layer. The conductor layer carries a plurality of apertures of sub-wavelength ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7409850 | Systems and methods for maximizing heat transfer efficiency to and minimizing thermal gradients in an analytic column An improved gas chromatograph system includes a radiant source, an insert located to receive an output of the radiant source, and an analytic column wound on a concave surface of the insert so that successive coils of the wound analytic column are in direct contact ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7361303 | Medical waste treatment unit A method and apparatus for reducing organic waste. The apparatus comprises a conveyor to move waste to a first chamber for weighing waste and purging oxygen, a second chamber for treating, sterilizing and reducing waste by reverse polymerization, and a third chamber... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354504 | Dielectric profile controlled microwave sterilization system A dielectric profiler establishes a dielectric profile of microwave characteristics for identifying, sterilizing or inactivating a target material prior to performing a microwave irradiation event to sterilize or inactivate the target material. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7270842 | Thermal gelation of foods and biomaterials using rapid heating The invention uses rapid heating to effect a material property change in a biomaterial. The biomaterial is heated to a predetermined real temperature, whereas the biomaterial's total thermal treatment is described by an equivalent temperature and an equivalent time ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7256377 | Coupled-waveguide microwave applicator for uniform processing An apparatus providing uniform microwave processing of products especially those that are likely to absorb microwave energy such as meat and the like. The apparatus uses at least a pair of complimentary processing waveguides. The waveguides are offset along at least... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250589 | Microwave hyperthermia treatment apparatus and treatment system Microwave hyperthermia treatment device includes a microwave generation unit, a power supply unit, and a control unit including an exposure-time actuation timer, an intermittent actuation timer, a second-device connecting terminal, and a remote switch. Two microwave... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7232978 | Method for controlling a delta-T cooking process A method for controlling a delta-T cooking process includes (a) selecting of a set core temperature KTs and a delta-T value for the food to be cooked, (b) introducing the food to be cooked into the cooking space at an initial core temperature KT0 | 06/19/2007 |
| 7202452 | Coffee maker and microwave oven and method for controlling the same Coffee maker and microwave oven and method for controlling the same are disclosed. The coffee maker and microwave oven includes an outfit room for mounting various electric components on an inside thereof, a case at one side of the outfit room, a water tank i... | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7196297 | Process and system for thermally uniform materials processing The present invention provides a system and method for binder removal and sintering of materials such as ceramic materials and products, LTCC intervals, solid oxide fuel cells and powder metals. A combination of microwave and convection/radiation heating is employed... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7148456 | Method and apparatus for microwave phosphor synthesis A method of microwave synthesis of phosphors includes a microwave furnace having a microwave chamber; providing starting material in the microwave chamber; and subjecting the starting material to microwaves, whereby the starting material is synthesized into phosphor... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144471 | Bonding method and apparatus A bonding method and apparatus for performing same in which a first member (e.g., a silicon chip) is bonded to a second member (e.g., a glass substrate such as a PCB) using a thermosetting resin adhesive. Near infrared rays are directed onto the second member, some ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144739 | Pressure measurement and relief for microwave-assisted chemical reactions A pressure-sealing, pressure-monitoring closure for non-invasively sealing a reaction vessel to a defined release pressure in microwave-assisted chemistry is disclosed. The closure includes a pressure-resistant, microwave-transparent reaction vessel, one portion of ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141770 | Microwave cooking package with non-stick absorbing pad A microwavable package has a pad for absorbing fat, grease, oil, moisture, and like liquid exuded from food, primarily meat, during cooking. The pad has a high-melting, liquid-transmissible, stiff, shrink-resistant, preferably foraminous face layer in contact with t... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7111951 | Environmentally improved rearview mirror assembly An environmentally improved rearview mirror assembly is provided which incorporates a reflective element with variable reflectance. In one embodiment, the environmentally improved rearview mirror assembly is substantially free of cadmium (Cd). In another embodiment,... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7087871 | Microwave oven cleaner A device and method that cleans microwave ovens through a chemical action, specifically to an agent that is placed into the microwave oven, and then activated by operating the oven for a period of time. Different embodiments include a devise composed of an open cell... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7030350 | Microwave oven equipped with toaster and method of controlling the same A microwave oven equipped with a toaster and a method of controlling the same. Particularly, the microwave oven equipped with the toaster is provided with a plurality of heaters and a plurality of buttons each corresponding to one or more heaters to selectively oper... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7026762 | Magnetron, and microwave oven and high-frequency heating apparatus each equipped with the same A magnetron includes a ring-shaped anode, a cathode, an activating space, at least one permanent magnet and a magnetic flux carrying unit. The ring-shaped anode forms a plurality of resonance circuits. The cathode is disposed at the axial center of the anode to emit... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022198 | Microwave assisted reactive brazing of ceramic materials A method for joining similar materials to create multi-component assemblies so the joint materials share similar physical, chemical, and electrical characteristics with the base materials. The method includes aligning the materials, applying joining material, focusi... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7005033 | Apparatus and method for laminating dry film using microwave The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for laminating a dry film using a microwave which are capable of quickly transforming a photosensitive substance of a dry film to a semi-liquid state by vibrating a water or acryl group copolymer molecular in ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7002124 | Microwave oven A microwave oven has a casing which forms an appearance and has a front surface backwardly slanted and an adjusting portion formed at the slanted part; a cooking chamber formed inside the casing, for cooking food; and a door rotatably combined, i.e., hinged, at a si... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7002120 | Microwave oven cleaner A device and method that cleans microwave ovens through a chemical action, specifically to an agent that is placed into the microwave oven, and then activated by operating the oven for a period of time. Different embodiments include a device composed of an open cell... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7002121 | Steam generator A steam generator is located within a tank. At one end of the tank there is a flange. Mounted on the outside of the flange there is a magnetron that is cooled by a fan surrounding the magnetron. A heat tube extends from the magnetron into the tank. Within the heat t... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998590 | Microwave component heating method A system and method for thermally expanding a product submerged in heating medium located in an internal compartment of a microwave oven. The heating medium is subjected to low doses of micro-radiation in order to become heated and thermally expand the encapsulated ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6982192 | High performance thermal interface curing process for organic flip chip packages An integrated circuit package which has a thermal epoxy that can be attached to an integrated circuit and a thermal element. The thermal epoxy can be cured with energy at a microwave frequency. Curing the thermal epoxy with microwave energy can minimize package warp... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6951798 | Method of bonding a stack of layers by electromagnetic induction heating A method of bonding multiple layers is provided. The method includes the steps of stacking the multiple layers on top of each other and volumetrically heating the stack of multiple layers to a predetermined temperature. It is preferred that the stack is heated by el... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6933481 | Customer-engaging food merchandising module An apparatus and method are disclosed for penetrating convenience store food markets with a customer-engaging food merchandising module. The customer-engaging food merchandising module comprises three units: a food storage and display unit attached to a food prepara... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6914208 | Method for semiconductor wafer etching A batch-type etching method includes applying microwaves from the outside of a reaction chamber to semiconductor wafers after HF gas etching of the wafers to remove residual substances including H2O, CH3OH, CH3COOH and/or other by-pr... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6905945 | Microwave bonding of MEMS component Bonding of MEMs materials is carried out using microwave. High microwave absorbing films are placed within a microwave cavity, and excited to cause selective heating in the skin of the material. This causes heating in one place more than another. Thereby minimizing ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6884449 | Microwave oven having rice cooking function and method of controlling the same A method for controlling a rice cooking operation in a microwave oven including setting up at least one rice cooking operation in the microwave oven based upon the amount of rice and water mixture; heating the rice and the water in a cooking chamber using a magnetro... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6875967 | Microwave oven cleaner A device and method that cleans microwave ovens through a chemical action, specifically to an agent that is placed into the microwave oven, and then activated by operating the oven for a period of time. Different embodiments include a devise composed of an open cell... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6847021 | Device for reheating by microwaves Device for reheating baked microwaveable food products comprising: i) an external container (1) composed of a lower part (2) and a removable lid (3) fitting to the lower part (2), all being made of a heat resistant mineral composition tha... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6828696 | Apparatus and method for powering multiple magnetrons using a single power supply A system and method are provided to power a plurality of magnetrons devices. The system may include a power supply device to power a first magnetron device, a second magnetron device and a third magnetron device. A control device may control (or apportion) an amount... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6822207 | Continuous product conveyor having a brick baking hearth A method and apparatus for merging the processes of hearth baking and conveyor baking to offer the benefits of the two processes while eliminating many of the shortcomings. In one aspect, the present invention is a horizontal food-grade product conveyor to transport... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6809305 | Microwave bonding of thin film metal coated substrates Bonding of materials such as MEMS materials is carried out using microwaves. High microwave absorbing films are placed within a microwave cavity containing other less microwave absorbing materials, and excited to cause selective heating in the skin depth of the film... | 10/26/2004 |
