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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8117739 | Manufacturing process for surge arrester module using pre-impregnated composite An electrical module assembly used in a surge arrester is manufactured by wrapping an electrical module assembly including at least one metal oxide varistor (MOV) disk to which a reinforcing structure including a pre-impregnated epoxy/glass-fiber composite has been ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7992285 | Method for fabricating negative temperature coefficient thermistor A method for fabricating a negative temperature coefficient thermistor is provided, including the steps of: (A) combining ceramic powders having a negative temperature coefficient of resistance, a polymer binder and a solvent to form a mixture; (B) removing the solv... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7954230 | Method for making soot sensor An ablating device is used to form a pattern into a sensing element pad of a soot sensor, with the pattern establishing two finger paths without electrical connection between them. The pattern can be formed through a protective layer on the sensing element pad befor... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7430797 | Method for making an electrical component An method for manufacturing an electrical component comprises providing a base body of a ceramic material with at least two contact regions with terminal elements secured thereto. The base body is immersed into a solution that contains a fluid that wets the base bod... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7401399 | Method of manufacturing a substrate heating device A manufacturing method for a substrate heating device comprises forming a base plate having a substrate heating surface in which a resistance heating element is buried, forming a tubular member, joining the tubular member to the base plate, measuring temperature dis... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7367114 | Method for plasma etching to manufacture electrical devices having circuit protection Methods of manufacturing a variety of circuit protection devices are provided as well as devices so manufactured. In an embodiment, a surface mount electrical device having a substrate and a pair of conductive electrodes connected to an electrical protection compone... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363701 | Method of making a heat pipe An encapsulated heat pipe is made by placing a removable elongated solid partially within a mold, filling the mold with a solid dielectric material, and removing the elongated solid from the dielectric material defining an elongated cavity that extends within the so... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7355504 | Electrical devices An electrical device which comprises first and second laminar electrodes and a laminar PTC resistive element sandwiched between them, the device comprising (a) a main portion which comprises a main part of the first electrode, a ma... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343671 | Process for manufacturing a composite polymeric circuit protection device A process for manufacturing a composite polymeric circuit protection device in which a polymeric assembly is provided and is then subdivided into individual devices. The assembly is made by providing first and second laminates, each of which includes a laminar polym... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341679 | Organic positive temperature coefficient thermistor and manufacturing method therefor An organic positive temperature coefficient thermistor 10 having at least a pair of electrodes 2 and 3 positioned facing each other and a thermistor element 1 having a positive temperature coefficient of resistance which is positioned bet... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7322099 | Method for producing heated components for injection moulding apparatus A method for producing components for injection moulding comprising a body made of thermally conducting material with expansion coefficient matching that of the insulating layers and provided with a passage for the material to be injected. At least one strip of elec... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322102 | Isothermal plate assembly with predetermined shape and method for manufacturing the same An isothermal plate assembly with predetermined shape and method for manufacturing the same are proposed. An upper plate and a lower plate with predetermined shape are provided and an accommodation space is defined therein. A flattened heat pipe is bent into the pre... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7281318 | Method of manufacturing a composite structural member having an integrated electrical circuit A method of manufacturing a composite structural member with an integrated electrical circuit is provided. The structural member includes a plurality of layers of structural reinforcement material, and two or more electrical devices are disposed at least partially b... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280028 | Temperature sensor and method of making the same A method for manufacturing a planar sensor, comprises disposing a film of a material on a substrate, wherein the material is selected from the group consisting of platinum, rhodium, palladium and mixtures and alloys comprising at least one of the foregoing materials... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278201 | Method of manufacturing a resistor A high precision power resistor having the improved property of reduced resistance change due to power is disclosed. The resistor includes a substrate having first and second flat surfaces and having a shape and a composition; a resistive foil having a low TCR of ab... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273538 | Surface mountable laminated circuit protection device and method of making the same A surface mountable laminated circuit protection device comprises a first metal layer including a first unit and a second unit, a first insulating layer disposed on the first metal layer, and a second metal layer disposed on the first insulated layer. There is also ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272885 | Method of manufacturing surge arrestor The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing surge arrestors, the method including stacking varistors; and forming a coating of composite material on the stack. Between these steps, also included is placing a bead of flexible, adhesive, and dielectric ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7265653 | Method of providing a protective component with an adjusted time characteristic of the thermal transfer from a heating element to a fusible element The invention relates to a method for producing a protective component, for example a fuse component or a fusing resistor, including a fusible element and a heating element, which are attached as stacking components to the surface of a substrate. The fusible element... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7249409 | Method for trimming resistors There is provided a method and circuit for trimming a functional resistor on a thermally isolated micro-platform such that a second functional resistor on the same micro-platform remains substantially untrimmed; a method and circuit for providing and trimming a circ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7233226 | Method of producing a platinum temperature sensor A Platinum temperature sensor comprises a ceramic substrate and a platinum thin-film resistor applied to said ceramic substrate, a ceramic cover layer and a connecting layer generated from a ceramic green layer by pressure and temperature treatment. The ceramic cove... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232344 | High speed, card edge connector A connector assembly (100) includes an insulative housing (10) defining a central slot (14) with two rows of passageways (16) by two sides thereof and two rows of contacts (20) disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectivel... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7217981 | Tunable temperature coefficient of resistance resistors and method of fabricating same Tunable TCR resistors incorporated into integrated circuits and a method fabricating the tunable TCR resistors. The tunable TCR resistors including two or more resistors of two or more different materials having opposite polarity and different magnitude TCRs, the sa... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7210847 | Intraoral X-ray sensor An intraoral sensor for a dental X-ray apparatus includes a detection element for detecting the X-ray radiation. The element is disposed in an interior of a housing. To improve the possibilities for cleaning and sterilizing, the housing or parts thereof are of an ab... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7188419 | Method of producing nozzle plate formed in-situ on printhead substrate A method of producing an ink jet printhead with a plurality of nozzles and one or more heater elements corresponding to each nozzle. Each heater element is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling point to form a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7183892 | Chip PTC thermistor and method for manufacturing the same Chip PTC thermistors that can easily be inspected the soldered portions after it is mounted on a printed circuit board and that can be used in a flow soldering process, and methods of making same. A chip PTC thermistor of the present invention includes: a first main... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168157 | Method of fabricating a printhead A heating element of a printhead has a conductive layer deposited over a substrate, and a resistive layer deposited over and in electrical contact with the conductive layer. ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7154736 | Ceramic multi-layer element and a method for the production thereof A method of manufacturing a ceramic component having multiple layers includes producing ceramic green foil comprised of PTC ceramic material, applying electrode paste containing tungsten onto areas of the ceramic green foil designated to be electrodes, alternately s... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154374 | Plated terminations Improved termination features for multilayer electronic components are disclosed. Monolithic components are provided with plated terminations whereby the need for typical thick-film termination stripes is eliminated or greatly simplified. Such termination technology... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7145431 | Thermistor having symmetrical structure A thermistor is disclosed, which comprises a resistance element having upper and lower surfaces and showing a resistance varying characteristics according to the change of temperature; first and second conductive layers formed on the upper surface of the resistance ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140097 | Method of manufacturing chip-type ceramic electronic component A method of manufacturing a chip-type ceramic electronic component having stable electrical properties and excellent mechanical strength includes the steps of providing a plurality of green sheets having predetermined cutting positions, coating inorganic paste inclu... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138901 | Temperature measuring device and system and method incorporating the same A system having a heat source, a component coupled to the heat source, and at least one thermistor coupled to the component and adapted to monitor temperature of the component, wherein the thermistor has a core-shell microstructure having a shell disposed about a co... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131187 | Method of making a heater element for a seat assembly A heating element that can be incorporated into a molded foam article closely adjacent to the outer cover sheet without showing any evidence that a heating element is encapsulated within the foam portion of the article and provides essentially the same relatively so... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127812 | Process for producing a multi-layer printed wiring board A board 20 is provided with a Cu film 30 as a conformal mask, in which are formed a register mark 30b and an opening 3a through which a via hole is formed. A camera senses this register mark 30b so that the pos... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123125 | Structure of a surface mounted resettable over-current protection device and method for manufacturing the same The present invention is directed to a structure of a surface mounted resettable over-current protection device and a method for manufacturing the same. First, a raw material substrate having two ends is provided. On each of the two ends of the raw material substrat... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119655 | PTC circuit protector having parallel areas of effective resistance A PTC circuit protection device to protect electronic devices against excessive temperatures and electrical currents. The device comprises a polymeric resistor element, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The polymeric resistor element changes resistance in r... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7102483 | Multi-layer over-current protector An over-current protector comprised of multiple over-current protection devices each at various switching temperature and provided with positive temperature coefficient; all devices being stacked and segregated with an reinforced insulation layer and connected in pa... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097352 | Instrument material holder and method of fabrication thereof A holder for materials for use in a measuring instrument includes a three-piece housing consisting of an upper housing member, an intermediate housing member and a lower housing member, the three-piece housing defining a first closed cavity and a second closed cavit... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7075408 | Laminate-type positive temperature coefficient thermistor A positive temperature coefficient thermistor has a non-heating portion which is not heated when a voltage is applied between first and second internal electrodes. The non-heating portion is provided in the approximate center of the positive temperature coefficient ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075407 | Temperature sensor A temperature sensor has lead lines made of an elastic material each attached to a corresponding one of electrodes on a temperature sensing element such as an NTC thermistor element. The lead lines may each have a non-straight part where they are bent or deformed in... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069641 | Method for preparing composite materials of a positive temperature coefficient thermistor The present invention discloses a method for preparing a conductive polymeric composite material having carbon black utilized to a structure for composite materials of a positive temperature coefficient thermistor. The method first provides a metal laminated materia... | 07/04/2006 |
