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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7439473 | Method and arrangement for supporting vertically depending electrical resistance elements A method of supporting vertically hanging electrical resistance elements for heating furnaces or ovens in industrial operations. Each resistance element includes current-conducting legs that extend downward and upward a number of times, and the element includes alon... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7231787 | Apparatus and method for bending and/or tempering glass An apparatus and method for bending and/or tempering glass substrate(s) are provided. The amount of near-IR radiation which reaches the glass to be bent and/or tempered is limited (e.g., via filtering or any other suitable technique). Thus, the IR radiation (used fo... | 06/19/2007 |
| 6930283 | Electrically heatable glow plug and method for producing said electrically heatable glow plug An electrically heatable glow plug and a method for manufacturing an electrically heatable glow plug are proposed that enable a protection of a heating coil of the glow plug against nitridation and evaporation of the aluminum from the heating conductor alloy. The gl... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6670881 | Positive temperature coefficient resistor/overload resistor method and assemblies A method for retaining a terminal of a terminal assembly for a positive temperature coefficient resistor/overload resistor (PCTR/OL) assembly includes providing a body having an inner surface, and disposing at least one retaining member to the inner surfa... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6617955 | Positive temperature coefficient thermistor An inexpensive positive temperature coefficient thermistor has metal terminals which have been miniaturized without deteriorating the characteristics or sacrificing the reliability of the device. The metal terminals include supporting members and springs ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6407659 | Electronic device A positive thermistor element is supported by being clamped by first and second resilient contact members that are opposed to each other so as to be disposed along a diagonal and first and second positioning protrusions that are opposed to each other so a... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6317024 | Resistor for audio equipment A resistor 1 is used in high-fidelity amplifiers for audio equipment. The resistor 1 includes a cylindrical resistor body 2, a tubular sheath 3 into which the resistor body 2 is coaxially inserted, and a conductive film portion 31a formed on the inside su... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6208233 | Trim resistor connector and sensor system An improved IDC trim resistor connector assembly made up of a generally open top cup shape connector with side wall slots and an interior first array of terminal posts arranged for passage therethrough of a first lead wire of sensor circuitry. A first sta... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6169472 | Thermistor system A PCT thermistor arrangement for use in a circuit for demagnetizing shadowmasks of color picture tubes, has at least two PTC thermistor elements which are designed as switching PTC thermistors, are or can be thermally coupled and are or can be electricall... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5963125 | Electronic devices having reduced destruction of internal elements upon malfunction A positive thermistor device includes a positive thermistor element having a pair of opposed electrodes, each of which receives compressive force elastically applied from a corresponding one of spring contact members to hold the thermistor element at a pr... | 10/05/1999 |
| 4602238 | Infrared panel emitter and method of producing the same A nonfocused infrared panel emitter and method of making the same. The panel emitter includes a primary emitter positioned between an insulating layer and a secondary emitter. Preferably, the panel emitter comprises a metal foil primary emitter, woven alu... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4273993 | Terminations for electric heating elements The invention relates to a termination for a tubular electric heater, comprising a two-piece body of ceramic or high-temperature plastic which is quickly and easily assembled with a metal spade terminal. The two pieces of the body have interfitting parts ... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4149067 | Aquarium heater An aquarium heater including an elongated heater element including an insulating member and a wire heater extending from one end of the insulating member to the other end of the insulating member and with an outer sheath of insulating material having open... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4004128 | Portable electric radiant heater A portable electric radiant heater comprises an insulative housing having a control area and an open front heating area. A hollow fired clay pipe system is disposed in the heating area in serpentine fashion and arranged to radiate heat through the open fr... | 01/18/1977 |
