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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7057491 | Impedance network with minimum contact impedance An impedance network configuration in the form of a snake-like or ladder structure is provided. The ladder configuration enables the provision of tabs extending outwardly from the normal conducting path, the tabs providing a location for the provision of contact lay... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6933471 | Ceramic igniters with sealed electrical contact portion Robust ceramic igniters are provided that include an improved sealing system which can significantly enhance operational life of the igniter. Preferred igniters comprise a conductive cold zone and hot zone with higher resisitivity. A hermetic sealant material covers... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6028295 | Mounting of filament heater and electric conduction plate An improved mounting apparatus for the attachment of a filament heater between electric conduction plates of a space heater device comprises a first electric conduction plate, a second electric conduction plate, a plurality of filament heaters positioned ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5525956 | Electrical terminal construction for an electronic component An electrical component has a terminal construction allowing it to be electrically and mechanically connected to an electrode. A terminal made of a metal material is mounted on an insulating substrate which has front and rear surfaces and is mounted on th... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5455555 | Chip varistor A chip varistor formed of a single layer varistor element includes a pair of non-ohmic contact electrodes and a pair of ohmic contact electrodes. The varistor element is a rectangular shape having top and bottom surfaces, two opposite edges and two opposi... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5109473 | Heater assembly for use in a corrosive environment A heater assembly for heating a container of corrosive fluid includes a housing adapted to be located in a container of fluid to be heated, a sealed chamber located in the housing, a heater located in the chamber, an electrically conductive sleeve assembl... | 04/28/1992 |
| 4874923 | Glow plug for diesel engine with a U-shaped sialon ceramic heater A glow plug for a diesel engine includes a U-shaped ceramic heater of SIALON supported by a hollow metallic holder. The heater has a U-shaped heating portion projecting from one end of the holder and is supported therein by a pair of parallel ceramic lead... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4644133 | Ceramic heater A ceramic heater has a heater element made of a mixture including MoSi2 and Si3 N4 powder as a main ingredient and silica (SiO2) powder as an additive, a heater support member made of an electrically insulating ... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4572938 | Process for uniting sleeve members by brazing Small portable electrical resistance heated radiant heating unit useful for insertion in tube bores to effect localized high temperature heating. Useful for the internal heating of tubes and tube/sleeve assemblies in steam generators, for brazing, stress ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4556780 | Ceramic heater A ceramic heater comprises a heat generator made of a conductive ceramic sintered body, a supporter made of an insulating ceramic sintered body for supporting the heat generator, and a metallic wire for supplying an electric current from an electrode to t... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4554441 | Electric heating coil A delivery system is provided for use in conjunction with the metalurgical furnace of the type having an elongated furnace chamber with an access door at one end for delivering a coffin containing parts into the interior of the furnace chamber. The delive... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4523177 | Small diameter radiant tube heater Small portable electrical resistance heated radiant heating unit useful for insertion in tube bores to effect localized high temperature heating. Useful for the internal heating of tubes and tube/sleeve assemblies in steam generators, having bores as smal... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4510377 | Small cartridge heater A cylindrical core of a ceramic such as alumina (Al2 O3) has grooves in the form of a double lead thread. A coil of Nichrome V is placed in the grooves, starting in one lead of the thread and returning in the other. A split ring of a... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4475029 | Ceramic heater A ceramic heating element is held in a metal housing to be mounted on an internal combustion engine, so that the heating element is operated as a glow plug for igniting an air-fuel mixture. The ceramic heating element is formed of an electrode section hou... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4434416 | Thermistors, and a method of their fabrication A rectangular wafer thermistor comprises a piece of ceramic thermistor material having electric contact material covering its opposite surfaces. A contact defining score mark with an open geometric shape other than a straight line extends across the therm... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4302659 | Ceramic heater-element to be used for cigarette-lighters A ceramic heater-element to be incorporated into a plug to be pressed into a socket provided on a front inner car-body, thereby providing a cigarette-lighter, which comprises an annular shaped heater-portion having a radially extending gap thereby providi... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4217483 | Terminal block for single phase or three phase wiring of an immersion heater assembly and methods of wiring A terminal block for simplified wiring of an electrical immersion heater assembly by providing for either single phase or three phase wire-up in opposite faces of the block. The terminal block has an electrically insulating body of disc-like configuration... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4003014 | Refractory resistance terminal A sleeve of in-situ-solidified-from-melt material, such as a lead glass or the like, surrounds an end segment of a refractory resistance element extending from a junction between a metal supporting member and the end of the element. The solidified-from-me... | 01/11/1977 |
