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| 7667162 | Semiconductor thermal process control utilizing position oriented temperature generated thermal mask During fabrication, a rotating semiconductor substrate is radiated in accordance with a thermal recipe. Temperature measurements of the semiconductor substrate are obtained along with the position of the semiconductor substrate at the time of each temperature measur... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7429714 | Modular ICP torch assembly A modular inductively coupled plasma torch assembly is described. A rear connector unit is positioned and detachably held at a rear end of a tubular plasma chamber to provide a flow of material into it. Detachable connector units are positioned on opposite ends of a... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428373 | Delivery of solid chemical precursors Systems and methods are provided for delivering solid precursors. In certain embodiments of the present application, a flow monitor, pressure sensor, or temperature sensor is used to measure and regulate the flow of vaporized solid precursor material from a vaporiza... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423239 | Laminated element provided with a heated layer A laminated panel element that includes at least two rigid panes, for example glass panes, bonded to each other on their surfaces, which are each provided, over their whole surface, with an electrically conductive coating that can be heated by application of a volta... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7411156 | Electric arc welding system An electric arc welding system for creating a first AC welding arc with a first current waveform between a first electrode and a workpiece by a first power supply and a second AC welding arc with a second current waveform between a second electrode and a workpiece b... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411158 | Heated laminated glazing A heatable composite pane having a trapezoidal outline, including a heating area having heating wires embedded in the composite and at least two main busbars. The two main busbars connect ends of a first group of parallel heating wires electrically in parallel. The ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7402775 | Vehicular shock-absorbing beam A vehicular shock-absorbing beam includes a pair of mounting portions disposed at the both ends of a beam body and adapted to be mounted on a vehicle. The shock-absorbing beam is produced by a thermal treatment equipment for the heat treatment of the beam. The therm... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7390990 | Heating device A heating device is provided, including an insulating ceramic base having a heating surface for heating an object. A high frequency electrode is embedded in the insulating ceramic base in the vicinity of the heating surface, and a heating body is embedded in the bas... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390993 | Electrical sleeve heater An electrical sleeve heater for an element having a generally cylindrical outer surface. The heater has a generally helical coil centered on an axis and having a pair of opposite coil ends, a pair of generally coaxial, axially aligned, and similar tubes each fixed t... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388173 | Heating cable Heating cable comprising a first insulated conductor (1) and a second insulated conductor (2), which are located in a common sheath (4,5,6), wherein the first conductor (1) consists of electrical resistance material and the second conduct... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7381926 | Removable heater A batch processing chamber comprising a top plate having at least one opening, and sidewalls, wherein the sidewalls and the top plate define a process volume. At least one removable heater is generally disposed in the process volume, wherein the at least one removab... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7375303 | Plasma arc torch having an electrode with internal passages An electrode for a plasma arc cutting torch which minimizes the deposition of high emissivity material on the nozzle, reduces electrode wear, and improves cut quality. The electrode has a body having a first end, a second end in a spaced relationship relative to the... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375308 | Garment incorporating functional electrical circuit Disclosed is a breathable heater element for a garment or for the lining of a garment such as an outdoor jacket, e.g. a waterproof jacket. The heater element is formed from porous metallised fabric such a nickel plated woven polyester fabric by photochemical etching... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375302 | Plasma arc torch having an electrode with internal passages An electrode for a plasma arc cutting torch which minimizes the deposition of high emissivity material on the nozzle, reduces electrode wear, and improves cut quality. The electrode has a body having a first end, a second end in a spaced relationship relative to the... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372005 | Water storage device having a powered anode A water heater having a powered electrode and a method of controlling the water heater. The water heater includes a tank to hold water, a heating element, an electrode, and a control circuit. The control circuit includes a variable voltage supply, a voltage sensor, ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365288 | Heater assembly for dryer A heater assembly for a dryer is stably assembled and reduces noise. The heater assembly for a dryer includes hot wires electrically heated an insulator provided with a groove at the center, having lower and upper portions into which the hot wires are fixed, and a p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7358464 | Method for temperature measurement in a household appliance A method for temperature measurement in a household appliance includes generating a high-frequency electromagnetic excitation wave of a predefined transmit frequency. The transmit frequency is selected from a frequency band including temperature-dependent resonant f... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355153 | Microwave oven liners A liner unit for a microwave oven. The liner unit has a plurality of disposable liners in a stack and which are adhered to each other to be peeled off each other. Each liner is disposable and will protect the interior surfaces of the oven against splatters and spill... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355146 | Heating unit A heating unit for a vehicle features a radial fan (100) having a housing (110), which housing has an air inlet (116) and an air exit opening (118). The heating unit has an air-directing device (140) that guides an air flow in a pr... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351934 | Low voltage warming blanket A low voltage warming blanket adapted for use in vehicles powered by the vehicles DC power source is provided with a control selectively actuatable to activate the blanket for one of a plurality of preset time periods at at least one pre-set temperature, the control... | 04/01/2008 |
| RE40181 | Infrared radiator with carbon fiber heating element centered by spacers The invention relates to an infrared radiator with a heating element containing carbon fibers disposed in a quartz glass tube, with its ends connected to contact elements running through the wall of the quartz glass tube. The known radiators are improved by the fact... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342201 | Silcon carbide element A ceramic heating element arrangement in which a ceramic heating element made of SiC having electrical NTC (negative temperature coefficient) properties is provided for a circuit. At least one segment is provided in the circuit, whose resistance saturates at least q... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339138 | Foldable oven rack A supporting rack includes arranged rods arranged to form a planar grid pattern and connection device to allow for modification in the overall space occupied by the rack. In a preferred embodiment, a rack for use in a conventional domestic cooking oven is formed of ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335857 | Glow plug including a rod-shaped heating element attached in a tubular carrier element by having been magnetically deformed A rod-shaped heating element with a tubular carrier element attached to a cylindrical carrier ring and to the rod-shaped heating element using a magnetic forming process, the carrier ring and the rod-shaped heating element being within the tubular carrier element wi... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332694 | Heating resistances and heaters A heating resistance 1 comprises a shaped body of a band made of a conductive material obtained by bending the band in a shape of a wave. The heating resistance 1 is fixed to a substrate made of an insulating material to obtain a heater. Alternatively,... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332693 | Tube and method for bracing functional elements in the same Functional elements, particularly PTC heating elements, are braced in a hollow reception means, such as a profile tube. The reception means have two at least partly concave top wall areas facing one anther and flat sides of the functional elements and in this way pe... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332695 | Carbon heating element and method of producing same A carbon heating element having an arbitrary specific resistance and an arbitrary shape which are arbitrary necessary as a heating element, and a method of producing the same. The carbon heating element is obtained by uniformly dispersing one or at least two metal o... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329843 | Electrical heating device particularly for heating a patient body An electrical heating unit is presented for use in a heating device for heating an object to a required temperature and enabling maintaining this temperature of the object. The heating unit may have the following configuration: first and second elements each made of... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329842 | Ceramic heater and method for producing ceramic heater A ceramic heater including a plate member made of insulating ceramics in which one or more pair(s) of through-holes are formed, a rod member made of conductive ceramics with a power-supply terminal at one end. The rod member is inserted into the through hole in the ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326881 | Floor heating system A floor heating system including a sub-floor, a plurality of fasteners, a first heater conductor assembly and a second heater conductor assembly. The first conductor assembly including a first resistive conductor having a first length, first and second ends, and two... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326895 | Splatter lid A spatter guard for covering food in an oven. The guard includes: a first shell configured to cover food, having: a first semi-hemispherical barrier member with a plurality of apertures therein. Additionally, there is a second shell is pivotally coupled to the first... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319208 | Controller and glow plug for controlling energization modes There is provided a control device for a glow plug, capable of controlling the energization of a resistance heater of the glow plug by a resistance control process while attaining good resistance control response under cooling of the heater by fuel injection and com... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319207 | Personnel heating assembly A heating assembly, is disclosed which includes a blanket portion and a control apparatus for electrically heating the blanket portion. The control apparatus generates direct current power of desired wave form to enable the assembly to be used for warming patients w... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7312420 | Switching device and system A heating assembly for a printing device includes a heating device configured to be energized or deenergized. A switching device includes a bimetallic element efficiently thermally coupled to the heating device and configured to deenergize the heating device in a de... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312421 | Detachable heat sealing apparatus A detachable heat sealing apparatus includes a size-adjustable unitary externally-attached electric heating device and a power supplier, wherein the electric heating device is coupled to the external front side of a power supplier holding casing by means of a detach... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309842 | Shielded monolithic microplasma source for prevention of continuous thin film formation A monolithic microplasma source includes a dielectric substrate having an outer surface that is exposed to a time varying electric field. A gap layer is positioned on an inner surface of the dielectric substrate. A shield including a slit is positioned on the gap la... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307242 | Heating device of a glove A heating device includes a warming member, a battery set, and a control mechanism; the warming member consists of a sheaf of highly resistant filaments, and several spaced-apart conductive wires, which are positioned among, wrapped in, and connected in series to th... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7301126 | Panel element with a heating layer A panel element with a toughened pane, provided with a total surface coating, which is electrically conducting and heated by applying an electrical voltage by electrodes. A partial zone of the coating is electrically separated by a separating line. Specifically, an ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301125 | Heater for optical gas sensor A heater for a window of an optical gas sensor is provided. The heater may be positioned over a portion of the window or may form at least a portion of the window. Alternatively, the heater may be separate from the optical gas sensor and positionable over the window... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297901 | PTC element module and pre-heater for vehicles including the same Disclosed is a pre-heater for vehicles comprising: A PTC element module including a positive terminal composed of two sheets, an upper sheet of which has a fastening hole and upward bended ribs formed at opposite edges of the fastening hole; a ring-shaped insert ins... | 11/20/2007 |
