Electric heating inventions 10/07

20070246445 - Welding gun: A welding gun, including a contact tip assembly, a diffuser cap, a tip holder, and a shielding gas diffuser, where the shielding gas diffuser includes a casing and an axial tube extending within the casing, and where the casing and the tip holder are connected via a connection system that... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070246446 - Continous butt welding method using plasma and laser, and method for fabricating metal tube using the same: A continuous butt welding method using plasma and laser, and a method for fabricating a metal tube using the butt welding method are disclosed. The butt welding method conducts a laser welding and a plasma welding together against an object to be welded, which has a very narrow butt space.... Agent: Jones Day

20070246447 - Method for laser annealing to form an epitaxial growth layer: A method for forming an epitaxial layer in a capacitor over interconnect structure, includes selecting a laser having a suitable wavelength for absorption at a seeding layer/annealing layer interface of the capacitor over interconnect structure, and directing laser energy from the selected laser at the capacitor over interconnect structure. The... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070246448 - Polarity switching method in consumable electrode ac pulse arc welding: A polarity switching control method is provided for consumable electrode AC pulse arc welding. By the method, a peak current and a base current are applied during an electrode-positive polarity period, while an electrode-negative current is applied during an electrode-negative polarity period. For performing the welding, polarity switching is performed... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070246449 - Gutter system with integral snow and ice melting cable: A gutter system with integral snow and ice melting cable which more effectively and efficiently prevents the formation of snow and ice dams. The gutter system comprises an elongated gutter, a gutter cover, and a pair of heating elements. The gutter cover presents a longitudinal axis and includes a rear... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070246450 - High temperature anodic bonding apparatus: An anodic bonding apparatus includes: a first bonding plate mechanism operable to engage a first material sheet, and to provide at least one of controlled heating, voltage, and cooling thereto; a second bonding plate mechanism operable to engage a second material sheet, and to provide at least one of controlled... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20070246451 - Oven control: A monitoring and advisory system for a plurality of ovens, including a means for receiving information from the plurality of ovens on the conditions in each oven and the usage of each oven, processor means for determining and identifying which of the plurality of ovens meets a predetermined condition, based... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070246452 - Variable speed convection in cooking applications: A cooking appliance includes a cabinet forming an oven cavity, and bake and broil heating elements. A convection system develops a flow of heated air within the cavity. The convection system includes a motor-driven fan, a convection heating element, and a controllable switch for controlling an electrical power circuit for... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070246453 - Cooking apparatus and control method of the same: A cooking apparatus is provided having an apparatus body including a burner which heats an object. There may be a first image acquirer provided at one side of the apparatus body, the first image acquirer may be configured to acquire image information corresponding to a heat source generated by the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070246454 - Oven with two optional ranges of temperature: An oven with two optional ranges of temperature includes an outer body, an inner body, a baking pan and a cover. The outer body has a temperature controller and a switch that are mutually connected by a switch line. The switch has a high-temperature line and a low-temperature line at... Agent: Ching-hsiang Wang

20070246455 - 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 circuit such that at least two circuit elements of the circuit... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070246456 - Sheet heater: A sheet heater structured so that heating wire is fixed to air-passing base material by sewing. This structure can provide a sheet heater that has improved durability of heating wire 2 against the load imposed on the seat during sitting, comfortable feeling of sitting in the seat, and high air-passing... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070246457 - Fixing device for image forming apparatus and fixing method: A fixing device for an image forming apparatus according to the present invention is configured in such a manner that both end portions of a form rubber layer are formed so as to be thicker than a center portion thereof for absorbing expansion of the foam rubber layer by a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070246458 - Induction heating circuit and winding method for heating coils: A heating circuit for heating a conductive bowl includes a voltage source; a first heating coil provided between first and second nodes and being configured to heat the conductive bowl; a second heating coil provided between the second node and a third node and being configured to heat the conductive... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070246459 - Electric induction heat treatment of an end of tubular material: A magnetic flux concentrator is used to control the end heating of a tubular material in an electric induction heat treatment process. The magnetic flux concentrator may consist of fixed elements, or a combination of fixed and moveable elements to accommodate end heating of tubular materials having different dimensions or... Agent: Philip O. Post Indel, Inc.

20070246460 - Construct for supporting food items: A construct for supporting a food item comprises a plurality of divider walls and a plurality of base panels. The divider walls are spaced from one another along a length of the construct. Each base panel is located between a pair of adjacent divider walls and connecting the adjacent divider... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070241082 - Bypass weld torch: Methods of arc welding and an arc welding assembly comprise a power source configured to provide a welding current, and a single weld housing. The weld housing comprises a welding torch, which comprises a consumable electrode wire. The welding torch defining an elongated member configured to utilize the welding current... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 1900 Chemed Center

20070241083 - Multiple thermal cutting device and multiple thermal cutting method: A hybrid thermal cutting apparatus has both a laser head and a plasma torch, both of which can be controlled independently, can perform both laser processing and plasma processing, thus reducing the running costs. A large number of cutting lines for cutting out various types of manufactured products from plate... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070241084 - Method of processing turbine components: A method of removing unwanted coating material from cooling passages of a turbine component includes determining coordinates of the position and orientation of cooling passages at the surface of the turbine component and determining reference points in the region of the cooling passages. After coating of the turbine component, the... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070241085 - Laser cutting method, display apparatus manufacturing method, and display apparatus: To provide a laser cutting method that is capable of cutting the substrates high accurately with high throughput at a low cost. It is a laser cutting method for cutting a laminated substrate that is formed by laminating at least a pair of substrates. The method comprises the steps of:... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070241086 - Method for fabricating semiconductor film and semiconductor device and laser processing apparatus: A technique to control segregation of impurities when reforming crystallinity and crystallization of a semiconductor film by using a laser beam irradiation is provided. The present invention is to irradiate the substrate with applying ultrasonic vibration while keeping the end portion of the substrate in space. The substrate on which... Agent: Eric Robinson

20070241087 - Metal cored electrode for open root pass welding: A method and apparatus of forming a root bead in a gap between spaced ends of at least one workpiece. The gap includes an open root. A metal cored electrode having a metal sheath and core materials is used to for the root bead in the open root. The core... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Lincoln

20070241088 - Heating line pattern structure of defogger formed on rear window glass panel of motor vehicle and rear glass panel: A heating line pattern structure is provided, in which the effect of the heating lines of a defogger on an antenna for a TV broadcast especially for a digital TV broadcast may be decreased. The defogger is structured by arranging heating lines between bus bars on both sides. The portion... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070241089 - Adjustment of temperature in a hot roller: Provided is a printing device comprising a hot roller having an inside surface and an outside surface. A heating element is present within the hot roller. The inside surface has a first region, wherein the first region is coated with a first type of material. The inside surface has a... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070241090 - Hot melt adhesive hose assembly having redundant components: A new and improved hot melt adhesive hose assembly comprises a hot melt adhesive hose core, a pair of heater circuits wrapped around the external peripheral surface of the hose core, and a pair of temperature sensors also disposed in contact with the external peripheral surface of the hose core.... Agent: Steven W. Weinrieb Schwartz & Weinrieb

20070241091 - Crafter's iron: A small size, light weight crafter's iron and electrically powered heating stand for the iron, in combination. The stand comprising a base with a plurality of short legs spaced about a bottom portion of the base. The stand is provided with resistive electric heating elements for heating a substantially flat... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20070241092 - Glow plug with o-ring seal: An O-ring for a glow plug has a transverse cross section of an elliptical contour and is disposed between a tapered surface of an axial hole of a metallic shell and a sealing portion of a center shaft. The O-ring is pressed on from the rear by an end surface... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070241093 - Flow sensor with thermocouples: The flow sensor comprises a heater arranged between two sensing thermopiles. In addition, at least one monitoring thermocouple is provided for measuring the temperature of the heater. The signal from the monitoring thermocouple can be used to improve the accuracy of the device in several ways. In particular, the signal... Agent: Richard F. Jaworski Cooper & Dunham LLP

20070241094 - Reconfigurable food heating apparatus: A food heating or cooking appliance has at least one electrical heating element within its interior that is adjustable in position so as to be able to be moved close to thin or small food items under the control of a manually actuated control. A separator plate that extends across... Agent: Gallagher & Kennedy, P. A.

20070241095 - Heating element: a corrosion-resistant layer 4p having a nitrogen gas permeability of 1×10−2 cm2/sec or less or being made of a compound containing a dopant formed on the protection layer 4. There can be provided a heating element in which a corrosion-resistant layer whose nitrogen gas permeability, resistivity, or hardness are controlled... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070241096 - Heating element: a corrosion-resistant layer 4p that is an oxide having an oxygen amount of stoichiometric ratio or less formed on the protection layer. There can be provided a heating element in which a corrosion-resistant layer whose resistivity or hardness is controlled is formed on a protection layer and through which the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070241097 - Atomic oscillator, method for sealing temperature detecting means, and rubidium atomic oscillator: An atomic oscillator includes: a gas cell encapsulating a rubidium atom; a gas cell holding member holding the gas cell; a rubidium lamp exciting the rubidium atom in the gas cell; a lamp holding member holding the rubidium lamp; a temperature detecting means disposed in a recessed part provided to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070241098 - Clock timer for a spa system: A spa is provided with a water temperature modification system for heating the water contained in the spa tub. The spa includes a control system that operates with the water temperature modification system to achieve a spa water temperature at a time preset by a user. The control system preferably... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20070241099 - Domestic oven and cooking process that uses the same: A domestic oven comprises heating means, a gas sensor connected to a central processing and control unit and a user interface connected to the central processing unit by means of which the user can set the type of food placed in the oven compartment The user interface comprises means for... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20070241100 - Fluid heating device, continuous flow heater, and method for the production thereof: A fluid heating device is provided that is to be mounted in a continuous flow heater and includes at least one heating element embodied as an electric resistance heater, and at least one heat exchanging element that is connected in a heat-conducting manner to the heating element and the fluid... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070241101 - Induction heating circuit: A heating circuit includes a first heating coil provided adjacent to an object to be heated. A first capacitor is provided in parallel to the first heating coil, the first capacitor being a resonant component. An inductor is coupled to the first heating coil and the first capacitor.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070241102 - Apparatus for microwave cooking of a food product: A cooking apparatus for use in the microwave cooking of a food product is disclosed. The cooking apparatus includes a tray and a lid, both of which have susceptor surfaces in contact with the top and bottom surfaces of the food product, respectively. In addition, the tray elevates the food... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20070235416 - Hole forming method and device: A method and a device is disclosed capable of reliably creating micro apertures as small as 0.0005 inches in diameter at depths of ten times or more the diameter of the wire. The device is comprised of a wire, fitted to a temperature-controlled holder that is further controlled by a... Agent: Michael A. Shippey, Ph. D.

20070235420 - Plasma processing apparatus: A plasma processing apparatus performs a desired plasma processing on a target substrate by using a plasma generated from a processing gas by forming a high frequency electric field in an evacuable processing chamber having an electrode. The plasma processing apparatus includes a high frequency power supply for outputting a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070235419 - Modular hybrid plasma reactor and related systems and methods: A device, method and system for generating a plasma is disclosed wherein an electrical arc is established and the movement of the electrical arc is selectively controlled. In one example, modular units are coupled to one another to collectively define a chamber. Each modular unit may include an electrode and... Agent: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC

20070235421 - Substrate treating method and production method for semiconductor device: A method for hydrogen sintering a substrate including a semiconductor device formed thereon comprises the steps of exciting a processing gas comprising a noble gas and a hydrogen gas to form a plasma comprising hydrogen radicals and hydrogen ions, and exposing the substrate to the plasma. A preferred method comprises... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070235422 - Cable management system for plasma cutter: The present invention is related to a cable management system for a plasma cutter. The cable management system uses a flexible strap that is affixed to the housing of the plasma cutter and a loop is formed in the cable. The loop can be opened to align and position the... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20070235423 - Protective case for plasma cutter: The present invention is related to a protective case for stowage of a plasma cutter wherein the plasma cutter can be placed into the protective case in the same orientation as it used. The plasma cutter is securely retained within the protective case by formations on the bottom of the... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20070235425 - Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method: A microwave plasma processing apparatus 100 allows microwaves, passed through a plurality of slots 37, to be transmitted through a plurality of dielectric parts 31 supported by beams 26, raises a gas to plasma with the transmitted microwaves and processes a substrate G with the plasma. The beams 26 are... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070235426 - Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method: In a plasma processing apparatus, a first electrode is attached to a grounded evacuable processing chamber via an insulating material or a space and a second electrode disposed in parallel with the first electrode spaced apart therefrom in the processing chamber, the second electrode supporting a target substrate to face... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070235424 - Method and system for dry development of a multi-layer mask using sidewall passivation and mask passivation: A method and system for the dry development of a multi-layer mask is described. A first passivation gas comprises as an incipient ingredient a hydrocarbon gas, while a second passivation gas comprises as an incipient ingredient an oxygen-containing gas.... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20070235427 - Apparatus and method for treating a workpiece with ionizing gas plasma: An apparatus to treat a workpiece with an ionizing gas plasma at about atmospheric pressure. The apparatus may include an outer electrode with at least one opening that also serves to hold the workpiece. An inner electrode may fit at least partially within the workpiece so as to create a... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20070235417 - Plasma jet electrode device and system thereof: A plasma jet electrode device includes an orientation base, a ceramic pipe, a round plate having a plurality of tilted through holes thereon and a high-voltage metal electrode. A dielectric discharging plasma area is formed between the high-voltage metal electrode and the ceramic pipe. The plasma jet electrode device further... Agent: Hdsl

20070235428 - Inverter powered plasma cutting system with fixed gas flow control: A lightweight and compact plasma cutting system includes a power source having an inverter and a non-adjustable regulator enclosed within the power source. The inverter is configured to generate a power signal suitable for a plasma arc process and the non-adjustable regulator is preconfigured to deliver a fixed gas flow... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20070235418 - Method for cutting substrate and substrate cutting apparatus using the same: A substrate cutting method and a substrate cutting apparatus cut a substrate by simultaneously irradiating at least two laser beams having different wavelengths onto top and bottom surfaces of the substrate. The substrate cutting method includes preparing a mother substrate assembly having a thin film transistor (TFT) mother substrate and... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070235429 - Braze-welding of steel workpieces with copper wire and oxidizing gas mixture: The invention relates to a process for the braze-welding of steel workpieces using a laser beam, for example of the Nd:YAG, CO2, fibre or diode type, a consumable wire being the filler metal, and a gas mixture as gas shield, so as to produce a braze-welded joint between the workpieces.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070235430 - Laser beam processing machine: A laser beam processing machine comprising a laser beam application means for applying a laser beam to a workpiece held on a chuck table, a processing-feed means, an indexing-feed means, a processing-feed amount detection means for detecting the amount of feed, an indexing-feed amount detection means, and a control means,... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070235431 - Laser hardening method: The invention provides a laser hardening method capable of preventing adjacent already-hardened layers from being annealed. In the laser hardening method of the present invention, conduits C1, C2 and C3 are processed in advance midway between pitches P1 along which a hardening nozzle 190 performs overlap hardening. After moving the... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070235432 - Plasma torch with post flow control: A system for the efficient utilization of plasma torch post arc cooling gas includes a controller configured to automatically determine a post arc gas flow duration. The controller monitors a plasma arc parameter associated with a temperature of the plasma torch at arc termination. The controller dynamically determines the duration... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20070235433 - Robot cell: A robotic welding cell includes a frame, a robot arm connected to the frame, a welding gun affixed to the robot arm, a welding table connected to the welding frame, and means to move the welding table in or about at least two mutually perpendicular axes. A welding table assembly... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Lincoln

20070235434 - Method and apparatus for pulse welding: A method and system for pulse welding provides an output pulse waveform. The waveform has at least a frequency from a range of available frequencies not limited to harmonic frequencies. The waveform provides power suitable for welding, and has a plurality of background portions alternating with a plurality of peak... Agent: Corrigan Law Office

20070235435 - Heater, fixing device and image forming apparatus: A heater includes: a hollow tube sealed hermetically and reduced in pressure, the interior of the hollow tube being divided by at least one partition wall into a plurality of regions arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction of the tube; an electron source provided in each of the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070235436 - Heating system: An improved heating system for providing a faster and more efficient method of cooking or heating the contents of a container such as cookware where the container or cookware is placed on a heating surface such as a burner or stove, which includes a skirt for surrounding the exterior of... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070235437 - Paint oven monitoring system: A paint oven including a conveyor conveying painted articles through the oven and a plurality of infrared temperature sensors directed toward and measuring the temperature of predetermined areas of the painted articles, and a control receiving a signal from the infrared temperature sensors and comparing the temperature to a predetermined... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070235438 - Temperature exchanging element made by extrusion and incorporating an infrared radiation diffuser: The invention thus relates to a radiation module incorporating a support, at least one heating and/or heat conducting element and a temperature exchanging element made by extrusion and constituted by a single-piece base with an internal face incorporating at least one means to integrate the heating and/or heat conducting element... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070235439 - Heating device with thin heating boards: A heating device includes a case having a plurality of openings and a plurality of slits are defined in bars of the case so that a plurality of heating boards are engaged with the slits of the case at an equal distance. A power control device is connected to the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070235440 - Multiple heater control system with expandable modular functionality: A multiple heater control system includes cables, connectors, and junction boxes for user-friendly daisy chain connections of heater controllers and heaters in various configurations or combinations of individually controlled heater series and/or master and slave heater series. The heater controllers include process control of AC power to the heaters and... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20070235441 - Insulating glass unit construction with an electrically heated pane: Disclosed is the construction of an insulating glass unit (“IGU”) utilizing two or more glass panes. The construction employs powered bus bars and connecting wires to deliver a voltage to a resistive coating that is applied to one of the panes. The voltage heats the area between two of the... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP Attn: Stefan V. Stein/IPDept.

20070235443 - Heating element for high-speed film-sealing apparatus, and method for making same: A heating element for a film-sealing apparatus comprises a heating wire segment formed of a first metal having a first reflectance to laser radiation of a predetermined wavelength. The heating element further comprises a first conductor lead comprising a wire having one end joined to a first end of the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070235444 - Electric heating element that includes a radiant tube: An electric heating element with radiant tube comprising a radiation pipe (1) and an electric heating element (2, 3) contained in said pipe, wherein the heating element has legs that run to and fro in the pipe, and wherein the heating element is connected at one end of the pipe... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070235445 - High magnetic field ohmically decoupled non-contact technology: Methods and apparatus are described for high magnetic field ohmically decoupled non-contact treatment of conductive materials in a high magnetic field. A method includes applying a high magnetic field to at least a portion of a conductive material; and applying an inductive magnetic field to at least a fraction of... Agent: John Bruckner PC

20070235446 - Transverse flux induction heating apparatus and compensators: An apparatus and process are provided for inductively heating a workpiece by transverse flux induction. The apparatus comprises a pair of identical coils, each of which includes a reversed head section bent to the opposite side of the workpiece. The assembled pair of coils is configured to effectively form a... Agent: Philip O. Post Indel, Inc.

20070235447 - Apparatus and process for extraction of constituents from alternative medicinal material: An apparatus for extraction of constituents from alternative medicinal material is provided. The apparatus includes a outer container adapted to receive solvent liquid, a inner container mounted within the outer container adapted to receive the alternative medicinal material, a microwave generator for supplying microwaves to the solvent liquid and the... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070235448 - Apparatus for microwave-assisted specimen preparation: In an apparatus for microwave-assisted preparation of specimens, the microwave chamber for reception of specimens to be processed is embodied as a waveguide (3), in particular as a monomode waveguide, and is equipped with at least one opening (3a) for introduction of the at least one specimen (11) into the... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070235449 - Microwave oven and latch board in the microwave oven: A latch board of a microwave oven is provided. The latch bord includes a first lever for controlling on/off operation of a monitor switch. The first lever is formed in an approximate triangular shape and has a hinge formed at a first edge, a pressing part formed at a second... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070235450 - Composite materials and devices comprising single crystal silicon carbide heated by electromagnetic radiation: A composite material that increases in temperature upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation comprising single crystal silicon carbide whiskers and fibrils in a matrix material. Also, heat-generating objects comprising the composite material, and a method of generating heat.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070228015 - Wire electric discharge machine: A lower arm is passed through a slot in a machining tank. The slot of the machining tank is provided with a seal section for sealing with a plate-shaped seal member. The movable table is moved by a servomotor. The machining tank and a workpiece are fixed on the movable... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070228016 - Wire electrode supply device for wire-cut electric discharge machine: A wire electrode supply device capable of preventing slack and snapping of a wire electrode even using a heavy wire bobbin without using a wire electrode tension detector. A pulley is provided between the wire bobbin driven by a torque motor and a brake roller. The wire electrode unwinds from... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070228018 - Resistance spot welder: A resistance spot welder includes: a first plate; a second plate, rotatably connected to the first plate through a shaft, and driven on the shaft by an actuator; gun arms, removably fixed on and electrically insulated with the first and second plates, respectively, and electrode tips, confronting each other, and... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070228017 - Electromachining process and apparatus: An electromachining process and apparatus includes providing both high-speed electroerosion functions for rapidly rough finishing a workpiece and electrodischarge machining functions for fine finishing.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070228019 - Method and system for real-time non-destructive testing of projection welds and system for implementing such a method comprising force sensor means and displacement sensor means: The present invention generally relates to a method for manufacturing a projection weld connection between at least two parts of a workpiece, whereby said workpiece remains blemish free, whereby said method is characterized by the fact that it comprises automated real-time verification of the quality of the individual weld, without... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20070228020 - Laser processing beam machine: A laser processing beam machine comprising a chuck table for holding a workpiece, a laser beam application means for applying a laser beam to the workpiece held on the chuck table, and a processing-feed means for moving the chuck table and the laser beam application means relative to each other,... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070228021 - Adjoining apparatus and nozzle unit therefor: A nozzle unit for use in an adjoining apparatus which places a heat fused electrically conductive member in an adjoining position for adjoining a first member and a second member, thereby electrically adjoining the first member and the second member, the nozzle unit including: a tubular nozzle assembly having a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070228022 - Laser welded broadhead: A broadhead including parts inseparably connected by laser welding.... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20070228023 - Pulsed synchronized laser cutting of stents: A system for pulsed synchronized laser cutting of stents and/or other medical products includes a numerical controller and a machine for moving a tube of material during cutting. A pulsed fiber laser is configured to cut the tube into, for example, a stent, the numerical controller being in communication with... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20070228024 - Methods and systems for decreasing the effective pulse repetition of a laser: A method selectively processes structures on a workpiece with laser pulses. The structures are arranged in a linear pattern having approximately equal pitch. The pulses propagate along a laser beam propagation path terminating at a laser beam spot on the workpiece. The method fires a first processing pulse when the... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20070228025 - Determining the relative positions of the axes of a laser machining beam and a process gas jet: Determination of the relative positioning of a laser machining beam and a process gas jet on a laser machine tool are accomplished by motion of detections made while moving the machining beam and gas jet in relation to a detection element. In some cases actions of the beam and gas... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070228026 - Method for printing laser mark on an inner peripheral surface of a ring: Disclosed is a method for printing a mark on an inner peripheral surface of a ring by using a laser marking apparatus. The laser marking apparatus includes a jig for rotatably supporting the ring, a laser oscillator and a galvano scanner, in which the jig is installed below a laser... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20070228027 - Metal-protective gas-joint with changeable polarity: A method of gas-shielded metal arc joining using a consumable electrode having an alternating polarity (GMA-AC). A shielding gas containing helium is used to improve process stability and working speed.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070228028 - Method for the electrical insulation of an electrical functional element and a device having such insulated functional elements: A method for the electrical insulation of an arrangement with an electrical functional element, such as a PTC element or a thermoelectric functional element is proposed, which is placed on a fastening part or in an electrically conductive casing. The inventive method is characterized in that the functional element together... Agent: Patentanwaelte Lichti + Partner Gbr

20070228029 - Sheet feeding apparatus: A sheet feeding apparatus including a stacking portion for stacking a plurality of sheets thereon, a sheet feeding portion for feeding the sheets stacked on the stacking portion, a fan for sending air to the sheets to loosen the sheets stacked on the stacking portion, a heater for warming the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070228030 - Device for acting upon a pressure sensor mounted on a flow plug: The invention relates to a device which is used as a force-transmitting device (38′) for a pressure sensor (14) associated with a glow plug in an internal combustion engine and is embodied in the form of a tubular piece whose cross-section is substantially annular. The inventive device comprises an area... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070228031 - Electrical heating arrangement: A temperature sensor assembly (30) is provided for an electrical heating arrangement (2). The temperature sensor assembly (30) includes a substrate (32) located in a heater (12). The substrate (32) has an upper surface (38) in contact with the lower surface (10) of a cooking plate (4). The upper and/or... Agent: Ira S. Dorman Brian Rogers Alves

20070228033 - Layer for use in a domestic appliance: Disclosed is a layer for use in a domestic appliance, based on a sol-gel precursors. This layer can be obtained by screen-printing and comprises an organosilane compound. The layer is obtained from a concentrated pre-polymerized sol-gel precursor. The layer can be used as an insulating layer or as a conductive... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070228032 - Thick-film fluid heater and continuous heating device: A thick-film fluid heater for a continuous heating device is provided and includes at least one thick-film heating element embodied in the form of an electric resistance heater, at least one heat transmission element for transmitting heat produced by the thick-film heating element to a fluid with which said element... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070228034 - Image heating apparatus: An image heating apparatus includes magnetic flux generating means; a rotatable heat generation member for generating heat by a magnetic flux generated by the magnetic flux generating means to heat a recording material; a magnetic flux adjusting member, disposed between the magnetic flux generating means and the heat generation member,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070228035 - Warmer for tortillas and the like: A microwavable container for transporting heated materials such as tortillas from a heating apparatus to a location for consumption. Each of a plurality of tortilla trays is connected with one of spaced-apart rods integral with or secured to the trays, and maintains tortillas or the like separated to prevent their... Agent: Boniard I. Brown

20070228036 - Microwavable construct for heating, browning, and crisping rounded food items: Various blanks, trays, cartons, systems, and other constructs for heating, browning, and/or crisping a food item are provided.... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC