Electric heating inventions 11/07

20070272660 - Method and apparatus for welding to laminated metal: A method is provided for the projection electric resistance welding of a component to a laminated metal member. The laminated metal member is comprised of top and bottom metal sheets adhered together by a polymer layer provided between the top and bottom metal sheets. A plurality of projections is provided... Agent: Kathryn A Marra General Motors Corporation

20070272661 - Diamond bonding: A method of producing a bonded structure which includes a layer of material capable of forming a diffusion or diffusion-type bond with diamond bonded to a diamond element. The method includes the step of applying electron beam heating to a localised region of contacting surfaces between the diamond and the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070272663 - Microwave plasma generator: The present invention discloses a microwave plasma generator which includes a chamber, a conductive inorganic substance, a trace gas and a microwave source. The conductive inorganic substance and the trace gas are housed in the chamber with an inner pressure about 0.001˜10 torr. By irradiating the conductive inorganic substance and... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070272662 - Method and device for cleaning an electric arc welding or cutting burner and electric arc welding or cutting device: The invention relates to a method for cleaning an electric arc welding or cutting device, particularly the functional parts thereof such as a gas nozzle, tuyère connection and the like, and removing impurities therefrom. The burner is impinged upon by a cold jet means from the media supply side thereof,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070272664 - Carbon and metal nanomaterial composition and synthesis: The invention relates generally to nanopowder synthesis processes, and more particularly to the controlled use of a precursor material (such as a precursor gas) to assist in the formation of unagglomerated nanoparticles of the powder. It also relates to novel nanomaterials comprised of carbon and metals produced by the process... Agent: Jerry M Keys Winstead

20070272665 - Method for modifying the topography of coated sheet metal using a laser beam and coated sheet metal with a topographical modification of this type: In many cases, the coating material of coated sheet metal has a significantly lower boiling point than the sheet metal material. Thus, an explosive vaporization of coating material can occur when sheet metal of this type is joined by welding, negatively affecting the quality of the connection. To improve the... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070272666 - Infrared laser wafer scribing using short pulses: Systems and methods are provided for scribing wafers to efficiently ablate passivation and/or encapsulation layers while reducing or eliminating chipping and cracking in the passivation and/or encapsulation layers. Short laser pulses are used to provide high peak powers and reduce the ablation threshold. In one embodiment, the scribing is performed... Agent: Electro Scientific Industries/stoel Rives, LLP

20070272667 - Micromachining with short-pulsed, solid-state uv laser: In some embodiments, laser output including at least one laser pulse having a wavelength shorter than 400 microns and having a pulsewidth shorter than 1,000 picoseconds permits the number of pulses used to clean a bottom surface of a via or the surface of a solder pad to increase process... Agent: Electro Scientific Industries/stoel Rives, LLP

20070272668 - Ultrashort laser pulse wafer scribing: Systems and methods are provided for scribing wafers with short laser pulses so as to reduce the ablation threshold of target material. In a stack of material layers, a minimum laser ablation threshold based on laser pulse width is determined for each of the layers. The highest of the minimum... Agent: Electro Scientific Industries/stoel Rives, LLP

20070272669 - Laser multiplexing: A laser multiplexing system and method for use with high power pulsed lasers in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography is disclosed. In a first embodiment, a high power EUV laser multiplexing element for laser produced plasma generation has a compound lens with at least two focusing elements arranged to focus at least... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.c. Attn: Linda Kasulke, Docket Coordinator

20070272670 - Clamping device for weld seam-backing member: A clamping device includes a backing member having an upper face pressing against two work pieces having a welding gap therebetween. A rod extends through the backing member and has an exposed upper portion extending through a narrower portion of the welding gap into a wider portion of the welding... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070272671 - High cr ni-based alloy filler material and welding a rod for shielded metal arc welding: The present invention provides a high Cr Ni-based alloy filler material of which weld cracking resistance can sufficiently be increased by suppressing generation of scales, and a welding rod for shielded metal arc welding that exhibits sufficiently increased weld cracking resistance. The high Cr Ni-based alloy filler material comprises, in... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070272672 - Mirror glass component with integrated illuminating means: The invention concerns a vehicle outside mirror module with a heatable mirror glass assembly group, whereby the mirror glass assembly group exhibits at least one mirror glass and an at least one layered, foil-like heating foil, flexibly configured on the back side of said mirror glass, provided with power supply... Agent: Clark Hill, P.C.

20070272673 - Electric mattress and mattress pad: Disclosed herein is an electric mattress and an electric mattress pad and other such spreads. The invention preferably includes a regulator system wherein the current supplied to the heating element of the mattress or mattress pad is a function of the resistance associated with the heating element.... Agent: Susan F. Johnston

20070272674 - Abrasive brush recovery system and process: One embodiment of the disclosure is a method for changing a cutting ability of an abrasive device. The method includes abrading a portion of an abrasive device, thereby reducing a cutting ability of the abrasive device. Moreover, the method includes heating the abrasive device to fuse materials therein, thereby increasing... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070272676 - Cooker: The interior of a heating chamber 12 is heated by heating chamber interior heating means 13 and steam is supplied into the heating chamber 12 by steam supply means 18. At the then time, since a control part 19, based on the temperature of the interior of the heating chamber... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070272675 - Oven and its communication with a steam module: The invention relates to an oven (1) comprising a preparation space and a device for heating the content thereof, and further provided with means for releasably connecting steam module (18) to the heating device. In this way a convection oven may be converted into a steam oven. The heating device... Agent: Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20070272677 - Sensor element arrangement for a control device and method for operating such a sensor element arrangement: A sensor element arrangement beneath a control surface is provided with an electroluminescent foil with a lower electrode and an upper electrode for activating the electroluminescent foil. The upper electrode also serves as a capacitive sensor element in order to detect as a control or operation when a finger is... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070272680 - Temperature control method of heat processing plate, computer storage medium, and temperature control apparatus of heat processing plate: In the present invention, temperature drop amounts of heating plate regions when the substrate is mounted on a heating plate are detected to detect a warped state of the substrate. From the temperature drop amounts of the heating plate regions, correction values for set temperatures of the heating plate regions... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070272678 - Apparatus and method of computer component heating: A computer component heater is operably coupled to a pulse width modulation (PWM) power controller, the power controller is operable to automatically vary a duty cycle in relation to the voltage of the power source supplying the heater.... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070272679 - Small diameter pipe repair device: A tube shaped and fluid inflatable and electrically heatable in-situ pipe repair device comprising a first outer elastomeric tube layer and a resistive heating component comprised of electrically conductive fibers braided over an elastomeric core. The tube shaped device also contains an inner annulus. The device is fluid sealable and... Agent: Law Office Of David Mcewing

20070272681 - Clad material, method for manufacturing said clad material, and apparatus for manufacturing said clad material: A method for manufacturing a clad material in which a core material is cast and skin materials are pressure-bonded thereon aims to prevent deterioration of adhesiveness of the core material and the skin materials while keeping sufficient cooling rate of the core material, prevent thickness variation and/or breakage of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070272682 - Cooking device: A cooking device is provided in which damage to a lamp that provides light to a cooking cavity may be prevented. The lamp may be mounted in a lighting assembly and coupled to an outer surface of the cavity by a mounting assembly. The mounting assembly provides for limited movement... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070272683 - Microwave antenna configuration, accessory with such a microwave antenna configuration, and cooking appliance with at least one such accessory: An antenna configuration for a cooking appliance with a cooking chamber, including at least one accessory for introducing at least two cooking product carriers for the treatment of cooking products on at least two treatment levels. The accessory carrying multiple antennae. The cooking appliance having an equipment chamber or technical... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070272684 - Microwave oven and radiating structure of microwave in microwave oven: There is provided a microwave oven. In the microwave oven, a screw covering part is protruded toward an inside of a waveguide for an installation of a motor, a convergence preventing part is formed at a portion of a cavity with a shape corresponding to that of the screw covering... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070267389 - Plasma treatment installation: A plasma treatment installation comprising at least two stationary workpiece holders adapted for controlled rotation about their respective axis and having supporting plates for supporting workpieces for the treatment thereof, at least one hood to be set on a workpiece holder that is adapted to enclose each of a plurality... Agent: Vincent L. Ramik

20070267390 - Composite overlay compound: A method of forming a composite overlay compound on a substrate includes forming a mixture including at least one component from a first group of component materials including titanium, chrome, tungsten, vanadium, niobium, and molybdenum. The mixture also includes at least one component from a second group of component materials... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070267391 - Apparatus and method for welding strap connections between inner grid straps of spacer grid using laser tool, and spacer grid manufactured using the same: An apparatus and method for welding strap connections between inner grid straps of a spacer grid using a laser tool, and a spacer grid manufactured by the same, in which the strap connections between the inner grid straps of the spacer grid are seam-welded continuously or intermittently using the laser... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070267392 - Welding workpiece movement sensing system: A workpiece movement sensing system can be used with an automated stud welding machine and/or process. The system includes a sensor measuring applied voltage relative to lift height utilized during the stud welding process. A workpiece movement detection module detects workpiece movement occurring during one or more welds. Upon detection,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070267393 - Power source for high current welding: An inverter based power source for electric arc welding where the power source includes a high switching speed inverter for driving the primary side of an output transformer that has a primary circuit with current greater than 250 amperes and a secondary circuit with a current having an operating range... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Lincoln

20070267395 - Method and apparatus for hand held and robotic welder: A method and apparatus for automatic or hand held welding is disclosed and includes a power circuit with a controller. The controller has a robot detector. A hand-held module and a robot interface are responsive to the robot detector. A user interface provides welding parameter setpoints to the hand held... Agent: Corrigan Law Office

20070267394 - Method and apparatus for welding with limited term software: A method and apparatus for welding uses a power circuit and a controller connected to the power circuit. The controller included a welding program having a limited term. The program may be part of a system, or a stand alone program. The controller has a data port and the welding... Agent: Corrigan Law Office

20070267396 - Welding electrode and device for its manufacture: The present invention relates to a welding electrode (1) for use in manual arc-welding operations. The welding electrode comprises a core wire having an arc ignition portion including an arc ignition face, the cross-sectional area of said arc ignition portion being reduced relative to the main cross section of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070267397 - System and method of deactivating a fluid receptacle deicer: A deicing system configured to heat fluid within a fluid receptacle to prevent ice from forming includes a sensing unit and a heating element. The sensing unit is configured to detect a change in at least one of capacitance and resistivity. The heating element is configured to heat the fluid.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070267398 - Induction heating of footwear and apparel: A method is provided of inductively heating an apparel apparatus having an integrated heating element with copper and ferrous materials that is encased with a liquid material or a phase changing wax material. The apparel is positioned on an induction heating platform for an effective time period and then removed... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070267399 - Table-heater combination: A table-heater combination includes a table and a heater attached to or integrally formed with the table such as to provide heat under the table.... Agent: Carlos Candeloro

20070267400 - Automatic mirror defrosting device: An automatic mirror defrosting device includes a photo-electrical sensor arranged at a backside of a mirror to detect a frosting condition of a front surface of the mirror and to issue a detection signal corresponding to the frosting condition, a defrosting control circuit connected to the photo-electrical sensor for receiving... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070267401 - Motorized hinge system for oven door: A motorized hinge system for an oven door includes first and second hinge assemblies. At least one hinge assembly is motorized. In the motorized hinge assembly, a first hinge portion is connected to the oven door and a second hinge portion connected to the oven body. A door control arm... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070267402 - Oven with an articulating and retractable door: In one embodiment of the present invention, an oven having a flexible and retractable door is described. The oven door is adapted to move from a closed position wherein it effectively closes an open side of the oven chamber and an open position wherein the door is retracted into the... Agent: Leyendecker Lemire & Daley, LLC

20070267403 - Electrical appliance with cylindrical receptacles: An electrical appliance that uses electrical current to uniformly heat up cylindrical objects in a convenient compact appliance is disclosed. An electrical appliance in accordance with the present invention comprises of a housing, a heating element, and at least one cylindrical receptacle that is vertically placed along a top surface... Agent: Randy K. Chang

20070267404 - Device and method for welding two polymer parts via fusion: The invention relates to a device and a method for welding two polymer parts via fusion using a heater mat knitted from a resistive wire coated with an insulating varnish, the heater mat being given a final shape. The heater mat is resistive wire having a diameter ranging from 0.2... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070267405 - Method of heating materials in order to produce objects and device for implementing said method: The invention relates to a method and a device which are used to heat materials in order to produce objects industrially, especially by mass production, and which allow a large variety of transformation methods.... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070267406 - Use of left-handed metamaterials as a display, particularly on a hob, as well as display and display method: Coatings with left-handed metamaterials (which are man-made materials comprising micro-structures having unusual electro-magnetic properties) are provided around an appliance, such as a hotplate or hob, incorporating induction heating coils that functions as an optical display. In one embodiment, operation of induction heating coils in the cook top alters the optical... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070267407 - Multi-frequency heat treatment of a workpiece by induction heating: An apparatus and process are provided for multi-frequency induction heat treatment of workpieces including gears. High frequency power is applied to an induction coil that surrounds the workpiece so that a high frequency magnetic field couples with the workpiece to inductively heat the workpiece. A C-core inductor is coupled to... Agent: Philip O. Post Indel, Inc.

20070267408 - Microwave beverage brewing container: An all-in-one microwave beverage brewing and storage container and a method of using such container for quickly and conveniently brewing and storing beverages such as coffee and/or tea. The device comprises a receptacle having an interior portion capable of holding a first predetermined amount of liquid. The receptacle has a... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070267409 - Assembled container for roasting food: An assembled container for roasting food is placed on its side in a microwave oven so that the turntable of the microwave oven imparts tangential force, which the assembled container translates into motion to the food being roasted. The assembled container includes various shapes, such as a squat cup, a... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070262056 - Tailor-welded blank and method of forming same: A tailor-welded blank is formed by resistance mash seam welding an overlapped metallic sheet and a laminated steel structure that has a viscoelastic layer sandwiched between steel layers. Preferably, assuming the metallic sheet is approximately 1.3 millimeters (mm) thick and the laminated steel structure is approximately 1.15 millimeters (mm) thick,... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20070262057 - Method for adhesive bonding together of metal sheets: A method is provided for adhesively bonding together a pair of metal sheets to form a laminated sheet metal assembly. A coating of heat curable adhesive is placed on the bottom sheet. The top sheet is placed on top of the coating of adhesive. The stacked metal sheets are then... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070262058 - Welding system and method having power controller with workpiece sensor: A welding system and method having power controller with workpiece sensor. In some embodiments, the welding system includes a stud welding power supply having a welding power output, a stud welding power controller, and a workpiece sensor. The stud welding power controller may be communicatively coupled to the stud welding... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20070262060 - Dielectric devices for a plasma arc torch: Apparatus and methods for thermally processing a workpiece include directing a plasma arc to the workpiece and using a dielectric shield or dielectric coating to protect a forward portion (e.g., a torch head) of a plasma arc torch. The dielectric shield or dielectric coating covers a nozzle disposed within the... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20070262059 - Electrode systems and methods of using electrodes: An electrode assembly comprises a coil of electrode material surrounded by a shield having one or more outlets and a supply of shielding gas directed along an axis X-X of said coil before exiting from said shield.... Agent: Terry Mchugh Law Offices Of Terry Mchugh

20070262061 - System and methods for producing tinted and non-tinted materials with non-discernable laser inscriptions: A system and method for inscribing marks, that will remain non-discernable after tinting, on materials in general, and on plastic ophthalmic lenses in particular. The system uses a laser, which typically performs a heating-type inscription process, such as by use of a CO2 laser In accordance with a preferred embodiment... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070262062 - Motor vehicle internal paneling section and marking method: The invention relates to a method for marking an interior lining part of a motor vehicle, whereby the marking is done with a laser beam, as well as an interior lining part of a motor vehicle, such as an instrument panel, a door lining or a pillar lining, provided with... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20070262063 - Laser shock hardening method and apparatus: There is provided an improved laser shock hardening method and apparatus which can eliminate spattering of a liquid and waving of the liquid surface upon laser irradiation, and can stably irradiate a workpiece with a laser beam. Thus, the present invention provides in a laser shock hardening method for carrying... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070262064 - Method and apparatus for characterizing a welding output circuit path: Methods and apparatus to characterize a welding output circuit path. A welding output circuit path is characterized in real time with respect to a true energy and/or true power input to the welding output circuit path. A welding output circuit path is also characterized with respect to an inductance of... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20070262065 - Touch screen waveform design apparatus for welders: Welding systems and programming tools are described, in which a touch screen-based welding system configuration tool is provided having a touch screen display for designing welding power source waveforms or for configuring a system sequence controller, where the touch screen may be integrated into a welding system component. The touch... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Lincoln

20070262066 - Stir welded drive shaft and method of making same: A stir-welded drive shaft and a method of forming a stir-welded drive shaft. The stir-welded drive shaft is formed by the process of providing a yoke and a tube, and stir welding said yoke to said tube to define the driveshaft. A balance weight may be added to the tube... Agent: Automotive Components Holdings LLC C/o Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070262067 - Seal tool for film-sealing machine: A sealing tool for a sealing machine has a heat-conductive and normally heated support plate having an inner face and a heat-conductive seal plate having an outer face bearing in surface contact on the support-plate inner face. A central attachment extends between the plates across the faces at a point... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20070262068 - Reaction system for thermal cycling: Method and apparatus for carrying out a thermal cycling reaction, wherein a succession of samples is conveyed through a series of sequentially arranged temperature control sites, each of the sites comprising means for supplying an electric current to, or inducing an electric current in, sample-containing vessels passing through it so... Agent: John Pratt

20070262069 - Heating device for electronic components in military vehicles: A heating device for electronic components in a military vehicle, comprising a flat housing having an air inlet opening in at least one narrow side wall thereof and an air outlet opening in an upper side thereof. A metallic cooling element is disposed in the housing and includes a plate... Agent: Robert W. Becker & Associates Suite B

20070262070 - Oven with movable element unit: An oven includes a body and two support rails are located on two opposite insides of the body so as to support grids thereon. A movable element unit is located in the body and includes at least one element which can be moved in the body by the user so... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070262071 - Film heater: An apparatus for heating a thermoplastic film moving along a path has a radiant heater to one side and generally above the path directed at the film so that the heater heats the passing film, a reflector to an opposite side and generally below the path opposite the heater, and... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20070262072 - Hob with illumination and method for illuminating a hob: A cooking hob has a cooking hob plate made of glass-ceramic and in which several individual heating units are provided that have a regular hexagonal shape and adjoin each other. Elongate illumination segments are disposed on the outer contours of said heating units. When the cooking hob is operated with... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070262073 - Modular heated cover: The modular heated cover is disclosed with a first pliable outer layer and a second pliable outer layer, wherein the outer layers provide durable protection in an outdoor environment, an electrical heating element between the first and the second outer layers, the electrical heating element configured to convert electrical energy... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20070262074 - Heated floor panel with integrated controller having ground fault interrupt circuit: A fault protected aircraft heated floor panel is provided. The floor panel includes upper and lower floor panel skins and an electro-resistive heater element interposed between the upper and lower floor panel skins. The floor panel further includes a controller for controlling current delivered to the heater element, the controller... Agent: Don W. Bulson (goodrich) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070262075 - Heat plate for welding the pipe with multi-walls and the method for welding the same: Disclosed herein is a device and method, preventing water from leaking to the outside of a multiple wall pipe, or a hollow part in a pipe wall, and forcibly correcting differences in inside and outside diameters between pipes provided on opposite ends of a joint, and simultaneously correcting circularity of... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070257013 - Method and apparatus for marking a vehicle: There may also be a detectable track (3), formed on the floor surface, surrounding the road vehicle station, the marking vehicle (4) comprising a motor for driving the marking vehicle, steering means for steering the marking vehicle and a detector for detecting the detectable track (3), the steering means being... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070257012 - Method and apparatus for laser processing: A method and an apparatus for processing workpieces with a laser beam include first and second stages for holding the workpieces and first and second laser beam paths. The first workpiece is loaded upon the first stage, aligned with the first laser beam path, and processing begun. While the first... Agent: Electro Scientific Industries/stoel Rives, LLP

20070257014 - Spectroscopic technique for measuring the composition of cored wire electrodes: Provided are procedures and arrangements for determining composition of cored welding wire electrodes. A portion of a length of a cored welding wire electrode is detached, to serve as a sample portion. The sample portion is provided to a digestion vessel, where it is digested into a sample solution. The... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Lincoln

20070257015 - Welding device with arc termination control: A welding-type apparatus and method providing controlled termination of a welding-type process includes monitoring an arc parameter and setting a threshold based on the monitored arc parameter. When the arc parameter achieves the threshold, weld power is gradually reduced until arc termination. The system provides for a controlled arc termination... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20070257016 - Heated device for dispensing a volatile active: The present disclosure generally relates to a device for dispensing a volatile active material that may be direct current (DC) (batteries, fuel cells, solar cells, and the like) powered or chemically powered. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a battery operated insect repellant device that is easily portable and... Agent: Christopher M. Goff (27840) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070257017 - Calibrated thermal sensing system: The invention relates to a warming article comprising a heating element and a sensing system, wherein the sensing system comprises a first sensor element being a temperature dependent variable resistor and a second sensor element being a variable resistor, and wherein the first sensor element is linear and flexible and... Agent: Legal Department (m-495)

20070257018 - Programmable thermally controlled electric heating mattress: The programmable thermally controlled electric heating mattress comprises a conventional mattress, a microprocessor-based electronic controller, and a heating element. The heating element is a removable pad, which fastens onto the top surface or under the upper layer material of the mattress. The location and size of the heating element is... Agent: Henry D. Huang

20070257019 - Hair setter appliance with cord reel: A hair setter assembly (4) has a base (5) containing an electric heat element and receptacles for receiving and transferring heat to thermally conductive hair rollers (1). A spring-loaded cord reel (13) is housed inside the assembly (4) so that an electrical cord (9) attached to the assembly may be... Agent: Steven A. Garner, Esq. Conair Corporation

20070257020 - Cooking apparatus: A cooking apparatus is disclosed. The cooking apparatus includes a housing having a cooking chamber and a heating unit. The heating unit includes a partition plate detachably installed in the chamber, the partition plate partitioning the chamber into sub-chambers, and a heater configured to heat at least one of the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070257021 - Hot plate with stainless steel top: A hotplate with a stainless steel top plate to support a vessel. The stainless steel top plate has an upper surface with a substantially centrally located depression having a depth and area generally sufficient to absorb upward crowning of the top plate when heated. A heating unit is in a... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070257022 - Power terminals for ceramic heater and method of making the same: A ceramic heater is provided that includes a power terminal for connecting a resistive heating element to a power source. An intermediate layer is disposed on an AlN ceramic substrate proximate the resistive heating element. The power terminal is bonded to the intermediate layer by an active brazing material. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20070257023 - Heater plate and a method for manufacturing the heater plate: A heater plate may be manufactured by receiving a sheath heater within a groove portion formed in a base member made of aluminum or aluminum alloy. At least one joint member made of aluminum or aluminum alloy may be placed into the groove portion so as to fix the sheath... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070257024 - Calibrated thermal sensing system: The invention relates to a warming article comprising a heating element and a sensing system, wherein the sensing system comprises a first sensor element being a temperature dependent variable resistor and a second sensor element comprising at least two resistors in series and corresponding jumpers for one or more resistors... Agent: Legal Department (m-495)

20070257025 - Method and apparatus for probing: A probe comprises a small “consumable” probe substrate permanently mounted to a circuit-under-test. The probe substrate includes a high-fidelity signal pathway, which is inserted into a conductor of the circuit-under-test, and a high-bandwidth sensing circuit which senses the signal-under-test as it propagates along the signal pathway. The probe substrate further... Agent: Thomas F. Lenihan Tektronix, Inc.

20070257026 - Heating component for pipe joint: The present invention makes a proposal of a heating component for a pipe joint which can be easily mounted on a pipe joint and also can stabilize the assembly quality to the pipe joint. The heating component for a pipe joint is characterized in that the heating component for a... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070257027 - Flat heating element: The present invention pertains to an electric heating element with at least one flat heating resistor to be arranged near a surface to be heated, and at least one electrode that serves to feed a current into the heating resistor and features at least two contact conductor strands that are,... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20070257028 - Radio frequency identification controlled heatable objects: A temperature controlled heatable object is provided in which a temperature sensor is connected to a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag. The RFID tag is located within the handle of the object, and the temperature sensor is placed in contact with the object. In a first embodiment of the invention,... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070257029 - Microwave heating system and method for removing volatiles from adsorbent materials: A heating apparatus for removing volatiles from a saturated adsorbent is provided. The heating apparatus can include a vessel including a first end and a second end. The vessel can be adapted to receive the saturated adsorbent. The heating apparatus can also include a channel in communication with the first... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070257030 - Microwaveable package: This invention relates to the application of flexible films to form an openable sealing means on packages. In particular, the invention relates to the application of flexible films to form an openable sealing means on packages for containing food that are intended to be being heated by microwave ovens. The... Agent: Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.

20070251923 - Joining system head, joining system, and method of feeding and joining elements: A joining method head is proposed for fixation to a movable frame, in particular to a robot, having a holding means for an element to be joined to a part, a joining drive means to move the holding means along a joining direction for joining, and a feeding means for... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070251924 - Method and apparatus for rebuilding gas turbine engines: A method for repairing a component within a SWET box is provided. The method includes providing a SWET box that has a divided interior volume that defines a welding chamber within the interior that is smaller than a total volume of the interior SWET box, positioning a component to be... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070251925 - Method for manufacturing a heat exchanger: Heat exchange plates are stacked. The stacked plates are transported to a table. A pressing member is placed on an uppermost plate of the stacked plates to apply a pressing force to them. A shell is placed to surround a space encompassing the stacked plates to isolate the plates from... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070251926 - Systems and method for optimization of laser beam spatial intensity profile: A thin beam directional crystallization system configured to process a substrate comprises a laser configured to produce laser light, the laser configured to have a high energy mode and a low energy mode. The high energy mode is configured to produce light energy sufficient to completely melt a substrate coated... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20070251927 - Laser hybrid welding method and laser hybrid welding torch using a zinc and/or carbon and/or aluminum-containing rod: The invention relates to a method for welding coated sheet metal (3), which comprises at least one laser (13) and at least one shielded arc unit (5) and a rod feeding device (11) for a welding rod (12). The aim of the invention is to provide a method or a... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070251928 - Systems and method for optimization of laser beam spatial intensity profile: In a thin beam directional Crystallization System configured anneal a silicon layer on a glass substrate uses a special laser beam profile with an intensity peak at one edge. The system is configured to entirely melt a spatially controlled portion of a silicon layer causing lateral crystal growth. By advancing... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20070251929 - Laser-based material processing systems and methods for using such systems: Laser-based material processing systems and methods for using such systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, for example, a laser-based material processing system includes a workpiece support, a positioning assembly over at least a portion of the workpiece support, and a laser. The system includes a laser beam director carried... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070251930 - Spinning-type pattern-fabrication system and a method thereof: The present invention discloses a spinning-type pattern-fabrication system and a method thereof. This invention comprises at least one carry table used to carry objects, an object-fixing device used to fix the objects onto the carry table, and a control system controlling carry table or at least one laser device. The... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20070251931 - Portable welder: A portable welder including a housing, a power supply contained within the housing, a welding cable having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the welding cable being electrically connected to the power supply, a welding electrode that extends from the distal end of the welding... Agent: Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP

20070251933 - Welding system toroidal spark gap method and system: A spark gap device is described such as for use in welding systems. The device receives a high voltage, low current input signal and produces high frequency waveform output. The device includes one or more toroidal members surrounding a rod-like member with an annular gap therebetween. When the input signal... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20070251932 - Mig welder control system and method: A system for controlling a welding operation provides for open-loop control of voltage applied to a wire electrode during an initial arc initiation stage of operation. The voltage may be based upon an operator set voltage. Electrode wire feed speeds may be varied during the same period. The voltage may... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20070251934 - High carbon welding electrode and method of welding with high carbon welding electrode: High carbon welding electrode is used in the welding of high strength steel using gas shielded arc welding techniques whereby a plurality of beads of molten weld material join together rail ends or fill a slot in a rail for repair purposes, the high carbon electrode avoiding adjacent soft and... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070251935 - Vacuum thermal annealer: A vacuum thermal annealing device is provided having temperature control for use with various materials, such as semiconductor substrates. A vacuum is used to remove air and outgas residual materials. Heated gas is injected planar to a substrate as pressure is quickly raised. Concurrent with the heated gas flow, a... Agent: Schneck & Schneck

20070251936 - Cooking apparatus and method for controlling the same: A cooking apparatus includes a housing including a cooking chamber, a heating unit detachably mounted in the housing, and a power connection portion for connecting the heating unit to an external power source. The heating unit can heat food when the heating unit is located in the housing, and the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070251937 - Oven for non-metal melting: Oven for non-metal melting, in particular silicon melting, with a housing enclosing an interior, at least one mould arranged in the interior for receiving a non-metal melt, at least one electrical heating device enclosing, at least partially, the at least one mould for influencing the temperature of the non-metal melt,... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070251938 - Ceramic heater and method of securing a thermocouple thereto: A ceramic heater is provided that includes a thermocouple having a hot or measuring junction in a form of a bead directly bonded to a ceramic substrate by an active brazing material. Alternatively, a metallized layer is provided on the ceramic substrate and the bead of the thermocouple is directly... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20070251939 - Control scheme for cold wafer compensation on a lithography track: The present invention relates generally to control schemes for controlling the temperature of a heater plate of a thermal unit, e.g., of a track lithography tool. In accordance with certain embodiments of the invention, a cold wafer compensation offset value is added to an initial target heater plate temperature setpoint,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070251940 - Rapid thermal response induction heating system for platen embossing: An induction heating system for the manufacturing of optical memory microstructure, wherein the thermal cycle allows the process web to be rapidly heated to the relaxation and re-flow temperature, followed by cooling to the optimum separation temperature in under 10 seconds total process time. The rapid response heating system of... Agent: David W. Schumaker

20070251941 - Modular microwave processing system: A modular microwave processing system includes a microwave source, a transmission line, and a detachable processing cavity or chamber. The chamber is adapted to maintain a controlled atmosphere surrounding a workpiece, and further contains an interface to engage the microwave transmission line so that power for heating the workpiece is... Agent: Robert J. Lauf

20070251942 - Microwave energy interactive food package: A microwave heating package comprises a dimensionally stable first component for supporting a food item and a flexible second component dimensioned to receive the dimensionally stable first component. Each of the first component and the second component may include a microwave energy interactive element for altering the effect of microwave... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070251943 - Microwave energy interactive heating sheet: A microwave energy interactive heating sheet includes at least two susceptor layers and a plurality of expandable insulating cells. At least some of the expandable insulating cells inflate when exposed to microwave energy.... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC