Electric heating inventions 02/08

20080047935 - Manufacturing and use of microperforated substrates: This invention relates to methods and devices for the production of micro-structured substrates and their application in natural sciences and technology, in particular in analysis and detection systems based on artificial and biological lipid membranes. The structure is preferably a hole or a cavity or channel and is obtained by... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080047936 - Method of measuring taper angle in wire electric discharge machining apparatus and measuring tool: i

20080047937 - Device and method for high frequency electrical discharge machining: The invention relates to a device and a method for electrical discharge machining of a work piece by means of a working electrode. A sequence of working pulses is applied on the work gap between the working electrode and the work piece. The working pulses comprise eroding pulses for eroding... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080047938 - Process and device for electric spot welding: A plurality linkages, preferably a robot holding either a spot welder with welding guns or the workpiece. The plurality of linkages move a spot welder with open tongs toward a first spot weld position. The welding guns are then closed on the workpiece and welding is performed at the first... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20080047939 - Process and apparatus for joining at least two elements: Process and apparatus for joining at least two elements, in particular an electronic component such as an LED with a substrate, such as a PCB. An imaging means divides a light beam into a plurality of partial light beams and images these partial light beams, forming a plurality of discrete... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080047940 - Article with multiple surface depressions and method for making the same: Articles having multiple surface depressions and process and apparatus for making the same. The invention is useful in making, inter alia, glass plates having a surface depression array which can be used in semiconductor and electronics manufacture, drug discovery and display devices.... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080047941 - Power supply apparatus for welder: A welder power supply apparatus (10) includes an inverter (20), which is driven intermittently when an electrode (34) and a workpiece (36) are separated from each other and no arc is being generated between them, whereby power loss generated in the inverter (20) when the inverter (20) is driven in... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20080047942 - Constant current welding power control system and method: A technique is disclosed for controlling a constant current regime, such as for stick welding. The regime includes a dig segment or regime in which current is increased as voltage decreases. The dig regime is initiated at a voltage that can be set by an operator. The constant current regime... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20080047943 - Method and apparatus for using light emitting diodes for removing moisture: A method and apparatus for removing moisture from a lighting apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for removing moisture from a lighting apparatus includes at least one light emitting diode (LED) for outputting visible light and at least one LED for outputting infrared light... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan L.L.P.

20080047944 - Heater retention spring: A heater includes an electrically conducting heating element, an insulator and a spring urging the insulator into contact with the heating element. The spring is formed from a superalloy and is operable to output a substantially constant force at a predetermined deflection up to approximately 650° C.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080047945 - Method and apparatus for a heated comforter: An electrically heatable comforter is formed from upper and lower fabric outer layers extending generally parallel to each other and being closed along the edges of the layers to form a shell. One or more interior panels extend between the outer layers, and have respective ends connected to, the upper... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080047946 - Heated floor board: A flooring system includes a plurality of connectable sheet elements that have heating wires embedded therein. The sheet elements include starting sections, ending sections, middle sections and corners sections with the thermostat having long wires for connection to the starting and ending sheets. The sheet elements can be used in... Agent: Sung I. Oh, Professional Law Corporation

20080047947 - Shirt finishing machine with function for extending collar: The present invention comprises a collar iron buck 2 on which the collar 1a of a shirt 1 is mounted while being extended in a lateral direction and a press iron 3 for press finishing the collar 1a while pressing against the upper surface of the collar iron buck 2... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080047948 - Portable food heater: In one aspect, the present invention provides a consumer appliance that uses RF energy to heat foods stored in a container that is suitable for RF heating.... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080047949 - Air flow cooker: A convection cooking apparatus includes a cabinet including sides and a bottom, and a lid attached to the cabinet and pivotable between a closed position and an open position. A divider is disposed in the cabinet and divides the cabinet into a heating chamber and a cooking chamber. A cooking... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080047950 - Integrated thermal unit having a shuttle with two-axis movement: An integrated thermal unit comprising a bake plate configured to heat a substrate supported on a surface of the bake plate; a chill plate configured to cool a substrate supported on a surface of the chill plate; and a substrate transfer shuttle configured to transfer substrates from the bake plate... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080047951 - Thermal processor with temperature compensation: A thermal processor including a rotating drum including an internal heater configured to heat and maintain the drum at a desired set-point temperature, and a plurality of pressure rollers, including a first pressure roller, circumferentially spaced along a segment of the drum. A temperature sensor is configured to provide a... Agent: Carestream Health Inc,

20080047952 - Electrostatic chuck heater: An electrostatic chuck heater including a base which is formed by: applying conductive paste containing a binder to upper and lower surfaces of an alumina sintered body to print an electrostatic electrode and heater electrode; calcining the alumina sintered body; arranging alumina powder above the electrostatic electrode and alumina powder... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080047953 - Redundant hot melt adhesive material heater elements and temperature sensors disposed within single cartridge bodies: An electronic control circuit, for use in connection a hot melt adhesive dispensing system, comprises a pair of redundant heater elements which are disposed together in a first, single heater element cartridge body disposed within a first cavity defined within an applicator head, and a pair of redundant temperature sensors... Agent: Steven W. Weinrieb Schwartz & Weinrieb

20080047954 - Stirring hot plate: A stirring hot plate for simultaneously heating and stirring a mixture includes a phase controlled motor that spins magnets which couple to, and thereby spin, a stir bar within the mixture. In addition to spinning the magnets, the motor includes an operational mode in which the motor is rapidly braked... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080047955 - Electric heating/warming fabric articles: Electric heating/warming composite fabric articles have at least a fabric layer having inner and outer surfaces, and an electric heating/warming element, e.g., including a bus, formed, e.g., of die cut, metallized textile or plastic sheeting or metal foil, affixed at the inner surface of the fabric layer and adapted to... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080047956 - Inductively heated warming system: A warming system includes a thermal battery for storing energy and warming an item. The thermal battery includes a porous, electrically-conductive material and a phase-change substance. The phase change substance is interspersed in a plurality of pores in the porous, electrically conductive materially. The warming system includes a first and... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20080047957 - Microwave interactive display package: Various microwave energy interactive display packages, blanks for forming such packages, and methods of displaying and heating a food item are provided.... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20080047958 - Microwave cooking packages and methods of making thereof: A microwave insulating material includes a dimensionally stable support, a patterned adhesive layer overlying at least a portion of the support, a polymer film layer overlying the patterned adhesive layer, and a plurality of expandable cells disposed between the support and the polymer film layer and defined by the patterned... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20080047959 - High frequency heating apparatus: When a driving signal is transmitted in order to drive a first semiconductor switching element (3) and a second semiconductor switching element (4), an inverter operating frequency in the every phase of a commercial power supply is provided as a frequency difference (inclination) of the phase range from 0° to... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080041826 - Apparatus and method for electrical discharge machining: A work station for an electrical discharge machining apparatus, including a first mechanism for retaining a workpiece in a predetermined position, at least one electrode for forming a feature on the workpiece, and a second mechanism for positioning the electrode in a manner that is movable into and out of... Agent: James P. Davidson, Esq.

20080041827 - Resistance spot welding monitoring system and method: A resistance spot welding monitoring system includes a plurality of sensors coupled to a resistance spot welding system to receive welding data produced during a welding operation. The monitoring system further includes a nugget prediction system. The welding data is indicative of welding parameters used to produce the weld nugget.... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20080041828 - Single-head multiple-electrode resistance welder: A resistance-welder welding head has a support, an electrode holder, a quick-release fastener releasably securing the holder on the support, and two electrodes with different properties fixed to the electrode holder.... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080041829 - Inductively coupled plasma/partial oxidation reformation of carbonaceous compounds to produce fuel for energy production: Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) reforming converts carbonaceous compounds into a fuel for use in generating electrical power. Energy rich hydrocarbon fuels, such as coal, marine diesel, oils, and hydrocarbon wastes are employed as a feedstock for the ICP, which transforms the feedstock into a fuel that can be used by... Agent: Law Offices Of Ronald M Anderson

20080041830 - Method for operating a vacuum plasma process system: A method for operating vacuum plasma process system includes generating a main plasma in a first operating state and generating an auxiliary plasma in a second operating state. The main plasma is generated in that a first number of RF power generators generate a main plasma, and a second number... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080041831 - Thermal flux processing by scanning a focused line beam: The thermal processing device includes a stage, a continuous wave electromagnetic radiation source, a series of lenses, a translation mechanism, a detection module, a three-dimensional auto-focus, and a computer system. The stage is configured to receive a substrate thereon. The continuous wave electromagnetic radiation source is disposed adjacent the stage,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP / Amat

20080041832 - Process and apparatus for ablation: The invention firstly comprises a method of ablation processing including a step of ablating a region of a substrate (1) by way of a laser beam (3) characterised by a further step of removing debris ablated from the region (1) by way of a flow of a fluid (7), namely... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080041833 - Thermal tensioning during thermal edge finishing: A thermal edge-finishing process includes pre-heating an edge of a glass sheet, focused heating inboard of the edge to cause thermal tensioning, laser finishing the edge, and localized annealing of the edge. By stress cancellation, the thermal energy added by a laser edge-finishing operation does not result in as much... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080041834 - Robot welding controller and control method: The invention provides a robot welding controller and a robot welding control method for realizing welding of high quality by using a robot. The robot welding controller comprises a robot (1) having a welding torch (2) at its tip, a robot controller (5) for controlling the operation of the robot... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080041835 - Seat-adjustment mechanism capacitor-welding apparatus and method: An adjustment assembly for a seat assembly includes an adjustment mechanism and a first structural component positioned proximate the adjustment mechanism to create at least one electrical path between the adjustment mechanism and the first structural component. The electrical path receives current from one side of one of the adjustment... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080041836 - High temperature heating element for preventing contamination of a work piece: A modular heating element that facilitates removal and replacement without disassembly of a furnace provides a precisely controllable process temperature in the range 1000-1400 degrees centigrade. The configuration of the heating element is linear rather than coiled, and the temperature is monitored directly by measuring the electrical resistance of KANTHAL®,... Agent: WoodsideIPGroup

20080041837 - Heating radiator incorporating a tv: A heating radiator (17), particularly for installation in a incorporates a TV (9) or similar media/audio-visual/audio or visual display device with either built in, or separate speakers.... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20080041838 - Panel heater and display device using the same: It is to allow anisotropic conductive material to easily flow when an electric heating layer and a power supplying member for the heating layer are pressure-bonded via an anisotropic conductive layer, and to cope with various problems of temperature changes. A panel heater 2 comprising: a heater main part 2M... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080041839 - Spa heater system: A spa system comprises an electrically powered heater. The electrically powered heater comprises a heating element capable of drawing a rated current when switched on to an AC line voltage. An electronic control system is programmed to control the heating element to draw less than the rated current.... Agent: Law Offices Of Larry K. Roberts, Inc.

20080041840 - Towel dryer: A towel dryer includes an aluminum body having an outer surface that supports a towel to be dried. The surface has a degree of reflectance of not less than 80% for more efficient transfer of heat from the body to the towel. The outer body surface is an oxidized surface... Agent: Hooker & Habib, P.C.

20080041841 - Piping with heater and connecting method of the piping: A heater-attached piping having, a cord-like heater disposed along substantially entire length of a nylon tube forming a pipe for transferring a fluid, and at least a heat-retaining layer disposed around the nylon tube and the cord-like heater. The cord-like heater located at the end of the nylon tube may... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080041842 - Connector for heater: A connector for incorporation into a heater system for inlet struts includes a body having a tapered forward end and an opposite rear end. A plurality of forward electrical terminals are formed on the outer surface of the tapered end. A plurality of rearward electrical terminals are formed on the... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080041843 - Surface mount heater: A heater that includes a substantially flat layer of electrical resistance material having a first end and a second end, a first electrical conductor electrically connected to the first end of the substantially flat layer of electrical resistance material, a second electrical conductor electrically connected to the second end of... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080041844 - Apparatus and method for hardening bearing surfaces of a crankshaft: An apparatus and method for hardening the concentric main bearing surfaces and orbital pin bearing surfaces of a crankshaft for an internal combustion engine rotatable about the common center axis of the main bearing surfaces. The apparatus comprising an inductor for encircling each one of the surfaces to be hardened... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080041845 - System and method for crankshaft hardening: Systems and methods are presented for automated induction hardening of crankshaft bearings while controlling the crankshaft TIR, in which one or more first bearings are hardened by induction heating and quenching, followed by measurement of the crankshaft TIR. The measured TIR is then evaluated and one or more second bearings... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080041846 - Microwave oven with a toaster and method for controlling a heater of the toaster: A microwave oven with a toaster includes a toaster casing, a heating chamber inserted in the toaster casing, a bread receiver slidably inserted in the toaster casing, and a toaster door attached to a front side of the bread receiver. The bread receiver is selectively placed in the heating chamber.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080041847 - Rf welding device: An RF welder, and a method of operation thereof, is disclosed that has circuitry that automatically affects system impedance so that, throughout the welding or embossing cycle, a generator is capable of delivering the same power to a die and fabric, and cabling is capable of dissipating a load that... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080035611 - Laser processing method and semiconductor device: This laser processing method irradiates a substrate 4 with laser light L while locating a light-converging point P within the substrate 4, so as to form a quality modified region 71 to become a starting point region for cutting within the substrate 4 along a line to cut 5. Here,... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080035612 - Systems and methods utilizing an aperture with a reactive atom plasma torch: A method for reducing heat applied to a workpiece by a plasma discharge of a reactive plasma torch comprises determining a footprint of the plasma discharge on a surface of the workpiece based on a distance of the reactive atom plasma torch from the surface, determining a maximum heat absorbable... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080035613 - Machine for the treatment of bottles that are equipped with an interchangeable connection cartridge: A machine for the treatment of containers, includes at least one container-treatment station. The machine is of the type in which each treatment station comprises a cover having a nozzle which is provided with: gripping elements for seizing the outside of the container, and impervious connection elements between the inside... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080035614 - Energy efficient, laser-based method and system for processing target material: An energy-efficient method and system for processing target material such as microstructures in a microscopic region without causing undesirable changes in electrical and/or physical characteristics of material surrounding the target material is provided. The system includes a controller for generating a processing control signal and a signal generator for generating... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080035615 - Lap welding of steel articles having a corrosion resisting metallic coating: Techniques are described for lap welding steel articles with a corrosion resistant coating. First and second steel members with a coating comprising zinc are welded together in a lap region. A metal selected to have a melting temperature below the boiling temperature of zinc, and to form a liquid alloy... Agent: Priest & Goldstein PLLC

20080035616 - Laser-marking system: An apparatus for laser marking an arcuate surface of an object has a laser source emitting a laser beam and a first reflector assembly for deflecting the beam in a contiguous first field. A second reflector assembly has at least two adjacent second reflectors in the first field for reflecting... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080035617 - Method for processing brittle substrates without micro-cracks: A method for processing a brittle substrate includes first providing a brittle substrate having a substrate surface. Then applying a first laser beam onto the brittle substrate surface to form a pre-cut groove in the brittle substrate, the first laser beam being generated by a solid-state laser device. A second... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080035618 - Methods and systems for positioning a laser beam spot relative to a semiconductor integrated circuit using a processing target as a metrology target: Various methods and systems measure, determine, or align a position of a laser beam spot relative to a semiconductor substrate having structures on or within the semiconductor substrate to be selectively processed by delivering a processing laser beam to a processing laser beam spot. The various methods and systems utilize... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20080035619 - Laser working apparatus and method of controlling laser working apparatus: Disclosed is a laser working apparatus including: a laser emitting apparatus provided with a reflector which changes the direction of any one of a laser beam and a visible light; a robot which moves the laser emitting apparatus; and a robot control apparatus which, when laser working is performed, controls... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080035620 - Equipment and process for applying an external structural weld to piping and similarly shaped pressure boundary components: An apparatus and/or process for applying a weld overlay to a nozzle or piping spool of complex configuration is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the welding apparatus comprises a mounting assembly having a plurality of magnetic foot pads, a tension support rod attached at one end to one of the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20080035621 - Electronic polarity reversing switch for a multi-process welding power source: A system and method, in certain embodiments, sets an output polarity based on a selected process. The system and method may be used to operate a variety of equipment, such as welders, cutters, tools and so forth. In some embodiments, the system and method may include receiving an input signal... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20080035622 - Welding current source for a welding apparatus: The present invention relates to a welding current source for a welding apparatus, having inputs for control and load circuits, which are connectable to different electric power networks and are reversibly switchable. The gist of the invention is that a switchover device with first and second switchover mechanisms which are... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20080035623 - Contact tip and assembly: A contact tip for a welding torch is provided. In one embodiment, the contact tip includes a body formed of an electrically conductive material and a non-linear passage that extends through the body. The non-linear passage of this embodiment is configured to receive a wire electrode and to facilitate electrical... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20080035624 - Welding wire feed system and method: In one embodiment, a system is provided with a welding wire feeder that a first wheel having a first rotational direction, and a second wheel having a rotational direction opposite from the first rotational direction. The first and wheels are disposed compressively about a wire feed region, and the first... Agent: Tait R. Swanson Fletcher Yoder

20080035625 - Wire drive roll: A drive roll for advancing a wire is provided. In certain embodiments, the drive roll includes a body having a wire feed portion, a mounting portion, and a central aperture through the body. In one embodiment, the feed portion includes an outer circumferential surface of the drive roll and a... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20080035626 - Wire electrode drive pressure adjustment system and method: A welding torch is provided that includes a motorized arrangement for advancing continuous electrode wires during welding. The torch has a pair of rollers that contact the electrode wire to force it through the torch during welding. A force adjustment selector is provided in the torch handle that allows the... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20080035627 - Oscillating system and tool for ultrasonic impact treatment: Devices including a magnetostrictive transducer, an oscillating system and a tool for ultrasonic impact treatment of constructions, construction units and components of machines and mechanisms are disclosed. The invention provides high reliability of magnetostrictive transducers, oscillating systems and their components, tools and their parts affected by simultaneous action of static,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080035628 - Production of ihpf components having a flange: The present invention relates to a method of producing a hollow profile which has at least one flange by internal high pressure forming. During the internal high pressure forming, the dimensions and the position of the flange are not changed relative to the finished hollow profile then formed.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080035629 - Electrically heatable glazing panel: Electrically heatably glazing panel and process for making the same, comprising a substrate, a substantially transparent, electrically conductive coated layer divided into at least two separated zones and at least two spaced bus bars distributing electrical energy to the conductive layer zones. The glazing panel is characterised by the fact... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080035630 - Device for cooking in indirect heating: The present invention relates to a cooking device comprising a coupling housing having a detachable vessel with a detachable pulverizing blade, a screen formed on its lateral surface, a handle grip with a coupling point of contact, a sensor and a plate type of a heater on which a plurality... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080035631 - Heated merchandiser for bread and the like: A merchandiser for elongate loaves of bread includes at least one rack having a rear wall, a front wall spaced apart from the rear wall, a pair of sidewalls disposed between the rear wall and the front wall along opposite sides thereof, and a bottom wall disposed between the rear... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20080035632 - Susceptor: The invention provides a susceptor capable of obtaining high-quality SiC semiconductor crystals by keeping the Si concentration and C concentration around a wafer constant and by preventing the generation of particles. A susceptor of graphite covered with silicon carbide is characterized in that at least one section of a part... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080035633 - Induction heat treatment of workpieces: An apparatus and process are provided for induction heating of a workpiece. The workpiece is moved through an inductor to inductively heat treat the workpiece with electric power of varying frequency and duty cycle or amplitude control to control the magnitude of electric power as the frequency changes. Alternatively the... Agent: Philip O. Post Indel, Inc.

20080035634 - Multidirectional fuse susceptor: A susceptor structure comprises a layer of conductive material supported on a non-conductive substrate. The conductive layer includes a resonant loop defined by a plurality of microwave energy transparent segments and, optionally, a microwave energy transparent element within the resonant loop.... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20080029489 - Thermal cutting machine and thermal cutting method: A lattice pallet 13 having a large number of supporters for placing a plate 14 is installed to a table 12 so as to be freely fittable and removable. Bringing in of the plate 14 is performed by the method of raising the lattice pallet 13 with a crane with... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080029490 - Installation method for non-slip sanitary flooring: A method of installing flooring and resulting structure are disclosed. The method is particularly useful for sanitary nonslip (or slip resistant) applications such as kitchens. The method includes the steps of positioning a first sheet of polymer flooring material with an upwardly-facing step cut along one edge of the first... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20080029493 - Plasma generator: A plasma generator comprising a propagation chamber propagating an electromagnetic radiation, and a plasma-generating chamber associated with the propagation chamber; said propagation chamber has a passage region of increasing width on moving away from the entrance region for insertion of the electromagnetic radiation into the propagation chamber. The passage region... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080029494 - System and method for treating surfaces of components: A system (10) for coating surfaces of a workpiece (12) comprises a biasing system (242) for connection to said workpiece (12) and an anode (76) such as to negatively bias the workpiece relative to the anode and a vacuum source (42, 44) for evacuating an interior of the workpiece (12).... Agent: Law Offices Of Terry Mchugh

20080029491 - System and method for laser processing at non-constant velocities: A method is disclosed for on-the-fly processing at least one structure of a group of structures with a pulsed laser output. The method includes the steps of relatively positioning the group of structures and the pulsed laser output axis with non-constant velocity, and applying the pulsed laser output to the... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20080029492 - Stage for working, focused beam working apparatus and focused beam working method: The present invention efficiently processes work pieces by transferring them without bringing them outside. The present invention comprises: a stage 4 for working, which is used when working a work piece D, L by irradiating a focused beam B while observing the work piece D, L in an observation region... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080029495 - Method and device for laser welding of components made from super alloys: A method for laser welding super alloys is disclosed. The power of the laser (12) is controlled depending on the temperature of the welding bath and a device (10) for laser welding a super alloy, including a laser beam source (12), a process controller (30), a temperature recording unit (28)... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20080029496 - Method for making a golf club head: A method for making a golf club head includes the steps: of preparing a first golf club head component having a first bonding edge defining an opening, and a second golf club head component made of a material different from that of the first golf club head component and having... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080029497 - Laser processing device: A laser condensing optical system of the present invention includes a laser beam source which emits a laser beam, a condensing optical system which is arranged between the laser beam source and a medium and condenses the laser beam in the medium, and a laser divergence point moving unit which... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080029498 - Dual beam laser welding head: A laser welding head capable of producing a plurality of beams that are proficient in providing a unique keyhole. The welding head is movable through a plurality of positions relative to substrates that enables the plurality of beams to engage the substrates in a manner that welds the substrates in... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20080029499 - Laser processing method and laser processing apparatus: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus having a structure that enables laser processing of an object even when the object has a surface formed with irregularities. The laser processing method irradiates objects, each having a cylindrical form extending in a first direction, with laser light. Here, the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080029500 - Brazing repairs: A first component is bulk brazed to a second component. The bulk braze joint is inspected. Responsive to the inspection locating a defect site, the joint is laser brazed at the defect site.... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20080029501 - High energy density beam welding system using molten droplet jetting: The present invention relates to a high energy density beam welding system using molten metal droplet jetting. The present invention includes a beam emitting unit for emitting a high energy density beam onto a welded portion on a target object; and a molten metal droplet jetting unit for generating molten... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20080029502 - Electromagnetic-field-shielded heating wire used in bedding and apparatus for driving the same: Provided are an electromagnetic-field-shielded heating wire used in bedding and an apparatus for driving the same. The heating wire includes a core wire which is formed of a copper or enamel wire, a first insulating inner coating which is coated on an outer surface of the core wire to encompass... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080029503 - Method for cooking a food with infrared radiant heat: An oven using radiant heat at infrared wavelengths optimized for producing rapid and uniform cooking of a wide variety of foods. The infrared oven toasts, bakes, broils, and reheats food at a much faster speed while maintaining high quality in taste and appearance of the cooked food. Optimal infrared wavelengths... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080029504 - Electric water heater: An electrical water heater includes a housing, a filling opening delimited by a rim, heating elements, a pouring member, a lid, a tongue mobile between an extended position wherein it seals the pouring member and a pouring position wherein it is retracted, and a pouring control connected to the tongue... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080029505 - Food heater: In one aspect, the present invention provides a consumer appliance that uses RF energy to heat foods stored in a container that is suitable for RF heating.... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080029506 - Electromagnetic device with integrated fluid flow path: Electromagnetic components are provided with a heat exchange mechanism. For example, a fluid-cooled electromagnetic field-functioning device, such as a motor, generator, transformer, solenoid or relay, comprises one or more electrical conductors. A monolithic body of phase change material substantially encapsulates the conductors or an inductor. At least one liquid-tight coolant... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Utah Office

20080029507 - Method and apparatus for attaching a membrane roof using an arm-held induction heating apparatus: An improved induction heating apparatus is provided for attaching membrane roofs. A top membrane layer is attached to attachment disks that hold sheets of thermal insulation to the top of roof substrates. The heating apparatus emits a magnetic field that raises the temperature of the disks and a heat-activated adhesive... Agent: Frederick H. Gribbell Frederick H.gribbell,llc