Electric heating inventions 07/08

20080179296 - Electrode wire for spark erosion: The electrode wire according to the invention comprises a brass core (1) covered with a γ phase brass coating (2) having a structure fragmented into blocks (2a) between which the core (1) is exposed. The blocks (2a) have a thickness (E2) with a narrow distribution and produce a coverage of... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080179295 - Wire collecting mechanism for wire-cut electrical discharge machine: A wire collecting mechanism for cutting and collecting a metal wire used in a wire-cut electrical discharge machine includes a first guide roller and a second guide roller movable relative to the first guide roller for clamping the metal wire that passes between the first guide roller and the second... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080179297 - Bevel etcher with gap control: A device for cleaning a bevel edge of a semiconductor substrate. The device includes a lower electrode assembly that has a top surface and is adapted to support the substrate and an upper electrode assembly that has a bottom surface opposing the top surface. The lower and upper electrode assemblies... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080179298 - Method of detecting an object to be detected in a joining device, joining device, and joining method: Provided is a detection method of detecting presence or absence of an object to be detected in an object hold portion that is used together with an irradiation portion that irradiates the object to be detected with a heat ray, holds the object to be detected, and has an opening,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080179299 - Soldering nozzle and apparatus using the same: To improve the reliability of soldering so as to improve the quality of the products manufactured thereby. Provided is a solder nozzle having a heating beam irradiation hole formed therein for irradiating a heating beam to a solder ball placed between each of bonding pads formed in respective bonding targets.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080179300 - Diamond hard coating of ferrous substrates: The present invention relates to hard coating of ferrous metal substrates using a laser beam with diamond particles in a metal matrix produced from precursor powders of metals which bond to the diamond particles and to the ferrous substrate. The hard coating is particularly useful for white iron castings for... Agent: Ian C. Mcleod Mcleod & Moyne, P.C.

20080179301 - Systems and methods for etching materials: Systems and methods for etching materials are disclosed herein. Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter include methods for marking at least one capillary, including etching the at least one capillary with a laser, as well as methods for reading the resulting markings using a second laser. Further embodiments incorporate the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080179303 - Apparatus and method for manufacture: A combustor component with cooling apertures has the apertures formed by laser drilling. The machining apparatus comprises a beam generator for generating a beam for directing at the combustor component and a beam trap. The component is translated relative to the beam and the beam is directed to the beam... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080179302 - Via hole forming method: A method of forming a via hole reaching a bonding pad in a wafer having a plurality of devices on the front surface of a substrate and bonding pads formed on each of the devices by applying a pulse laser beam from the rear surface side of the substrate, wherein... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080179304 - Methods and systems for laser processing continuously moving sheet material: Systems and methods for laser processing continuously moving sheet material include one or more laser processing heads configured to illuminate the moving sheet material with one or more laser beams. The sheet material may include, for example, an optical film continuously moving from a first roller to a second roller... Agent: Electro Scientific Industries/stoel Rives, LLP

20080179305 - Torque arm assembly: A method of manufacturing a torque arm assembly for use in an automotive vehicle utilizing a cold hybrid MIG technique to minimize the introduction of excessive heat into the welded sheet metal panel components of the assembly. Outer and inner metal panels of the assembly are formed with edges along... Agent: Automotive Components Holdings LLC C/o Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080179306 - Heater for automotive vehicle and method of forming same: There is disclosed a heater for an automotive vehicle or other article of manufacture. The heater typically includes a first conductive medium and a second conductive medium disposed upon a carrier. In a preferred embodiment, the first conductive medium includes a first section and a second section that are electrically... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20080179307 - Electric blanket and system and method for making an electric blanket: An electric blanket has a woven web of warp and weft fibers. At least a portion of the warp fibers are electrically conductive. At least a portion of the weft fibers are electrically conductive and interweave with the electrically conductive warp fibers at a first area of the web. A... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20080179308 - Thermal activation printer: The present invention includes: a printing portion (12) for performing printing on a printing layer of a sheet material (5) including a sheet-like base having one surface provided with the printing layer and another surface provided with a heat-sensitive adhesive layer; a thermal activation portion (15) for heating the heat-sensitive... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Adams & Wilks

20080179309 - Soldering iron with direct current powered heating element: A soldering iron includes a handle body having a gripping section for gripping by a user during operation of the soldering iron; an electrical cord supplying power to the handle body; a soldering tip assembly supported by the handle body and having a mounting end disposed proximal the handle body... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20080179310 - Electric arc furnace runner and method of forming an expendable lining of an electric arc furnace runner: The refractory material applied to an electric arc furnace runner is 85 to 95 wt. percent alumina, and 5 to 15 wt. percent aqueous sodium silicate. The heat from molten metal being processed is transmitted to the refractory material of the present invention by contact of the molten metal with... Agent: Minerals Technologies, Inc.

20080179311 - Infant feeding system: An apparatus for heating a liquid is described. The apparatus includes a housing. A liquid reservoir is contained within the housing. A fluid circuit conveys liquid from the reservoir to a dispenser. A thermal energy storage unit is contained within the housing and disposed to be in thermal contact with... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080179313 - Acoustic wave resonator with integrated temperature control for oscillator purposes: The present invention relates to a resonator structure, temperature compensation method and temperature control apparatus for controlling local temperature of a resonator structure. At least one heating element (55) is integrated on a substrate of the resonator structure, and a temperature control signal generated based on a stored temperature characteristic... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080179312 - Heater controller: A heater controller that ensures required characteristics and operation for a control rectifying element even in a freezing environment. The control rectifying element is for connection to a heater and an AC power supply for supplying AC voltage to the heater, in which the control rectifying element controls the supply... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080179314 - Positive temperature heating element with heat sinks: The invention is a novel heating unit utilizing a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) heater, and fixing the PTC heater between two heat sinks. The new heater is placed in the blower output, and negates the need for a separate heater layer under the trim of an automotive seat.... Agent: Kang Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20080179315 - Laminated sheet heater, laminated sheet heater with lead wire, battery structure with heater, and heater unit: There is provided a laminated sheet heater whose mounting space is small, a lead wire-equipped laminated sheet heater that requires only a small mounting space and provides high reliability of electrical connection between a heater element and a lead wire, a heater-equipped battery structure provided with the laminated sheet heater... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080179316 - Method for the construction of an induction hob, as well as an induction hob: An induction hob comprises an inductor support plate with an opening therein. The position and size of the opening are defined in such a way that the opening is equally spaced at its edges relative to at least three inductors to be fitted to the inductor support plate. A tray-like... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080179317 - Large kitchen professional oven with improved lighting: The oven is an oven with at least dual heating by microwaves, on the one hand, and by convection or by steam, on the other, comprising a cooking cavity (2) and a door (1) for closing the cavity including a first internal sealing glazing (4) and a second internal intermediate... Agent: Thompson Hine LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080179318 - apparatus and method for vacuum microwave drying of food products: The present invention discloses an improved apparatus and method for making a vacuum microwaved food product on a commercial scale. The invention discloses a rotatable carousel having an annular region for a food product for placement into a vacuum microwave. Food products such as strawberries or cheese can be placed... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20080173617 - Electric discharge machining apparatus: A voltage measurement circuit is connected between an electrode and a workpiece by a parallel cable through a resistor to measure a machining gap voltage. The parallel cable, like a television antenna feeder line, is formed such that two conductive wires are parallel fixed by an insulating and flexible material... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080173618 - Method for detecting and compensating electrode wear of electric discharge machining: A method for detecting and compensating electrode wear of electric discharge machining (EDM) is disclosed, which comprises the steps of: defining a calibration node; calculating a wear length of a tool electrode by an edge-finding algorithm; using the calculated wear length of the tool electrode as a cut compensation for... Agent: Wpat, Pc

20080173619 - Modular resistance weld gun: A resistance welding gun is provided that includes an arm assembly having spaced apart plates. First and second spaced apart blocks interconnect the plates and extend between the plates in a first direction. The first and second blocks are machined to provide a desired spacing between the plates. An electrode... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.c.

20080173621 - Plasma assisted oxygen decontaminant generator and sprayer: An atomic oxygen generator/sprayer is invented. An array of three magnetized torches running at 60 Hz is used to generate non-thermal plasma; thus, the plasma effluent has relatively low temperature (touchable) and yet contains high energy electrons (>5 eV) capable to dissociate oxygen molecules to atomic oxygen. The emission spectroscopy... Agent: Spencer Kuo

20080173622 - Consumable component parts for a plasma torch: A component for a plasma arc torch includes a body portion, a tapered surface on the body portion, the tapered surface including a compressible member that provides a disengagement force relative to the body portion, and an axially disposed surface on the body portion for coupling a mating surface on... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20080173623 - Laser cutoff stacker assembly: The present invention contemplates a machine and method for performing the laser sealing and laser cutting of flexible material into segments, such as a polymeric web in which the segments will ultimately be individual bags. The machine includes a generally cylindrical drum having openings on an exterior surface. A laser... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p.

20080173620 - Apparatuses and methods for irradiating a substrate to avoid substrate edge damage: Apparatuses and methods are provided for processing a substrate having an upper surface that includes a central region, a peripheral region, and an edge adjacent to the peripheral region. An image having an intensity sufficient to effect thermal processing of the substrate is scanned across the upper surface of the... Agent: Peters Verny , L.l.p.

20080173624 - Method and apparatus for repairing turbine components: The present invention includes an apparatus and method by which the three-dimensional form or configuration of a distorted workpiece, such as a turbine component, is reverse engineered, and then this reverse engineering capability is combined with welding equipment, preferably a laser powder fusion welder, all integrally carried within a single... Agent: Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, LLP

20080173625 - Welding head: A welding head for a welding device is operable to weld a component which is not rotationally symmetrical onto a workpiece. A head attachment includes a holding device for holding the component and to carry a welding current to the component. A mouthpiece is arranged around the holding device and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080173626 - Capacitive discharge welding power supply and capacitive discharge welder using the same: A capacitive discharge (CD) welder includes a charging circuit, a capacitor bank, an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), a pulse transformer and a secondary circuit. The charging circuit takes incoming electricity and charges a capacitor bank. The capacitor bank stores energy. The IGBT electrically connects and disconnects the capacitor bank... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080173627 - Configurable padding for pets: A pet pad that can be configured to fit in a variety of different vehicle cargo spaces. The pet pad has a main portion and a plurality of extending portions coupled to the main portion. The extending portions have a first position in which they are drawn into the main... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080173628 - Heating system for motor vehicles: The invention refers to a motor vehicle heating system comprising several heating elements, several voltage connectors for connecting the heating elements to a supply voltage, and a plug-on connector receptacle in which the voltage connectors are arranged as contact reeds. According to the invention the plug-in connector receptacle is provided... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20080173629 - Shut-off timer for a heating blanket: A blanket for warming patients during surgery and other medical procedures. The blanket includes one or more temperature sensors and a shut-off timer to prevent prolonged exposure of excessive heat to a patient. Embodiments of the present invention provide a safety feature that cuts power to a heating blanket after... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.a.

20080173630 - Heating plate for hair straightening iron and its manufacturing process: The manufacturing process of the heating plate for hair straightening iron is developed following these stages: 1) Preparation of the ceramic powder which comprises the milling of dispersants and adding of solvents, the mixing with the binding agent and adding of plasticizer; a viscosity control of the result is made,... Agent: Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

20080173631 - Electronically controlled warmer drawer: An electronically controlled warmer drawer that supports a plurality of products, e.g., towels, in a drawer that is attached to a housing is disclosed. The housing includes a plurality of flow paths constructed to facilitate the passage of a heated gas flow through the cavity defined by the drawer. The... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080173632 - Pan sensor and heat generation unit having the pan sensor and cooking range having the heat generation unit and control method thereof: A pan sensor capable of stably detecting the mounting of a cooking pan without error, a heat generation unit having the pan sensor, a cooking range having the heat generation unit and a control method thereof are disclosed. The cooking range includes a top plate for mounting a cooking pan... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080173633 - Apparatus for controlling an electrical cooker and related method thereof: The present invention provides a micro-control unit a RC oscillator for generating a reference clock, a plurality of touch switches for generating a transition signal indicating one of the touch switches being touched by human beings, a plurality of analog switches coupled to the touch switches for controlling transmission of... Agent: Wpat, Pc

20080173634 - Cooktop: A cooktop has a metal support plate upon which heating equipment can be mounted and a control casing for housing or attaching a control unit or electronics. Fasteners allow for detachable connection of the metal support plate and the control casing to each other, and comprise fastenings formed on the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080173635 - Redundant control circuit for hot melt adhesive hose assembly heater circuits and temperature sensors: A redundant control circuit comprises a pair of heater circuits for heating a hot melt adhesive hose assembly to a predetermined temperature level, and a pair of temperature sensors which are used to sense the temperature of the hot melt adhesive hose assembly and to control energization of the heater... Agent: Steven W. Weinrieb Law Offices Of Steven W. Weinrieb

20080173636 - Apparatus, arrangement and method for supporting a helical wire coil heating element: An apparatus, arrangement and method for supporting a helical wire coil heating element is provided. The apparatus includes a generally circular support frame having an open center portion and a plurality of supporting arms extending radially inward into the open center portion. Insulating standoffs are supported on the supporting arms... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080173637 - Insulated waterproof heater: An insulated waterproof-type heater includes: a heat-generating body unit including, an heat-generating element, an electrode member superposed in contact with the heat-generating element, an insulating sheet enveloping the heat-generating element and the electrode member, and a tubular body containing internally the heat-generating element and the electrode member that are enveloped... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080173638 - Encapsulated graphite heater and process: A graphite heater and method of forming a graphite heater comprising a graphite body configured to form an electrical heating circuit for at least one heating zone through the graphite encapsulated in a continuous overcoat layer comprising at least one of a nitride, carbide, carbonitride or oxynitride of elements selected... Agent: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.-quartz C/o Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20080173639 - Plastic container for food: Plastic container for food includes a base body. The material from which said base body is manufactured includes a plastic or plastic into which electrically conductive particles are embedded for obtaining electrical conductivity of the material for induction heating of food received in the container, in use.... Agent: Shlesinger, Arkwright & Garvey LLP

20080173640 - Heating apparatus: Heating apparatus, particularly for heating materials contained within drums or similar containers, has a metal base plate 12 with an induction heating coil 16 beneath the plate. The container 24 to be heated is placed on the base, and may be surrounded by a cylindrical jacket 28 with a further... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080173641 - Microwave plasma apparatus and method for materials processing: A microwave plasma apparatus for processing a material includes a plasma chamber, a microwave radiation source, and a waveguide guiding microwave radiation from the microwave radiation source to the plasma chamber. A process gas flows through the plasma chamber and the microwave radiation couples to the process gas to produce... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080169272 - Method and apparatus for automatic gas control for a plasma arc torch: A method and apparatus for controlling a gas supply to a plasma arc torch uses a proportional control solenoid valve positioned adjacent the torch to manipulate the gas flow to the torch, thereby extending electrode life during arc transfer and shutdown. Swirl ring design can be simplified and gas supply... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20080169273 - Laser cavity particularly for laser welding apparatus: A laser cavity is particularly provided for a laser welding apparatus or welder. A resonator is provided having an exciting light source and a laser rod excited by the light source as well as a mirror member for producing an output laser beam. A shield member having a through opening... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20080169274 - Laser beam machining apparatus: A laser beam machining apparatus includes: a laser beam oscillator; a beam adjusting unit which is disposed between the laser beam oscillator and a condenser lens and by which the beam diameter and the divergence angle of the laser beam oscillated from the laser beam oscillator are adjusted; and a... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080169275 - Hybrid laser processing apparatus: l

20080169276 - Consumable electrode type welding method: In a conventional consumable electrode type welding method, owing to the need of the reversing operation of a robot manipulator, an extra response time as well as acceleration and deceleration times are necessary and, at the same time, the feed speed of a welding wire is not be able to... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080169277 - Lighted welding torch: Provided is system for aiding a welding operator in positioning a welding device. The system includes a welding device and a light source coupled to the welding device, wherein the light source is configured to generate a focused beam of light that is configured to illuminate a weld location. The... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20080169278 - Hair curler: A hair curler that can rapidly impart a strong, attractive curl without causing damage or loss of shine, and which can reduce setting time. The hair curler has a curler body formed of a heat resistant resin to which are admixed silicon dioxide based multi-element mineral powder, formed by crushing... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20080169279 - Heating device, coating and developing system, heating method and storage medium: A heating device has a heating chamber 3. An initial temperature distribution is created in a surface of a substrate (wafer W) when the substrate is carried into the heating chamber 3 . . . . Temperature distribution creating means (heating lamps 2) creates a preheating temperature distribution in the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080169280 - Slow cooker with nestable containers: A slow cooker includes a cooking base having a heating element and an open end. The slow cooker has a first container sized to fit within the open end of the cooking base. The first container has an opening for receiving foodstuff. The volume of the first container is sized... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080169281 - Deep fryer for cooking foodstuff: A deep fryer including a housing, a pot positioned in the housing and a basket which is removably positioned in the pot. The basket includes first and second handle attachment brackets that mount each of first and second handles to opposite sides of the basket.... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080169282 - Temperature measurement and control of wafer support in thermal processing chamber: Apparatus and methods for achieving uniform heating or cooling of a substrate during a rapid thermal process are disclosed. More particularly, apparatus and methods for controlling the temperature of an edge ring supporting a substrate and/or a reflector plate during a rapid thermal process to improve temperature uniformity across the... Agent: Diehl Servilla LLC

20080169283 - Microwave oven with at least one match plate: p

20080164240 - System and method for multi-pulse laser processing: Laser pulses are selected from a group of closely spaced laser pulses with an optical modulator by adjusting pulse timing relative to an impingement interval. An adjusted pulse is moved from an impingement interval to a non-impingement interval and is blocked. The blocked laser source is stabilized by running nearly... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20080164241 - Method for the production of a can body, and can body: To fix a valve piece encompassing a connecting shell and a valve to a can jacket, an embodiment of a method includes a welding step in which the connecting shell of the valve piece is fastened to the can jacket as a top closing element along with the valve by... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080164242 - Laser indicated pneumatic cutter: A laser indicated pneumatic tool includes a body having a tooling head, a locating holder integrally formed with the tooling head of the body, a laser indicator received in the locating holder. The laser indicator includes a transmission member, cells and a switch lid disposed behind the cells. A push... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080164243 - Gas nozzle for arc welding: A simple and inexpensive gas nozzle for arc welding capable of reducing adhesion of sputter and enhancing welding quality and welding workability. A gas nozzle (5) so fixed removably to the torch head (2) of a welding torch (1) as to surround a contact chip (4) for feeding a welding... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080164244 - Delivery of solid chemical precursors: Systems and methods are provided for delivering solid precursors. In certain embodiments of the present application, a flow monitor, pressure sensor, or temperature sensor is used to measure and regulate the flow of vaporized solid precursor material from a vaporization chamber to a deposition chamber. To avoid condensation of the... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP One Dayton Centre

20080164245 - Bread baking support and associated appliance: A bread baking support for a baking appliance, the support having at least one mold of elongated shape having a substantially semicircular cross-section. The longitudinal edges of the support have substantially vertical walls.... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080164246 - Barbecue grill: A barbecue grill for cooking an object. The barbecue grill includes a first resistive element subassembly energizable for generating heat to cook the object, and a second resistive element subassembly energizable for generating heat to cook the object.... Agent: Valentine A Cottrill Susan Tandan

20080164247 - Induction heating system: The invention is an induction heating system comprising a first article having a metallic mesh lining; and a second article having a coil for receiving an alternating electrical current; wherein the coil induces a current in the metallic mesh lining when the second pad is placed in close proximity to... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rus) C/o Rudolf O Siegesmund Gordon & Rees, LLP

20080164248 - Method and device for brazing connections by induction heating: A method and device for soldering plural electrical connections, in which contact elements have to be soldered to soldered-connection faces positioned on a non-metallic glazing. In the method a soldering tool is used to emit a magnetic field towards the solder spots to heat these by induction. The magnitude and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080164249 - Heating device for an inductive cooking device: A heating device for an inductive cooking device is provided and includes a first resonant circuit, with at least one first and one second inductor, for the transmission of heat energy to a heating element for heating thereof and a first circuit for energising the first resonant circuit and introduction... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080164250 - Magnetic heat generation: A magnetic heater is provided having a conductor assembly and a magnet assembly. The magnet assembly is adapted to rotate relative to the conductor assembly about an axis so as to induce eddy currents in the conductor assembly when relative motion is produced between the conductor assembly and first magnet... Agent: Paul J. Fordenbacher Silicon Forest Patent Group

20080156776 - Resistance welding method and conductor unit: The resistance welding method of welding two objects together includes the steps of: clamping the objects between a pair of electrodes; and applying a current between the electrodes while the objects are pressed to bring them close to each other to allow a contacting surface between them to generate heat.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080156779 - Apparatus for manufacturing optical fiber bragg grating, optical fiber, and mid-infrared optical fiber laser: Provided is an apparatus for manufacturing an optical fiber Bragg grating. The optical fiber Bragg grating manufacturing apparatus includes: an optical fiber; a laser for irradiating a laser beam to the optical fiber to change a refractive index of a core of the optical fiber; an optical system for periodically... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080156778 - Laser engraving mechanism and engraving method of using the same: A laser engraving mechanism (100) for engraving a workpiece (16) includes an image receiver (12), an image processor (13), an engraving controller (14), and a laser emitting member (15). The image receiver screens the workpiece to form an image of the workpiece and transforms the image of the workpiece into... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080156780 - Substrate markings: Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided to generate markings on the side of a substrate. The markings represent information. In an embodiment, the information provided in the markings may be used to collect information during an assembly process.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080156777 - Laser punching machine: Punching machine for the execution of holes on metal plates comprising a laser cutting head slidably supported by a pair of slides movable along a pair of Cartesian axes in a relatively restricted space with high velocities and accelerations. Movable balancing masses are operatively associated to the first and to... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti Pc

20080156782 - Method and apparatus for welding and control thereof: A method and apparatus for welding includes one or more of a welding type power source, a feedback circuit, a wire feeder and a controller. The controller preferably has an eta control circuit responsive to the feedback. It also has a control loop having a response time responsive to the... Agent: Corrigan Law Office

20080156781 - Method for controlling and/or regulating a welding apparatus, and welding apparatus: The invention relates to a method for controlling and/or regulating a welding apparatus (1) with a welding wire (13), wherein after ignition of an electric arc (15), a cold metal transfer welding process is conducted, as well as to a welding apparatus (1) for conducting the method. For creating more... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080156783 - Portable multi-wire feeder: A portable wire feeder system is disclosed that includes multiple wire supplies disposed in a case or luggage. The system has a number of embodiments each including multiple wire sources and at least one wire feeder disposed in the case. In a one embodiment multiple wire supplies and a wire... Agent: Tait R. Swanson Fletcher Yoder

20080156784 - Solid wire: A solid wire contains in mass percent C 0.005 to 0.080%, Si 0.30 to 1.20%, Mn 1.15 to 1.65%, S 0.050 to 0.200%, P 0.017% or less, O 0.0070% or less, and N 0.0050% or less, wherein C+(P*5)≦0.135 mass percent is satisfied, and the remainder includes Fe and impurities, and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080156785 - Temperature control for performing heat process on resist film: A temperature control method for a heat process on a resist film on a substrate includes first and second steps. The first step includes measuring a stepped response waveform of measured temperatures of a substrate at measurement points while changing stepwise each target temperature, then using this result to compose... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080156786 - Direct current powered heating pad for bed: A DC powered electric heating pad for a bed is invented comprising a plurality of carbon fiber filaments (2a) arranged in parallel for generating heat, a power distributing element (2c) for supplying power to the carbon fiber filaments (2a), a pair of metal bands (2b) for coupling both ends of... Agent: Gwips Peter T. Kwon

20080156787 - System for assembling welding apparatus: A welding apparatus having a system to facilitate its assembly. The apparatus is assembled by affixing a pair of molded end panels to a molded base and each of the end panels has a specially constructed receptacle area that is adapted to receive an end of the base. Each end... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20080156788 - Insulation jacket for a baking oven: A unitary-formed insulation jacket molded to be slidingly engaged around an exterior surface of a conventional baking oven muffle and a method of manufacturing the same. The insulation jacket is vacuum-formed from a slurry that includes high temperature refractory fibers, organic and inorganic binders and filler materials. The insulation jacket... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20080156789 - Platen for use with a thermal attach and detach system which holds components by vacuum suction: The present platen enables a component such as a surface-mount device to be held in close proximity to a contact heating source via vacuum suction. The platen comprises top and bottom thermally conductive surfaces with the top surface held in close proximity to the contact heating source, a through-hole which... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20080156790 - Electrical connection for titanium metal heater in jet turbine applications: An electrical connection for a heater for aerospace components having a titanium containing heater element; a copper containing conductor; and a welded or strong mechanical interface transition connecting the titanium containing heater element and the copper containing conduction transition. The transition has a titanium containing component and a copper containing... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20080156791 - Measurement of analog coil voltage and coil current: The measurement of analog coil voltage and coil current during the energizing of the circuit breaker coil that is connected to the output contact of a protective circuit breaker relay in order to detect an incipient failure of the circuit breaker mechanism... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20080156792 - Microwave range having hood: A microwave range having a hood for removing contaminated air includes a chamber and first and second vent fan assemblies respectively positioned at opposite lateral sides of the chamber. The first and second vent fan assemblies draw contaminated air in through an air inlet located on a bottom surface of... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080156793 - Microwave range having hood: A microwave range includes a primary air inlet through which contaminated air is drawn in and an auxiliary air inlet through which contaminated air is drawn in. A primary vent fan assembly draws in and exhausts contaminated air drawn in through the primary air inlet, and an auxiliary vent fan... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080156794 - Microwave range having hood: A microwave range having a hood for removing contaminated air includes a chamber having an inner cavity configured to receive items to be heated; an electric component room containing electric components, the electric component room being located above an upper wall of the chamber; and an outer case defining at... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080156795 - Microwave range having hood: A microwave range having a hood for removing contaminated air includes a chamber having an electric component containing electric components, and a fan assembly having at least one vent fan and a cooling fan. The vent fan is driven by a fan motor to generate air current for introducing and... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080156796 - Microwave range having hood: A microwave range having a hood for removing contaminated air includes a chamber having an inner chamber configured to receive items to be heated; an electric component room containing electric components; and at least one vent fan and a cooling fan that are driven by a common fan motor to... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C