Electric heating inventions 12/08

20080314875 - Thermal cutter: A thermal cutter for cutting with heat a board mounted upon a table having an internal space includes a plurality of walls and a sound absorbent material. The walls are disposed in the internal space of the table to partition a plurality of exhaust chambers with each of the exhaust... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080314876 - Welding system and method having controlled liner contour and welding wire curvature: A welding system, in certain embodiments, includes a torch having a neck with an arcuate portion, and a resilient jump liner disposed in the neck and extending through the arcuate portion. The resilient jump liner includes a pathway having a curvature configured to bend a welding wire passing through the... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20080314877 - Plasma keyhole welding of hardenable steel: w

20080314878 - Apparatus and method for controlling a machining system: An apparatus for controlling a machining system is provided. The apparatus include an optical unit configured to capture an image of an object based upon radiation generated from the object and an image processing unit configured to process the image and to obtain real-time estimation of parameters associated with manufacture... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080314879 - Systems and methods for adapting parameters to increase throughput during laser-based wafer processing: Systems and methods automatically modify a laser-based system for processing target specimens such as semiconductor wafers. In one embodiment, the laser-based system detects a trigger associated with a processing model. The processing model corresponds to a set of wafers. In response to the trigger, the system automatically adjusts one or... Agent: Electro Scientific Industries/stoel Rives, LLP

20080314880 - Laser processing machine with an optical diaphragm: A laser processing machine includes focusing optics that intermediately focus the laser beam inside a beam guiding cavity. The laser processing machine also includes an optical diaphragm disposed in the area of the intermediate focus for forming the laser beam, the diaphragm aperture diameter being about 1.2 to about 2.5... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080314881 - Sub-micron laser direct write: A method of directing a pulse of laser energy though a workpiece. The workpiece has: a substrate that transmits the laser energy; focusing elements on a surface of the substrate proximal to the laser that focus the laser energy; and a coating on the substrate distal to the laser that... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20080314882 - Method of making a biosensor: The present invention relates to a method of forming a biosensor. The method includes providing a substrate coated with a electrically conductive material, ablating the electrically conductive material to form electrodes and a code pattern, wherein there is sufficient contrast between the conductive coating and the substrate such that the... Agent: The Law Office Of Jill L. Woodburn, LLC

20080314883 - Laser processing method and equipment: A laser processing method and apparatus capable of forming an extremely minute modified area not exceeding half the diffraction limit value of the laser wavelength used for processing without causing plasma in a processing object such as a dielectric material substrate or semiconductor material substrate. In this technology, attention is... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20080314884 - Method of controlling arc welding and welding apparatus: A wire feeding speed is decreased to a level lower than a base wire feeding speed in a short-circuiting period, and set to the base wire feeding speed in an arcing period. During the arcing period, a welding current is increased to a predetermined peak value by means of current... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080314885 - System and method for battery-assisted, engine-driven welding-type process: A welding-type system and method for providing supplemental output power in an engine-driven, welding-type system. The welding-type system includes a battery, an engine, and a generator coupled to the engine to be driven to generate a power. The system also includes a power conditioning circuit configured to convert the power... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080314886 - Ctew process: In CTEW process, U.S. Pat. No. 6,127,643, a process of reducing the residual stress during welding process is described. In this process a material is deposited at the Trailing Edge of Weld (TEW) that absorbs the heat from the solidifying weld metal. This causes the directional solidification effect in the... Agent: Madhav A. Unde

20080314887 - Welding method and welding system with determination of the position of the welding torch: The invention relates to a welding method and a welding system that use a welding torch, the position of which is determined. In order to develop such a welding method and system, with which it is possible to reliably determine the position of the welding torch in three dimensions, it... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080314888 - Sealing mechanism for hand-held electric sealer: An improved sealing mechanism includes a heat insulation base, a heating portion, and a compression spring, where the heat insulation base has a left side part, a middle part, and a right side part. The heating portion includes at least two heating wires equidistantly spaced from each other a certain... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080314889 - Glow plug system, controlling device and method for controlling the power of a glow plug: The description discloses a glow plug system for a Diesel engine of a motor vehicle having a glow plug (RG1, RG2) which comprises a positive terminal for connecting a supply voltage (U1) and a ground terminal for connecting to a ground potential (GND), a controlling device (1) for controlling the... Agent: Walter A. Hackler

20080314890 - Ceramic igniters: Ceramic igniters are provided that comprise at least three zones of differing electrical resistance, preferably in sequence a first conductive zone of relatively low resistance, a power booster or enhancement zone of intermediate resistance, and a further hot or ignition zone of high resistance. Igniters of the invention can provide... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080314891 - Electric stove: An electric stove 10 includes electric heating elements 32a and 32b disposed out of positions immediately below objects to be heated 62, partially elliptical mirror sections 16a and 16b reflecting heat rays radiated from the electric heating elements 32a and 32b, and first reflective mirror sections 22a and 22b disposed... Agent: Okada C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080314892 - Radiant shield: A radiant shield and a furnace employing a radiant shield for controlled heating and treatment of material using infrared radiation. The furnace is capable of improved temperature control where material treated by the furnace may interfere with the quality of a measured temperature signal and temperature control based on that... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20080314893 - Heating device with adjusting electrical contact: An electrical heating device is disclosed that is suitable to vaporize air treatment chemicals from an impregnated substrate. The device is provided with a PCT heater held between electrical contacts and a spring that is compressed between the housing of the heating device and one of the electrical contacts to... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20080314894 - Microwave application: A microwave applicator comprising a coaxial electrical input (4) and a waveguide (1) filled with dielectric (2), an inner conductor (7) of the coaxial input extending longitudinally within one end of the waveguide to launch microwaves in the TM01 mode to travel to the distal end face (8) of the... Agent: Law Offices Of Eugene M. Cummings, P.C.

20080314895 - Enhanced sample processing devices, systems and methods: Devices, systems, and methods for processing sample materials. The sample materials may be located in a plurality of process chambers in the device, which is rotated during heating of the sample materials.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080308533 - Spot welding system and method for adjusting welding-gun closing speed: A spot welding system including a welding gun with an electrode pair actuated by a servo-motor, a robot carrying the welding gun or objective workpieces and operating to change the relative positions and orientations of the welding gun and the workpieces, and a gun motion controller controlling the servo-motor to... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080308535 - Atmospheric-pressure plasma jet: A plasma jet apparatus for performing plasma processing of an article includes: an elongated central electrode (2,15), an elongated cylindrical outer electrode (1) or two outer electrodes (15,16) surrounding the central electrode and being coaxial with the central electrode, or two electrodes substantially parallel to the central electrode. an electrical... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080308536 - Approach for assembling and repairing probe assemblies using laser welding: An approach for assembling and repairing probe assemblies using laser welding includes aligning a beam element to a post element on a probe substrate. The beam element is positioned in contact with the post element on the probe substrate. The beam element is then attached to the post element on... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080308537 - Method and apparatus for fast and local anneal of anti-ferromagnetic (af) exchange-biased magnetic stacks: A method (and structure) of thermally treating a magnetic layer of a wafer, includes annealing, for a predetermined short duration, a magnetic layer of a single wafer.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080308534 - Pyrometer for laser annealing system compatible with amorphous carbon optical absorber layer: In a laser annealing system for workpieces such as semiconductor wafers, a pyrometer wavelength response band is established within a narrow window lying between the laser emission band and a fluorescence emission band from the optical components of the laser system, the pyrometer response band lying in a wavelength region... Agent: Robert M. Wallace Law Office Of Robert M. Wallace

20080308538 - Powder delivery nozzle: A powder delivery nozzle (32), for a laser cladding delivery head (38), includes inner and outer sleeves (52, 54). The inner sleeve (52) defines a central passage enabling a laser beam to pass along the nozzle axis. The sleeves (52, 54) define a multi-branched longitudinally extending powder flow-path system (52,... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080308539 - Tandem welding carriage with changeable wheel configuration and modular construction: An invention is provided which comprises a tandem welding carriage having at least two welding carriages coupled to each other. Each of the welding carriages having a base, rear wheel assemblies disposed at one end of the base, and welding attachment portions. The two welding carriages are coupled to each... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20080308540 - Engine driven welding machine: An engine driven welding machine which is favorable in operability and has high reliability and reliably performs idle stop and restart is provided. An engine driven welding machine in which a welding generator is driven by an engine, and the aforesaid engine performs an idle operation when a welding operation... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080308541 - Engine driven welding machine: An engine driven welding machine which is favorable in operability and has high reliability and reliably performs idle stop and restart is provided. An engine driven welding machine in which a welding generator is driven by an engine, and the aforesaid engine performs an idle operation when a welding operation... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080308542 - Heated glass guard with sensorless control for forklift trucks: An open forklift truck is provided having an elongated windshield that protects the operator from wind chills experienced when operating the truck in a cold storage environment. The windshield is a laminate having a plurality of heating elements disposed therein that are electrically connected to a control that monitors speed,... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080308543 - Cigarette lighter for vehicles: A cigarette lighter for a vehicle includes a socket electrically connected to a vehicle battery; and a plug, removably disposed in the socket. The plug includes a push button and an outer housing. The push button is slidable within the outer housing, and includes a heating element. The outer housing... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080308544 - Multifunctional roasting oven: A multifunctional roasting oven comprises a housing with a door that can be opened and closed, and a roasting chamber provided inside the housing, with a heater provided at the lower portion of roasting chamber, and a plurality of horizontal roasting tubes provided at the upper portion of the roasting... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080308545 - Cooking apparatus with divider: Disclosed herein is a cooking apparatus that is capable of partially heating a cooking chamber depending upon an amount of food to be cooked through a relatively simple mechanical structure without using an additional control unit. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking chamber, a hot air supply unit to supply... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080308546 - Indexing method and apparatus for an electroheating technology oven: An oven includes: an inlet elevator having multiple receiving bays for receiving a piece to be heated in the oven where the receiving bays are stacked vertically and the elevator is configured to move up or down to align a receiving bay; a mandrel having multiple shelves to correspond a... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20080308547 - Method of controlling electric kettle for \"dry\" burn prevention: A method of controlling an electric kettle for “dry” burn prevention during heating process, including the steps of: providing a temperature sensor, a microprocessor, and a control circuit; detecting the water temperature; determining the temperature rate change and comparing the temperature rate change with the rate change threshold; and when... Agent: David And Raymond Patent Firm

20080308548 - Active matrix temperature controller array: In an array for temperature controlled cells the cells are driven in an active matrix array. A temperature processing array may be employed in biochip, such as underneath a biosensor or underneath reaction chambers. Due to the active matrix complex driver circuitry may be positioned outside the actual array of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080308549 - Method of manufacturing resistance film heating apparatus and resistance film heating apparatus formed by the same: The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing a resistance film heating apparatus and a resistance film heating apparatus formed by the same. The method comprises: preparing the liquid resistance material; acid washing the surface of the base material; cleaning the surface of the base material; heating and activating the... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080308550 - Magnetic flux guide for continuous high frequency welding of closed profiles: A magnetic flux guide for improvement of continuous induction tube welding process is provided having a magnetic body made from one or several plates of soft magnetic composite (magnetodielectric material) that has permeability of at least 15, saturation flux density greater than about 0.2 T and service temperature of at... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, .p.c

20080308551 - Induction furnace susceptor for heating a workpiece in an inert atmosphere or in a vacuum: A susceptor is provided for an induction furnace having a cylinder, a top and bottom cover sealing the top and bottom ends of the cylinder, and coolant passages within the cylinder and the covers. A coil surrounds the chamber and is hollow to allow flow of coolant therethrough. A susceptor... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20080302766 - Resistance welding machine pinch point safety sensor: There is described a continuity sensing system that operates with a resistance-welding machine. This sensing system measures continuity between the welding electrodes after the welding machine has been initiated and prevents application of high electrode force between the electrodes if the continuity measured is below a reference level. The result... Agent: Faier & Faier P.C.

20080302767 - Plasma cutting machine: A plasma cutting machine cuts stainless steel with good quality. An inactive gas (nitrogen) is supplied as a plasma gas, and a combustible gas (propane) having a specific gravity higher than that of air and having a reducing ability or a mixed gas of the combustible gas (propane) and an... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080302768 - Zero-gap laser welding: A method for laser welding a pair of overlapping metal members together and a weld joint produced by the method. At least one of the metal members has a protective metal coating. The method includes applying a thin layer of an alloying agent on at least one of the metal... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080302769 - Three-dimensional laser beam machining apparatus for long workpiece: There is provided a three-dimensional laser beam machining apparatus for a long workpiece, which includes an automatic loading device for a large variety of materials that feeds materials to a three-dimensional laser beam machine. The automatic loading device 100 for a large variety of materials has a bundle type material... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080302770 - \"machine for removing surfaces of semiconductors and particularly surfaces with integrated circuits\": A machine for removing surfaces of semiconductors with integrated circuits, comprising laser emitters, at least one beam of which strikes at least one semiconductor wafer or at least one fragment thereof, for ablation of a surface layer of preset thickness, supports for the at least one wafer or fragment thereof,... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20080302771 - Laser engraving system and engraving method: A laser engraving system (10) for engraving a unengraved workpiece (20) and an engraving method are provided. The laser engraving system includes an image processor (12), an engraving controller (13), a mechanical arm (14), and a laser (15). The image processor is configured for building a workpiece model (22) corresponding... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080302772 - Process for laser-cutting a pattern for decorating textile articles: l

20080302773 - Arc welding robot: An arc welding robot of the invention is an arc welding robot which operates with a predetermined operation pattern by an operation program taught in advance, and welds a workpiece under predetermined welding conditions set in advance for each predetermined period in the operation pattern, includes: storage means for storing... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080302774 - Method and system for welding parts together: A method for welding weldable parts together, for instance for welding annular objects (1), wherein the parts (IA, IB) are subjected to a thermal resistance upset welding process for making the parts (IA, IB) flow together at contact surfaces (S), wherein the welding process (W) depends on a number of... Agent: Patent Group C/o Dla Piper US LLP

20080302775 - Metal forming apparatus and process with resistance heating: An apparatus for forming a metal article includes a station which receives and supports a workpiece. The station has a source of electrical current and a source of a fluid. The station further includes a first and a second electrode clamp. Each clamp is in electrical communication with the source... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080302776 - Ceramic heater, and glow plug using the same: The protrusion 16 is formed on one end face of the ceramic member 11, and the positive electrode lead-out section 13a which is electrically connected to the heat generating member 12 is drawn out and exposed on the side face of the protrusion 16 at several positions, while the terminal... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080302777 - Glow plug and method of manufacturing the same: A glow plug and related manufacturing method are disclosed. The glow plug includes a heating section for heating a combustion chamber of an engine for promoting an ignition. The heating section includes a ceramic heating element developing a heat when applied with electric power, a ceramic insulating support body embedded... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080302778 - Apparatus and method for maintaining cooked food in a ready-to-use condition: A food warming apparatus includes a heating compartment that can hold one or more trays containing previously cooked food portions. A rack in the heating compartment includes a support member, a channel, and a stop that blocks the front end of the channel. A cover that includes a horizontal section... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080302779 - Cooking appliance which is mounted in an elevated manner: A cooking appliance which is mounted in an elevated manner, which comprises a muffle which defines a cooking chamber and which comprises a muffle opening which is arranged on the base thereof, a base door which is used to close the muffle opening and at least one heating body which... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080302780 - Method of water temperature calibration for electric kettle: A water temperature calibration method for an electric kettle includes the steps of providing a temperature sensor, a microprocessor, and a control circuit; detecting an interior temperature from one of the temperatures of the water, a heating point contacting with the water, and an interior wall of the electric kettle;... Agent: David And Raymond Patent Firm

20080302781 - Processing apparatus and heater unit: A processing apparatus has a placement stage that prevents generation of a crack due to heating of an embedded heater. The placement stage (32A) on which a wafer (W) is placed has a plurality of areas (32Aa, 32Ab) so that one of the plurality of heaters is embedded independently in... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080302782 - Electric range: The present invention relates to an electric range comprising a body (100) for defining an exterior, an upper plate (400) on a top of the body (100), a working coil (210) provided in the body (100) for generating an electromagnetic force, an upper insulating sheet (240) provided to cover an... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080302783 - Actively controlled embedded burn-in board thermal heaters: In one embodiment, a test board includes a plurality of socket locations each to receive a corresponding burn-in socket which in turn is to receive a semiconductor device under test (DUT). Each of the socket locations includes a heating element embedded within the test board, which may be used to... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20080302784 - Water storage device having a powered anode: A powered anode assembly. The powered anode assembly includes an electrode wire, a shield tube, and a connector assembly. The electrode wire has a first portion and a second portion. The shield tube substantially covers the first portion of the electrode wire, leaving a small portion of the first portion... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080302785 - Coil unit and fixing apparatus: A fixing apparatus includes a mold (holding member) formed by injection molding to hold a coil so that the coil maintains a predetermined positional relation with respect to a heating roller, and capable of holding a temperature sensor which detects a temperature of the heating roller and a thermostat which... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080302786 - Induction dryer: In an induction heater, preheated, pressurized air is further heated in the heating cabinet and also drawn into the coil tube via a suction fan. The simultaneous pulling and pushing of the twice-heated air through the tube provides superior air flow to pick up more moisture from the can ends... Agent: Calfee, Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080302787 - Vessel, heating apparatus and method of heating a feedstock: A vessel (10) for a feedstock that is to be heated using radio frequency electromagnetic radiation (EMR), the vessel being adapted for rotation about an axis that passes through the vessel and having an inlet aperture through which the feedstock may be introduced into the vessel and a wall (16)... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080296265 - Shielded metal arc welding machine: A shielded metal arc welding machine having a characteristic with a constant current output characteristic and a drooping output characteristic properly combined is provided. A shielded metal arc welding machine having a constant current output characteristic, characterized by having a desired drooping output characteristic, which has an optional drooping degree... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080296266 - Processing apparatus: A processing head is supported for pivotal movement around a pivot point in a processing apparatus. An urging member applies an urging force to the processing head at the pivot point. The processing apparatus allows establishment of point contact between the urging member and the processing head. When the surface... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080296267 - Spot welding tip for a spot welding machine: A spot welding tip for use in a spot welding machine includes a base portion having a longitudinal base axis that passes through a center of the base portion. A tip portion extends from the base portion and provides a contact surface. The tip portion includes a longitudinal tip axis... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20080296269 - Tig welding equipment and tig welding methods: The TIG welding methods of the present invention include generating an electric arc between an electrode and an object to weld the object, wherein a first shielding gas including an inert gas flows toward the welded object surrounding the electrode, a second shielding gas containing an oxidative gas flows toward... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080296268 - Plasma generator and workpiece processing apparatus using the same: Disclosed are a plasma generator and a workpiece processing apparatus, wherein an adapter 38 is attached to a distal end of each of a plurality of plasma generation nozzles 31 to convert a spot-shaped spout port of the plasma generation nozzle 31 to a lengthwise sport port 387, and a... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080296270 - Real-time implementation of generalized predictive algorithm for direct metal deposition (dmd) process control: A direct metal deposition (DMD) process is stabilized by monitoring the temperature and the shape of the melt pool during deposition, applying a recursive least square (RLS) model estimation algorithm to adaptively identify process characteristics in accordance with the temperature and the shape of the melt pool, and delivering the... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080296271 - Method and apparatus for laser welding: A remote beam laser welding system that includes a mechanism comprising at least one mirror for directing a laser beam at a power level greater that approximately 2 kW to a weld spot of a workpiece and a device configured to direct a shielding gas to the weld spot.... Agent: Butzel LongIPDocketing Dept

20080296272 - Multiple laser wavelength and pulse width process drilling: Dual-beam laser outputs, preferably derived from a single laser beam, improve the quality of the sidewalls of vias drilled in a target material, such as printed circuit board, comprising fiber-reinforced resin. Two embodiments each use two laser output components to remove a portion of target material from a target material... Agent: Electro Scientific Industries/stoel Rives, LLP

20080296273 - Method of and apparatus for laser drilling holes with improved taper: A method of and an apparatus for drilling blind vias with selectable tapers in multilayer electronic circuits permit forming electrical connections between layers while maintaining quality and throughput. The method relies on recognizing that the top diameter of the via and the bottom diameter of the via, which define the... Agent: Electro Scientific Industries/stoel Rives, LLP

20080296274 - Method for laser cutting tubing using inert gas and a disposable mask: A method for making a device includes providing a tubular member which will be formed into the device, masking at least a portion of the inner surface of the tubular member with a removable sacrificial material, selectively removing a portion of the tubular member and sacrificial material using a laser... Agent: Fulwider Patton, LLP (abbott)

20080296275 - Laser beam machining apparatus: A laser beam machining apparatus including a laser beam irradiation unit, the laser beam irradiation unit including: a laser beam oscillator for oscillating a laser beam; a beam splitter by which the laser beam oscillated by the laser beam oscillator is split into a first laser beam and a second... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080296276 - Welding-type power source with integrated open-circuit voltage controller: A welding-type system and method for operating a welding-type system is disclosed. The system includes a switched power delivery circuit connected to deliver power to output terminals and an open-circuit voltage (OCV) control circuit configured to adjust an operational state of the switched power delivery circuit. A controller is included... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080296277 - Induction heated, hot wire welding: A hot wire welding process. An induction coil is used to preheat the filler metal wire prior to its entering the welding puddle/arc region. An induction coil is placed in close proximity to the welding arc. The filler wire is guided by the delivery nozzle so that the filler wire... Agent: Bwx Technologies, Inc. Law Department - Intellectual Property

20080296278 - Automatic welding wire feed adjuster: An automatic wire feed adjuster, including a feeding mechanism including a pair of rollers that feeds a wire therebetween, a tension controller that adjusts a tension between the pair of rollers, a wire speed sensor that measures a fed speed of the wire after exiting the feeding mechanism, and a... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20080296279 - Wheel well de-icer: A heater for a wheel well includes a layer of material contoured to fit within a top of a wheel well of a vehicle. A heating element is coupled to the layer of material, and an electrical connector is coupled to the heating element and adapted to be coupled to... Agent: Dylan P. Forrest

20080296280 - Method and apparatus for controlling phase of ac power and method of controlling heating element of fixing unit: A method of controlling a phase of an alternating current (AC) power having an AC voltage waveform having a predetermined cycle includes counting a number of times a zero crossing signal has been generated, the zero crossing signal being generated whenever a level of the AC voltage waveform becomes “0”;... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080296281 - Glow plug containing a combustion chamber pressure sensor: The invention relates to a glow plug (11) comprising a combustion chamber pressure sensor (19) for an internal combustion engine. Said plug essentially consists of a housing (13), a glow element (17) that is located in the housing (13) and a channel (21) for measuring the combustion chamber pressure. An... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080296282 - Heat processing furnace and method of manufacturing the same: The object of the present invention is to reduce a frictional resistance which is generated between a support member and a heating resistor when the heating resistor is thermally expanded and thermally shrunk, whereby generation of a permanent deformation of the heating resistor caused by a residual stress thereof can... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080296283 - Continuous infrared furnace: A furnace of controlled heating and treatment of material using infrared radiation. The furnace is capable of continuous infrared treating of material with consistent radiation being applied to the material, ease of access to the furnace for maintenance cleaning and repair, excellent control of radiant cooling of the material to... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20080296284 - Combination speed cooking oven: A combination cooking oven is disclosed comprising a cooking cavity, a controller, thermal heating source, blower assembly, air directing means, deflecting means and a vent assembly wherein speed cooking or slower cooking of food products may be accomplished within the same appliance by movement of a gas baffle.... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20080296285 - Process for automatically controlling the heating/cooking of a food item in a cooking oven and cooking oven adapted to carry out such process: A method for automatically controlling the heating/cooking of a food item in a cooking oven having a door, heaters and an oven temperature acquisition system, comprising the steps of measuring the total electrical power (Pin) absorbed by the oven, measuring the oven temperature, and assessing the actual power (Pload) transferred... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20080296286 - Portable warmer: A warmer bag includes a casing, a warmer bag, a heating arrangement including a heating element for heating up a fluid contained in the warmer bag at an usable temperature, and a safety arrangement electrically coupling with the heating arrangement, wherein when the heat exchanging fluid is heated above the... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20080296287 - Heating device: A heating device includes an electrically conductive heating wire unit having two opposite end portions and a middle portion extending between the end portions, a phase-change material enclosing the middle portion of the heating wire unit and that is capable of storing heat through phase changing, and an enclosure enclosing... Agent: Perman & Green

20080296288 - Filter for diesel fuel with heater: A filter (1) for diesel fuel comprising a tank (11), a filtering cartridge (2) which subdivides the inner volume of the tank (11) into two distinct chambers (50, 60), to which an input conduit (14) of the fuel to be filtered and an output conduit (15) of the filtered fuel... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080296289 - Movable heating system having fixed heating source for brazing stator bars: A heating system for brazing a stator bar to a clip including: a heating coil having a seat to receive the stator bar and clip; a heating mass adapted to fit into the seat of the coil, and an extendible press applying the mass to the stator bar or clip.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20080296290 - Transverse flux induction heating apparatus and compensators: An apparatus and process are provided for inductively heating a workpiece by transverse flux induction. The apparatus comprises a pair of identical coils, each of which includes a reversed head section bent to the opposite side of the workpiece. The assembled pair of coils is configured to effectively form a... Agent: Philip O. Post Indel, Inc.

20080296291 - Warm wave generating system: A warm wave generating system includes a direct-current power supply, a frequency generator to output a variable signal wave at a predetermined frequency range, a transformer in which a primary coil through which a direct current outputted from the direct-current power supply can pass is opposed to a secondary coil... Agent: Kevin J. Mcneely, Esq.

20080296292 - Heater assembly for microwave oven and microwave oven having the same: The present invention relates to a heater assembly for a microwave oven. A heater assembly for a microwave oven according to the present invention comprises a ceramic heater and a halogen heater for providing heat used for cooking food in a cooking chamber provided in a cavity assembly; a heater... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080296293 - Voc waste gas microwave burning furnace: A VOC waste gas microwave burning furnace uses nano titanium dioxide as a catalyst, which is coated on a carrier substance, such as an activated carbon. The titanium dioxide coated carrier substance is charged in a plurality of refractory ceramic/glass tubes arranged in a carrier in a reaction tank of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080296294 - Pure steam torch by microwaves for reforming of hydrocarbon fuels: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for generating pure steam torch by microwaves and more particularly to the microwave steam torch for reforming hydrocarbon fuels by injecting steam into discharge tube energized by microwaves and by injecting the fuels into high temperature steam-plasma. The invention provides a... Agent: Han Sup Uhm