Electric heating inventions 01/09

20090026173 - Method and apparatus for welding an article: Disclosed is a method for welding an article, the method including the steps of placing the article in an enclosure with walls that enclose the article on all sides, the enclosure having a heating device associated therewith, the heating device configured and sized to uniformly heat the article over at... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090026174 - Methods for performing manual laser deposition: Methods for performing manual laser deposition are provided. In this regard, a representative method includes: directing a laser beam at a first deposit location of a substrate to re-melt: at least a portion of a first deposit of weld filler, at least a portion of a second deposit of weld... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090026175 - Ion fusion formation process for large scale three-dimensional fabrication: An ion fusion formation (IFF) system and method is used to fabricate a large scale three-dimensional structure in a continuous manner from successive layers of feedstock material. The system includes a moveable positioning arm coupled to a control platform. The positioning arm includes a deposition head, including a high energy... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090026176 - Stud welding tool adjustment mechanisms: The present technology relates to adjustment mechanisms for control settings on stud weld tools. Stud welding tools typically have a body that comprises a handle, a front end and a rear end. In one aspect, the present technology relates to plunge adjustment mechanisms for stud welding tools that are located... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090026177 - Device and method for controlling welding angle: An object of the invention is to provide a device and a method for controlling a welding angle which is capable of resolving restrictions occurred when a conventional float type welding angle control device is used to manufacture a welded pipe, and giving full play to the ability of such... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20090026179 - Thermal cutting method: The invention pertains to a thermal cutting method, in which a cutting gas is introduced into a cutting nozzle and guided onto the work piece to be processed by means of the cutting nozzle, wherein the invention is characterized in that multiple changes of the cutting gas composition are realized... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20090026180 - Plasma arc torch cutting component with optimized water cooling: A nozzle, retaining cap, or shield for a plasma arc torch that includes a surface defining a conductive contact portion for exchanging heat with an adjacent torch component. The adjacent torch component can be a retaining cap, electrode or nozzle. The surface of the nozzle, retaining cap, or shield can... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20090026181 - Radio frequency power supply: A plasma supply device includes a full bridge circuit that is connected to a DC power supply and that has two half bridges each with two series connected switching elements. The plasma supply device further includes a primary winding of a power transformer connected to centers of the half bridges... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090026178 - Apparatus for annealing, method for annealing, and method for manufacturing a semi conductor device: An apparatus for annealing a substrate includes a substrate stage having a substrate mounting portion configured to mount the substrate; a heat source having a plurality of heaters disposed under the substrate mounting portion, the heaters individually preheating a plurality areas defined laterally in the substrate through a bottom surface... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090026182 - In-situ brazing methods for repairing gas turbine engine components: Methods are provided for repairing cracks in a damaged section of a gas turbine engine component with an in-situ brazing process. In an embodiment, by way of example only, the method includes applying a braze paste to the damaged section of the component, the braze paste comprising a braze material... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090026183 - Methods for repairing gas turbine engine knife edge seals: Methods for repairing a gas turbine engine knife edge seals are provided. A representative method includes: providing a knife edge of a gas turbine component, the component comprising IN-100, the knife edge being degraded; directing a laser beam toward the knife edge; and dispensing IN-100 powder such that the IN-100... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090026184 - Method and apparatus for scale manufacture without substantial removal of material: A method of making metrological scale for scale reading apparatus includes directing a laser beam onto a scale substrate (12). The laser parameters are such that the local area of the scale substrate (12) on which the laser beam is incident is caused to be displaced, thus creating scale markings... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090026185 - Laser processing method: The laser processing method of the present invention irradiates a planar object to be processed 1 with laser light L while locating a light-converging point P within the object 1. Initially, a first modified region 71 to become a start point for cutting is formed along a first line to... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090026186 - Pulse arc welding method: In pulse arc welding, a welding wire is fed at a rate corresponding to a current average set value. An arc is struck by passing a peak current for a peak period and a base current for a base period, where the peak and base periods make one pulse period.... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20090026187 - Stud welding tool adjustment mechanisms: The present technology relates to adjustment mechanisms for control settings on stud weld tools. Stud welding tools typically have a body that comprises a handle, a front end and a rear end. In one aspect, the present technology relates to plunge adjustment mechanisms for stud welding tools that are located... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090026188 - Cold-metal-transfer welding process and welding installation: The invention relates to a cold metal transfer welding process, in which the welding process is defined by the cyclic alternation of an arc phase and a short-circuit phase. According to the invention, during an arc phase, a welding rod is displaced towards the workpiece until it makes contact with... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090026189 - Electrical heating device: An electrical heating device includes a flat heating block, which is held in a housing forming oppositely situated frame openings and which comprises parallel layers of heat dissipating and heat generating elements. The heat generating elements on the face side have fitting elements projecting beyond the heating block, and fitting... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20090026190 - Hand-held electric sealer with detachable sealing module: A hand-held electric sealer with a detachable sealing module includes a casing, a sealing module, and a press bar. The casing includes, among others, a front contact holder which is provided with an engagement hole. The sealing module includes, among others, a lower cover from underside of which extended an... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090026191 - Method of manufacturing an electric heating device and electric heating devices: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an electric heating device, comprising a housing in which a heating block is held with the pretensioning force of at least one spring element located approximately at the same level as the heating block in its post assembly position and which... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20090026192 - Electric radiant heating element positioning mats and related methods: In an embodiment, a mat includes a base and a plurality of studs that together may position an electric radiant heating element within a floor or wall, and may protect the electric radiant heating element as the floor or wall are constructed. The base extends in at least two directions... Agent: Graybeal Jackson LLP

20090026193 - Flexible flooring heating systems: The present invention relates generally to an improved method of assembling a floor cover heating system where the floor cover is flexible in nature, such as a carpet or rug, in particular the invention provides an improved method of reducing the wear of under floor heating mats from abrasion. The... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090026194 - Method of manufacturing an electric heating device and electric heating devices: An electric heater, comprises a heating block held in a housing and including parallel layers of heat-emitting and heat generating elements. A grid arrangement covers the respective frame apertures in the housing and reinforces the housing. First struts of the grid arrangement, extending at right angles with respect to the... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20090026195 - Electromagnetic wave heating device: This utility model relates to the improvement of the high-frequency heating device providing high-frequency electricity with the box used for the heating-up. The high-frequency electricity was generated by high-frequency oscillator in the high-frequency heating device based on the high-frequency induction heating method.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090020509 - Apparatus and method for hybrid machining a contoured, thin-walled workpiece: An apparatus and method for hybrid machining a workpiece is disclosed. The workpiece is powered as an anode, a cutter is powered as a cathode and a cutting fluid or coolant is circulated therebetween. The cutter is made of a conductive material and a non-conductive abrasive material. The hybrid machine... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090020510 - Method for electric arc joining: A method for electric arc joining, in particular for arc welding and/or arc soldering, under protective gas using the method of T[ungsten] l[nert] G[as] joining, in particular TIG welding and/or TIG soldering, at least one gas mixture having the composition essentially argon and/or helium and carbon dioxide in a proportion... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20090020511 - Ablation: Embodiments of a method of ablation are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090020512 - Laser drilling components: A method of drilling through a wall of a hollow component in which a high energy beam is directed at an outer surface of the wall and emerges into a cavity from an inner surface of the wall, comprising the step of providing in the cavity a medium comprising a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090020513 - Laser machining apparatus and method with a vacuum extracting system and at least a first containement zone for containing deposition of emitted hazardous material: A laser machining apparatus arranged to machine material which emits a hazardous material during machining, includes a vacuum extraction system 24, 25 for extracting at least some of the emitted hazardous material from a machining region of the apparatus. At least a first containment zone 36 encompasses the machining region... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20090020514 - Method of rating a stick electrode: A method of rating the arc maintainability of an electric arc welding stick electrode by creating an arc between the electrode and a workpiece; moving the electrode along the workpiece while maintaining the arc; decreasing either the current or the voltage until a point is reached where the arc is... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090020515 - Electric heating device, in particular for motor vehicles: An electric heating device that provides additional heating for motor vehicles includes several heating elements assembled to form a heating block, and a controller for controlling the heating elements. The controller forms a constructional unit together with the heating block. Contact and/or cooler elements extending between the controller and the... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20090020516 - Cooking device: A heating cooking device includes a top plate, a heating unit, a touch key including a first electrode and a second electrode, an input unit for applying an alternating current (AC) voltage to the second electrode and for outputting a voltage changing according to a change of the AC voltage... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090020517 - Control circuit for thermostatic oven in oven controlled crystal oscillator: Provided is a control circuit for a thermostatic oven in an oven controlled crystal oscillator, which is capable of further improving stability of an oscillation frequency. A control circuit in which a thermistor whose resistance value changes according to a temperature outputs a signal according to the ambient temperature of... Agent: Jacobson Holman Pllc

20090020518 - Ceramic heater, heat exchange unit, and warm water washing toilet seat: A ceramic heater, a heat exchange unit, and a warm water washing toilet seat are provided which have excellent temperature rise characteristics and can reduce the time required to reach a predetermined water temperature. A ceramic heater (5) has a pattern watt density of 50 W/cm2 and above, and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090020519 - Method to supply electric current to a tube furnace: A method of and an arrangement for transmitting electric current to a furnace that is heated, either completely or partially, by electric current conducted in the furnace wall. The current is conducted through electrically conductive devices connected to the furnace wall. At least one of the devices in proximity to... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20090020520 - Heater assembly: An electric heater assembly for mounting in an electric clothes dryer supports an electrical heating element. The heater assembly has overlapping arcuate shaped support plates of mica for supporting a zig-zag shaped electrical heating element. The support plates have inner and outer concentrically curved side edge portions having inner and... Agent: Craig Wilson

20090020521 - Heating pad system for orthopedic braces and the like: A heating pad system comprises a pad formed of layers of flexible material, a heating element applied to or embedded within a layer of the pad and including conductive yarn, a temperature sensor associated with the pad to generate a temperature signal indicative of a temperature of the pad, and... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20090020522 - Micro-heaters and methods for manufacturing the same: Example embodiments provide a micro-heater including, a substrate, at least one heating element unit provided on the substrate, the at least one heating element unit having a configuration to allow two or more heating element units to be repeatedly connected in series, and a support structure between the substrate and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090020523 - Systems and methods for providing localized heat treatment of metal components: Systems and methods for providing localized heat treatment of metal components are provided. In this regard, a representative method includes: identifying a portion of a metal component to which localized heat treatment is to be performed; shielding an area in a vicinity of the portion of the metal component; and... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090020524 - Image heating apparatus: An image heating apparatus includes magnetic flux generating means; a rotatable heat generation member for generating heat by a magnetic flux generated by the magnetic flux generating means to heat a recording material; a magnetic flux adjusting member, disposed between the magnetic flux generating means and the heat generation member,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090020525 - Electric induction heat treatment: An induction coil with inner and outer coil segments joined together by a transition segment is arranged so that the outer coil segment generally inductively heat treats an annular outer region of a workpiece positioned under the coil, the inner coil segment generally inductively heat treats an annular inner region... Agent: Philip O. Post Indel, Inc.

20090020526 - Induction device comprising multiple individual coils for induction heating plates: An induction device for an induction heating plate (5), is adapted in such a way as to be arranged beneath a vitroceramic plate and includes at least first and second individual electroconductive windings (3A and 3B) which are arranged next to each other in a first plane. The device includes... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090014419 - Modular steel concrete reinforcement system: A method of welding reinforcement steel bars (rebar) and assembly of fusion-welded rebar into panel assemblies that are self-stabilizing to withstand the rigors of transport to and positioning within construction sites. The rebar welding method generates fusion welds in such a manner that the weld imparts stability and strength to... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20090014420 - Wire electric discharge machining apparatus: A wire electric discharge machining apparatus includes guide rollers, one electrode wire that is wrapped around each of the guide rollers to form cut wire portions spaced from one another between a pair of the guide rollers. A processing power supply feeds electric power to the individual cut wire portions... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090014422 - Device and method for welding workpieces: According to the invention a welding device for welding workpieces is provided. The welding device comprises a welding means for making a welding seam on workpieces and a cleaning nozzle in order to emit a cryogenic medium onto the surfaces of the workpieces in the area of their welding seam... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20090014421 - Weld repair method for a turbine bucket tip: A weld repair method uses a gas tungsten or plasma arc welding torch and matching filler. An amperage supplied to the torch and a travel speed of the torch are controlled to produce a weld bead having a mushroom shape. The weld bead is ground from all sides to remove... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20090014423 - Concentric flow-through plasma reactor and methods therefor: The present invention provides a radiofrequency plasma apparatus for the production of nanoparticles and method for producing nanoparticles using the apparatus. The apparatus is designed to provide high throughput and makes the continuous production of bulk quantities of high-quality crystalline nanoparticles possible. The electrode assembly of the plasma apparatus includes... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090014424 - Method for manufacturing layered elements with incisions: A manufacturing method may include forming incisions through an incision layer that is secured to a transfer layer. After defining the incisions, the incision layer is secured to a substrate layer, and the transfer layer is then separated from the incision layer. The manufacturing method may be applied to elements... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20090014425 - Method and device for dividing a plane-parallel plate made of a brittle material into a plurality of individual plates by means of a laser: The present invention relates to a method of dividing a plane-parallel plate made of a brittle material into a plurality of individual plates having a specified edge length, in which break-off cuts are made along specified scored lines that form a lattice-like pattern by introducing thermally induced stresses by means... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - Ny Patent Department

20090014426 - Heatable glass pane: Disclosed is a heated window pane (1), particularly for side windows of vehicles, comprising two differently polarized contact busbars (6, 7) which extend essentially parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction thereof as well as parallel to a bottom edge (2) of the heated window pane (1), and a... Agent: Purdue Law Offices 2735 N. Holland-sylvania Road

20090014427 - Soldering device with cartridge type battery pac: A method of configuring a soldering device includes the steps of purchasing (or offering for sale) a soldering device package including a handle, a power cartridge containing an AA battery, a power cartridge containing a lithium ion battery, and a power cartridge containing a nickel-hydride battery; selecting (or instructing a... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090014428 - Heating apparatus, substrate processing apparatus employing the same, method of manufacturing semiconductor devices, and extending member: A heating apparatus comprises heating elements arranged of a sheet form and having notches or through holes provided therein, a side wall member made of an electrically conductive material and arranged to surround and define the heating space, and holding members disposed at the heating space side of the side... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090014429 - Heating element for baking ovens: Heating element for ovens for food products, more particularly for ovens for bakery products, comprising a series of tubes placed adjacent to each other for guiding through heating fluid, which tubes have been made of heat conducting material, wherein tubes form first passages for the heating fluid that extend from... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090014430 - Product warming apparatus: A product warming apparatus with at least one product holding container having a bottom surface. An enclosure includes at least one opening configured to receive the product holding container. A heat radiating plate is provided in thermal communication with and configured to receive heat from a heating element. The heat... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090014431 - Plate, apparatus for adjusting temperature of substrate having the plate and apparatus for processing substrate having the plate: In a plate for adjusting a temperature of a substrate, a body of the plate supports the substrate. A first channel and a second channel are disposed within the body of the plate. The first channel has a first inlet and a first outlet and passes therethrough a first fluid... Agent: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20090014432 - Control system for an electrical appliance: A control system for an electrical appliance, such as a cooking range, that includes a safety switch and one or more auxiliary switches arranged in proximity to the safety switch. The control system is configured to interrupt power to the electrical appliance when only the safety switch is activated and... Agent: Berenbaum, Weinshienk & Eason, P.c

20090014433 - Utilization of overvoltage and overcurrent compensation to extend the usable operating range of electronic devices: A method and system for inducing augmented levels of heat dissipation by exploiting quiescent IC leakage currents to control the temperature in high power devices. A heat control and temperature monitoring system (HCTMS) utilizes a thermal sensor to sense the junction temperature of a component, which becomes self-heated due to... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20090014434 - Pressure and temperature balancing valve system for a roman rub: A freestanding or Roman bathtub plumbing system including a bathtub filler (such as a spout and/or hand-held shower) controlled by a compact thermostatic mixing valve. The thermostatic mixing valve is installed in a bathtub plumbing set having a hand-held shower accessory. The thermostatic mixing valve receives hot and cold water... Agent: Brannon & Associates PC

20090014435 - Heating apparatus, substrate processing apparatus employing the same, method of manufacturing semiconductor devices, and insulator: A heating apparatus comprises a heating element, an inner shell for supporting the heating element, an outer shell disposed along the outer boundary of the inner shell, a cooling medium passage for conveying a cooling medium between the inner shell and the outer shell, a first opening provided in the... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090014436 - Pocketable body warmer: The pocketable body warmer includes: a metallic exterior casing with a metal plate being formed to a tube having a closed bottom end and an open opposite end; a plastic-made interior casing with an outer contour being formed to be inserted in the metallic exterior casing, the interior casing being... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090014437 - Glass-coated metallic filament cables for use in electrical heatable textiles: The present invention provides a heating element with electrically insulated metallic filaments wherein those metallic filaments have a diameter of 2 to 200 μm, each metallic filament is separately electrically insulated and the electric insulation is a continuous and coherent glass coating. This provides thus a product which is very... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090014438 - Induction heating cooking device: An induction heating cooking device includes a heating coil (8) that induction-heats a cooking container, an infrared sensor (10) that detects infrared radiation which is emitted from a bottom surface of the cooking container and that outputs a detection signal based on the quantity of energy of the detected infrared... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20090014439 - Non-contact high-frequency induction heating apparatus for plastic mold and injection nozzle thereof: Disclosed is a non-contact high-frequency induction heating apparatus for plastic mold and injection nozzle thereof in that only a partial area of a cavity and a runner area of an injection nozzle are rapidly heated by means of a non-contact high-frequency induction heating manner during the injection of a melting... Agent: Thomas M. Galgano Galgano & Associates

20090014440 - Induction heating cooking device: An induction heating cooking device has an inverter including a resonant circuit, and a heating output control part. The resonant circuit has a resonant capacitor and a heating coil that is magnetically coupled to a load. The inverter has first and second switching elements. The heating output control part performs... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090014441 - Microwave plasma cooking: A method of cooking a food item is disclosed. The food item is placed in a microwave cavity and exposed to a microwave generated plasma. In such fashion, the food item is cooked very quickly while maintaining flavor, texture, appearance, smell, and taste.... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20090014442 - Magnetron driving power source: A magnetron driving power source can detect the abnormal condition during no-load running with low cost and space saving. The magnetron driving power source includes a high voltage transformer (12) for supplying a high voltage to a magnetron (11), a switching part (13) for driving the high voltage transformer at... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090014443 - Container and system for cooking foods: A microwavable cooking container assembly has a bottom wall and a top rim spaced apart by a sidewalls. The container also has a notch, a gate with a steam aperture and a projection for mating within the notch. A film cover is attached to the top rim over the gate... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20090008368 - Welder with intelligent battery charger: A system, in one embodiment, may include a portable welder having a welding output, a charging output, a welding circuit coupled to the welding output; and a charging circuit coupled to the charging output. The charging circuit may be configured to automatically adjust power to the charging output based on... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20090008369 - Processing device: In a processing apparatus for performing a specified process on a target object at a predetermined process pressure, the apparatus includes an evacuable processing chamber having a gas exhaust port formed in a bottom portion thereof; a mounting table provided within the processing chamber for holding the target object; a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090008370 - Automatic consumable and torch length detection via pressure decay: A system and method for a plasma system includes a plasma torch actuated by a trigger, a consumable installed in the plasma torch, and a gas flow system constructed to receive pressurized gas and provide a gas flow to the plasma torch. A gas flow regulating system is included and... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20090008371 - Apparatus for the cutting of technical fabrics, in particular for airbags: The apparatus in accordance with the invention has at least one deflectable laser beam which is directed to a fabric carrying out a feed movement along an axis. In this respect, at least one reflecting element pivotable around an axis is arranged on a portal above the single-layer fabric and... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20090008372 - Dry cleaning apparatus and method: Disclosed is a dry cleaning apparatus and method for removing contaminants on a surface of a workpiece. The disclosed dry cleaning apparatus comprises a laser cleaning unit having a laser beam generator for generating a laser induced shock wave in the atmosphere, the laser cleaning unit being suitable for removing... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20090008373 - Laser processing method: A laser processing method which can prevent an object to be processed from being cut along a line to cut from a modified region acting as a cutting start point when separating a suction table and a holding member from each other is provided. An expandable tape 23 holding an... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090008374 - Portable generator and battery charger verification control method and system: A system, in one embodiment, may include a portable welding unit having an engine, a generator coupled to the engine, a compressor coupled to the engine, and a smart battery charger coupled to the generator. A system, in another embodiment, may include a battery charger, wherein the battery charger is... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20090008375 - Double arrangement of domestic appliances: A group of domestic appliances mounted next to each other and substantially similarly oriented, each domestic appliance including a plurality of operator control elements, the group of domestic appliances comprising at least two domestic appliances and wherein the plurality of operator control elements is duplicated in the at least two... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090008376 - 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.

20090008377 - Occupant sensing heat mat: A seat heating and occupant sensing assembly including a mat having a plurality of heat sources disposed therein. A power supply supplies power to the heat sources. The assembly further includes a controller in communication with a signal generator. The signal generator provides electric signals to the heat sources to... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090008378 - Method for heating up of a ceramic glow plug and glow plug control unit: Herein is described a method for the heating-up of a ceramic glow plug by applying a variable electric voltage to the glow plug. In accordance with the invention it is provided that, starting from a base value, the electric voltage increases in a time-averaged manner superproportional to the elapsed heating-up... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d/ Patent Law Office

20090008379 - Infrared oven: The disclosed invention relates to an oven for cooking foodstuffs such as pizza by infrared radiation. The oven includes heating elements formed of Fe—Cr—Al alloy wire in a sealed quartz tube heating elements. The heating elements may receive power continuously or in pulses to generate infrared radiation over selected time... Agent: John A. Parrish Law Offices Of John A. Parrish

20090008380 - Vacuum heating device: A vacuum heating device comprises: a pot body having an inner casing and an outer casing; a vacuum space being formed between the inner casing and the outer casing; a heat source installed at a lower outer side of the inner casing; a pot cover installed at a top of... Agent: Huang, Shang-yuan

20090008382 - Electron bombardment heating apparatus and temperature controlling apparatus and control method thereof: An electron bombardment heating apparatus, in which thermions emitted from filaments are accelerated and impinged upon a heating plate, so as to heat the heating plate, wherein a periphery wall of a heated material supporting member having a heating plate as a ceiling thereof is made up with multi-staged periphery... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090008381 - Temperature setting method of thermal processing plate, temperature setting apparatus of thermal processing plate, program, and computer-readable recording medium recording program thereon: Temperature setting of a thermal plate is performed so that the line width of a resist pattern is uniformly formed within a wafer. The thermal plate of a PEB unit is divided into a plurality of thermal plate regions so that the temperature can be set for each of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090008383 - Ceramic heater and glow plug: There are provided a ceramic heater in which a defect, such as generation of a gap at the interface between an insulating substrate and a heat-generating resistor, is unlikely to occur in the course of manufacture or use, and a glow plug using the ceramic heater. A ceramic heater 110... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090008384 - Variable-size induction heating plate: A variable-size induction heating plate includes a plurality of windings (10a, 10b, 10c, 10′a, 10′b, 10′c) arranged in a cooking surface. The heating plate includes two sets (10, 10′) of a plurality of windings arranged side-by-side, each set (10, 10′) of windings being adapted in such a way as to... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090008385 - Electronic cooker and method for game using the same: The present invention relates to an electronic cooker, and a method for a game using the same. According to the method for a game using the electronic cooker, when a cooking start command is input through a keypad, a microprocessor causes games, which have a game time equal to a... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20090008386 - Shielding system for microwave ovens and microwave oven using this shielding system: A shielding system for microwave ovens comprises a first layer of parallel grounded conductors and a second layer of parallel grounded conductors substantially perpendicular to the conductors of the first layer and, for high frequency, electrically insulated therefrom, each layer presenting a plurality of parallel metal wires connected at one... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20090008387 - Microwave oven window: An observation window for a microwave device exhibiting microwave radiation of a predetermined frequency, the observation window comprising two optically transparent panels to which an optically transparent conductive film has been applied to a single side thereof, each of the transparent conductive films primarily reflecting incident microwave radiation and being... Agent: Simon Kahn - Pyi Tech, Ltd. C/o Landonip, Inc

20090001053 - Rough maching method and electroerosion tool performing the same: A rough machining method for machining a channel in a workpiece includes the steps of: provide a power supply to energize one of a workpiece and an electrode as an anode and the other as a cathode; advance the electrode into the workpiece from a first start point to travel... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090001054 - Bonding method and bonding apparatus: The present invention relates to a bonding method or an apparatus for projecting a conductive element from a nozzle onto an object to be bonded and electrically bonding the object to be bonded and the conductive element. The method of invention comprises the steps of: preparing the conductive element having... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090001055 - Method and apparatus for control of resistance brazing: An apparatus for control of resistance brazing is provided in a resistance brazing apparatus which grips parts of a weld object between which a brazing material is interposed between a pair of electrodes, applies pressure to the parts of the weld object, and feeds power to said electrodes in that... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090001056 - Positioning method of spot welding robot: A positioning method of spot welding robot having: (A) moving a welding gun with a separation between an opposition electrode tip and a movable electrode tip kept open and larger than a preset plate thickness of a work piece so as to position the opposition electrode tip and the movable... Agent: Lowe, Hauptman, Ham & Berner, LLP (itw)

20090001057 - Dual damascene trench depth detection and control using voltage impedance rf probe: In one embodiment, a system to measure changes and a dual damascene trench depth, comprises a power source, and impedance matching network coupled to the power source and to an electrode, a radio frequency sensor coupled to the impedance matching network, and a controller to establish a baseline correlation between... Agent: Caven & Aghevli C/o Intellevate, LLC

20090001058 - Method and apparatus for depositing raised features at select locations on a substrate to produce a slip-resistant surface: An improved apparatus and method for applying a plurality of raised features at select locations on a metallic substrate using a high-powered radiant energy source, such as a laser, in combination with powder metallurgy such that the resultant substrate surface exhibits increased slip-resistance resulting from the presence of the raised... Agent: Andrew D. Mead, Attorney At Law

20090001059 - Method and apparatus for the repair of gas-turbine blisks: A method and an apparatus for repairing gas-turbine blisks uses an endoscope 15 provided with processing optics featuring a flexible light guide arrangement 16. A laser source 9 is connected to a flexible optical fiber arrangement 10, with a filler material feeder 7 for supplying welding flux via a flexible... Agent: Timothy J. Klima Harbin Klima Law Group PLLC

20090001060 - Laser welding process: The invention provides a method of making a component from first and second parts which are joined in a welding process wherein a laser beam is transmitted in a direction from a laser source and at least partly into a gap. The gap is made between edges of the component,... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090001061 - Method for producing a hole: There are a multiplicity of methods of making through-holes. In particular in the production of a multiplicity of film-cooling holes, as in gas turbine blades or combustion chamber elements, small time advantages are also important when making a hole. The method according to the invention, to make the hole close... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090001062 - High dynamics laser processing machine: Multi-axis laser cutting systems are provided. The cutting systems include a multi-axis, relatively high acceleration drive system, which includes drives that are configured to generate balanced inertial forces. In some implementations, the drives operate according to a polar coordinate systems.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090001063 - Laser processing machine with laser processing nozzle adjustment: A laser processing machine includes a laser that outputs a laser beam, a laser processing head including a nozzle that defines a nozzle bore, a beam guidance and focusing system for directing the laser beam through the nozzle bore of the laser processing head, an illumination system that produces a... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090001064 - Apparatus and method for conductive metal ball bonding with electrostatic discharge detection: An apparatus for bonding a conductive lead to a conductive terminal of a device by the use of a conductive metal ball is disclosed and claimed. A ball-forming wire comprises a first conductive metal having a first melting temperature. A clamping surface has a closed position in contact with the... Agent: Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Attn: Lesley Ning

20090001065 - Welding method and welding device: Conventional welding methods have the disadvantage of producing worse welded joints at the beginning of the process than in the later course of the method. The method in question uses an initializing plate on which the welding process is begun and then once a consistent quality can be achieved for... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090001066 - Spray deposited heater element: The present disclosure relates to a heater that may be applied to a substrate. The heater may include a graduating material deposited on at least a portion of a substrate, a resistive material and a thermal barrier dielectric coating. The resistive material may include at least two resistive compositions, wherein... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20090001068 - Apparatus and methods for cooling an oven conveyor motor: An oven, in one embodiment, includes a housing having a first opening, a second opening, and a heat treating chamber disposed between the first opening and the second opening. A conveyor motor is operably connected to the conveyor for transporting the plurality of products from the first opening, into the... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20090001067 - Cooking appliance: A cooking appliance, in particular a high-level built-in cooking appliance, including at least one muffle defining a cooking compartment and having a muffle opening, a door for movement into and out of a closed relationship with the muffle opening, a drive device including a drive motor operatively attached to the... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090001069 - Cooking appliance, especially built-in wall cooking appliance, and method for controlling a cooking appliance: A cooking appliance including a high-level cooking appliance having a muffle including a muffle compartment defining a cooking compartment with a muffle opening, a door for movement between an open and closed relationship with the muffle opening and a drive device controlled by a control device for moving the door,... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090001070 - Liquid heating vessels: A liquid heating vessel comprising heating means for heating liquid in the vessel, electronic control means, electromagnetic switching means for interrupting or reducing power to the heating means, and temperature sensing means for providing a signal dependent on the temperature of liquid in the vessel to the control means. The... Agent: O''shea Getz P.C.

20090001071 - Method and system for cooling a bake plate in a track lithography tool: A bake station includes a bake plate having a thickness defined by a distance between an upper surface and a lower surface of the bake plate. The bake plate is configured to heat a substrate positioned adjacent the upper surface of the bake plate. The bake station also includes a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090001072 - Induction heating cooker: An induction heating cooker including a top plate where a pan is placed; a heating coil for induction heating the pan; an inverter circuit for supplying a high frequency current to the heating coil; an infrared sensor, which is arranged under the heating coil and detects an infrared light radiated... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090001073 - High-frequency heating apparatus: A resonance type high frequency heating apparatus comprising; a direct current power supply; a series connection circuit consisting of a pair of semiconductor switching elements connected in parallel to the direct current power supply; another series connection circuit having a primary coil of a leakage transformer and a capacitor connected... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090001074 - High-frequency heating device: To attain a more reliable prevention of an electric shock by checking whether the earth states for two circuit boards are good. There is detected a voltage generated at an anode current sensing resistor 20 inserted into a path where the anode current of a magnetron 8 flows and a... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP