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Electric heating April category listing, related patent applications 04/09

20090107959 - Arc welding initiation system and method: A method and apparatus for controlling arc shielding gas during an arc welding operation is disclosed. The method may include the steps of actuating a first valve connected to an arc initiation source of gas to selectively allow arc initiation gas to flow through a mixing chamber; initiating an arc;... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090107958 - Torch and contact tip for gas metal arc welding: A torch for gas metal arc welding includes a torch housing and a contact tip mounted on the housing and having an electrode bore through which electrode wire is fed. A nozzle mounted on the housing surrounds the contact tip to define an annular gas passage between the contact tip... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090107960 - Welding stability system and method: A weld stability system for an arc welding apparatus and method of operation is disclosed. The weld stability system may comprise a shielding gas supply and a control assembly. The shielding gas supply may include a first source of gas, a second source of gas, a mixing chamber, a first... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090107961 - Automated welding of moulds and stamping tools: A tool welding system is disclosed that includes a table that heats a tool. A multi-axis robot includes a welding head that is moved relative to the table in response to a command. A controller is in communication with the robot and generates the command in response to welding parameters.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090107963 - Laser processing machine and method: A laser processing machine includes a laser processing head including a beam guide for deflecting and/or focusing laser radiation onto a workpiece; a thermo-sensitive monitoring sensor system for an optical component of the beam guide; and an evaluation unit connected to a machine control of a laser generator that produces... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090107962 - Method and apparatus for a hybrid mode-locked fiber laser: An apparatus for producing coherent pulsed light with a fiber-based master oscillator/fiber amplifier architecture includes a fiber-coupled mode-locked laser source. The fiber-coupled mode-locked laser source is configured to provide pulses having a pulse duration of less than 1 ns. The apparatus also includes a fiber-coupled amplitude modulator optically coupled to... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090107964 - Debris minimization and improved spatial resolution in pulsed laser ablation of materials: A method of minimizing the deposition of debris onto a sample being ablated. The method comprises: 1) reducing a laser pulse energy to approximately a threshold level for ablation; 2) focusing the energy using an immersion object lens having a final element and 3) ablating a region of the sample... Agent: Perman & Green, LLP

20090107965 - Method of manufacturing and testing monofilament and multi-filaments self-retaining sutures: The present invention relates to self-retaining (“barbed”) systems for surgical procedures, methods of manufacturing self-retaining systems for surgical procedures, included their uses and testing. In various embodiments of the invention, a device and method for barbing sutures uses a laser to cut the suture under appropriate temperature and tensile strength... Agent: Angiotech

20090107967 - Method for cutting workpiece: A method of cutting an object to be processed is provided, which can accurately cut an object to be processed comprising a substrate and a multilayer part provided on the front face of the substrate while having a plurality of functional devices into the functional devices along a line to... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090107966 - Vacuum debris removal system: A turbulence-controlled vacuum debris removal subsystem safely exhausts particles ejected during photoablation. Nested interconnected chambers provide diminishing sweeping gas partial pressure and diminishing turbulence, ejecting particles from the ablation beam path between pulses, without compromising continuing particle conductance. Removal rate (debris generation rate) depends on conductance and particle sizes. The... Agent: Anvik Corporation

20090107968 - Method for heating components: The invention relates to a method for heating a machining area of a structural component, particularly a gas turbine component, prior to and/or during and/or after a machining or processing of the component on the machining area. According to the invention, the machining area (13) is irradiated by several laser... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20090107969 - Arc welding robot control system and method thereof: An arc welding robot control system of the present invention includes memory devices, controlling devices, a welding condition changing position calculating device, a weaving operation controlling device that outputs a signal of completion of one weaving cycle every time when a welding torch completes to perform one weaving cycle of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090107970 - Method for controlling weld quality: The present invention relates to a method for controlling weld quality. The method comprises the steps of producing a shield gas curtain around the heat source and producing a shroud gas curtain spaced radially outward from the shield gas curtain, wherein the shroud gas curtain comprises a radially outward component... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20090107971 - Method for cleaning a contact tube of a welding torch, as well as a welding torch and a contact tube: The invention relates to a method for cleaning a contact tube (20) of a welding torch (10), via which contact tube a welding wire (13) is supplied with electrical energy, said welding wire being moved towards the welding torch (10) by a wire reel (14) or a welding drum via... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090107972 - Heating unit for warming propane tanks: A heating unit for use in heating a propane tank is disclosed. The heating unit includes a first pliable cover layer and a second pliable cover layer. A pliable electrical heating element is disposed between the first and the second cover layers. The pliable electrical heating element includes a heat... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090107973 - Heating and heat preservation cover and heat preservation cover: The invention relates to a heating and heat preservation cover and a heat preservation cover. The heating and heat preservation cover of the invention has a heat source device. The heat source device can provide heat to maintain the temperature and the quality of food disposed in the heating and... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20090107974 - Heating element for an internal combustion engine: The present invention provides a method and apparatus to quickly raise the temperature of an internal combustion engine and the temperature of the ambient air in a passenger compartment of a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a heating element that quickly realizes a temperature of approximately 300 degrees F. Heating system... Agent: Bernhard P. Molldrem, Jr.

20090107975 - Heating unit for warming pallets: A heating unit for use in heating pallets. The heating unit includes side modules and a lid module. Modules include cover layers. Modules may include a pliable electrical heating element is disposed between the first and the second cover layers and configured to convert electrical energy to heat energy and... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090107976 - Applicator for decorative objects: An applicator for decorative objects, includes a heating rod (14) projecting from a handle (12) and carrying at a free end thereof a suction head (20), a suction line (22) that passes from the suction head through the heating rod and the handle and is connected to a subatmospheric pressure... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg

20090107977 - Heating device of shape memory alloy member: To provide a heating device of a shape memory alloy member that requires only setting a minimum level value of, for example, the diameter of a wire, does not depend on the other conditions such as the length of the wire, and hence can be easily used. A heating device... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090107978 - Temperature adjustment method: A temperature adjustment method is provided to improve operating efficiency and reduce costs. Control of a heating unit in a thermal processing system including a heating control section is performed based on a first output control pattern obtained by subjecting a detection temperature provided by a first temperature detecting unit... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090107979 - Heatable plate for heating a strip-shaped carrier for the purpose of fixing components to the strip-shaped carrier, as well as an oven: A heatable plate for heating a strip-shaped carrier for the purpose of fixing components to the strip-shaped carrier is provided. The plate includes a contact surface on which the strip-shaped carrier can be positioned, wherein the contact surface is provided with at least one opening connected to a vacuum source.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090107980 - Hot plate heater for a respiratory system: A heater unit for a respiratory system includes a hot plate heater including a heat conducting hot plate and a plastic hub mounted together. The hot plate may define a thin heat conducting disc and may further define a depending flange circumferentially surrounding the hub. The hub and flange may... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090107981 - Respiratory system heater unit: A heater unit for a respiratory system is designed for natural convection cooling air to pass first through a transformer in the heater unit and then through a heat sink in the heater unit to which is mounted a power switch to conduct heat from the power switch to the... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090107982 - Heated breathing circuit detection: A heated breathing circuit detection system verifies the proper set up and connection of a breathing circuit to a heater unit of a humidification system. The detection system automatically detects that the breathing circuit is connected to the heater unit, and the nature of the heating circuit(s) thereof. In one... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090107983 - Support for an electrical heating device, electrical heating device and manufacturing method: An electrical heating device has an integrally manufactured support made from an insulating material. A depressed path is provided for the introduction of a coiled round heating element into the support. In the bottom side of the support, additional depressions are made in support and pass into the depressed path... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090107984 - Low wattage heating pad: A therapeutic low wattage heating pad safe for use in a bed and to sleep with while in operation includes a pair of opposed multi-layer constructions housing a resistive heating wire. The heating pad is operable in a plurality of consistent heating modes at various temperature levels, as well as... Agent: Sunbeam Products, Inc.

20090107985 - Electrical heating apparatus, method of manufacturing heat generator unit and pressing jig for use in manufacturing thereof: An electrical heating apparatus has: a fin brazed on at least one of a main body upper wall and a main body lower wall of a tube; an insertion unit having an electro-heat-generating element pressure-welded to a wall of one of the main body upper wall and the main body... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090107986 - Three layer glued laminate heating unit: A heating unit for use in evenly distributing heat to a surface or object. The heating unit includes a first pliable cover layer and a second pliable cover layer. A pliable electrical heating element is disposed between the first and the second cover layers. The pliable electrical heating element includes... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090107987 - Heating assemblies providing a high degree of uniformity over a surface area: A uniform heating assembly including at least one first insulative substrate, at least one first common terminal, at least one second common terminal and a multiplicity of conductive filaments at least partially embedded in the at one insulative substrate and extending at least mainly along both electrically parallel and geometrically... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090107988 - Heating element and method for detecting temperature changes: The invention relates to a heating element comprising at least a layer generating heat by means of electric current, a surface for heating and a dielectric therebetween, wherein the dielectric comprises at least a first and a second dielectric layer, between which is situated an electrically conductive layer. The invention... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090107989 - Electric induction brazing in an inert atmosphere: Apparatus and method are provided for an electric induction brazing process in an inert atmosphere using a substantially oxygen-free copper alloy filler or preform under an inert atmosphere within a brazing chamber minimally sized for containment of the brazed joint region and an induction coil. The inert atmosphere may be... Agent: Philip O. Post Indel, Inc.

20090107990 - Electromagnetically shielded induction heating apparatus: An induction heating apparatus comprises a substantially gas-tight enclosure through which a workpiece passes. An induction means surrounds the exterior of the enclosure and an ac current flow though the induction means establishes a magnetic field that couples with the workpiece to inductively heat the workpiece. The gas-tight enclosure may... Agent: Philip O. Post Indel, Inc.

20090107991 - Electric induction heating and melting of an electrically conductive material in a containement vessel: An electric induction heating and melting system is provided for inducing heat in an electrically conductive material placed in a containment vessel by bringing a moveable one or more induction coils at least partially enclosed in a refractory material in close contact with the surface level of the melt in... Agent: Philip O. Post Indel, Inc.

20090107992 - High-frequency heating apparatus: There are provided with a temperature detector 5 for detecting the temperature of a food within the heating chamber 1 in a non-contact manner, a high-frequency generator 14 for generating a microwave to heat the food within the heating chamber, and a controller 7 for controlling the high-frequency generator based... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090107993 - Pasta cooking system for microwave oven: A pasta cooking system 10 comprises a container body 1, a pasta holder 2, a lid 3, and a cap 4, wherein raised ridges are formed on the bottom surface of the pasta holder 2 to prevent pasta from sticking to each other. A fitting section 9 of the container... Agent: Howson & Howson LLP

20090107994 - Microwave filter and microwave brazing system thereof: A microwave filter for use with a microwave brazing system having a brazing chamber, a vacuum line, and a pressure gauge located proximate the vacuum line. The microwave filter comprises a baffle plate configured to be mounted in an opening between the brazing chamber and the pressure gauge, and a... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090101627 - Electric discharge machine having wire electrode cutting function, and wire electrode cutting method: A wire electric discharge machine and a wire electrode cutting method capable of carrying out a wire electrode cutting process without need for an operator to input information on material or a diameter of a wire electrode. An electric current measuring device measures a value of an electrical current flowing... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090101628 - Spot welding cap changer: The invention relates to a spot welding cap changer (1) with a cap puller (2) and two cap magazines (3, 3A), the cap puller (2) having a gripper (20) with spring-loaded, pivotable jaws (21, 22), which in response to a turning and axial pulling-off movement detaches a spot welding cap... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090101629 - Erosion resistant torch: An erosion resistant torch for use in a solid free form fabrication system for manufacturing a component from successive layers of metal feedstock material. The erosion resistant torch includes a torch structure defining a torch nozzle formed of a highly conductive bulk material. The erosion resistant torch further includes a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090101630 - Engine-generator without flywheel: A system, in one embodiment, may include a welding generator having a rotor and a stator, an engine coupled to the generator wherein the rotor comprises a mass configured to provide a substantial amount of inertia to smooth operation of the engine. A system, in another embodiment, may include an... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20090101632 - Heating unit for direct current applications: A direct current powered electrical heating unit capable of distributing heat across the heating unit in a substantially uniform fashion. The heating unit includes a first pliable outer layer and a second pliable outer layer. The heating unit further includes a pliable electrical heating element disposed between the first and... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090101631 - System for controlling high current components in a motor vehicle: A control system for controlling high current devices in a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a power source, a first and a second plurality of high current devices and a high current device control module. The high current device control module is connected to the power source and has... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090101633 - Reactor with small linear lamps for localized heat control and improved temperature uniformity: An arrangement of short linear heat lamps is provided which allows for localized control of temperature nonuniformities in a substrate during semiconductor processing. A reactor includes a substrate holder positioned between a top bank and a bottom bank of linear heat lamps. Alternatively, only one such bank may be provided.... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP

20090101634 - Joining method: A joining method, in particular for gas turbine components, is provided wherein applying inductive heating, using at least one inductor, to a joining zone of a first component section and a second component section; following and/or during the step of applying inductive heating, exerting a press force on the first... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090101635 - Coil unit of induction heating fixing device: In an embodiment of the invention, a plug is connected to an end of a litz wire of an electromagnetic induction coil. In a state where the plug is protruded, the electromagnetic induction coil, an insulating plate, a magnetic core and a coil holder are integrally sealed with a coil... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090101636 - Transverse flux electric inductors: An apparatus and process are provided for inductively heating a workpiece to a desired cross sectional temperature. At least one pair of coils form a transverse flux inductor. The workpiece is located between the pair of opposing coils, which are oriented across the cross section of the workpiece. Each coil... Agent: Philip O. Post Indel, Inc.

20090101637 - System and method for controlling multiple processes in a welding-type power source using a refined controller architecture: A system and method for operating an welding-based power source includes an welding-type power source includes a power conditioner configured to receive power from a power source and condition the power to have characteristics within a predefined set of thresholds and an inverter configured to receive the conditioned power from... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090101638 - Induction module, arrangement of several induction modules and method for installing such an induction module: An induction module and an arrangement of several such induction modules is provided, typically having several power electronics modules for controlling in each case at least one induction coil in a housing. A control unit is also provided in the housing. The control unit and the overall arrangement are configured... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090101639 - Microwave heating method and device: Monomode electromagnetic radiation is generated in an irradiation zone. A disc-shaped product to be treated is held vertically in a carriage and is moved translationally into the irradiation zone. Upstream, infrared lights subject the product to infrared radiation. Thus, the product is very rapidly defrosted.... Agent: William H. Eilberg

20090095719 - Welding method and welding apparatus for an impeller: P

20090095720 - Shielding gas for hybrid welding and hybrid welding method using the same: A shield gas for use in welding of galvanized steel sheet with the simultaneous use of laser welding and arc welding, wherein, providing that A refers to the vol. % of carbon dioxide gas and B to the vol. % of oxygen gas in the shield gas, in the event... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090095721 - Precision laser machining apparatus: A focused laser beam having an optical axis passes sequentially through a simple, positive lens, a pair of plane, parallel windows, and a second, simple, negative lens. Each of the plane, parallel windows are mounted to a galvanometer motor and positioned orthogonally to one another. The focused laser beam is... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20090095723 - Laser processing method: The present invention relates to a laser processing method capable of arbitrarily controlling a concentration distribution of an assist gas supplied for an object having a complicated surface, together with a laser beam. In the case of laser-processing a tape-shaped cord including several coaxial cables, the method is applied for... Agent: Venable LLP

20090095724 - Laser thermal processing with laser diode radiation: A method and apparatus for performing laser thermal processing (LTP) using one or more two-dimensional arrays of laser diodes and corresponding one or more LTP optical systems to form corresponding one or more line images. The line images are scanned across a substrate, e.g., by moving the substrate relative to... Agent: Peters Verny , L.L.P.

20090095722 - Link processing with high speed beam deflection: The present invention relates to the field of laser processing methods and systems, and specifically, to laser processing methods and systems for laser processing multi-material devices. Systems and methods may utilize high speed deflectors to improve processing energy window and/or improve processing speed. In some embodiments, a deflector is used... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090095725 - Heating device for seat: A heating device for a seat exhibiting excellent durability, reliability, safety and enhanced workability in fixing work to a seat while reducing the cost and weight and ensuring comfortable feeling at seating without causing a strange feeling. The heating device for a seat comprises a heating matter (4) including a... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090095726 - Control circuit for fast heating of a positive-temperature-coefficient heating component: Traditional temperature-control products have the problem that the temperature of the working surface reaches the setting temperature too slowly when heating up or recovering from a temperature drop. A traditional temperature control circuit and temperature-settings selector components are modified to solve this problem. When heating begins, the modified circuit increases... Agent: Stuart T Auvinen

20090095727 - Food container: One embodiment of the disclosure relates to a heated food container including an interior chamber with an upper portion, a lower portion, and a wall defining an opening into the interior chamber. The opening is configured to permit the movement of food into and/or out of the interior chamber. The... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090095728 - Domestic equipment group: A domestic equipment group includes a plurality of free standing domestic electrical appliances, at least two of which are for the preparation of foodstuffs. Each of the appliances has a different respective function and has an outer housing having a flat upper surface, side surfaces extending downwardly from the upper... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090095729 - Domestic equipment grouping: A domestic equipment group includes a plurality of free standing domestic electrical appliances, at least two of which are for the preparation of foodstuffs. Each appliance has a different respective function and comprises an outer housing generally in the shape of a cuboid having two side surfaces and flat upper,... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090095730 - Adhesive dispensing system with spaced ports and related methods: An adhesive melter includes an inlet port, an outlet port, and an interior configured to heat and hold adhesive pellets. The melter includes a lid for providing access to the interior and the outlet port communicates with the interior. An intake conduit is coupled to the inlet port and is... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (nordson)

20090095731 - Mounting table structure and heat treatment apparatus: A mounting table structure arranged in a processing chamber is provided for mounting a target object to be processed on the upper surface. The mounting table structure is characterized in having a mounting table wherein a heating unit are embedded to heat the target object to perform a specified heat... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090095732 - Multi-functional cooker: A multi-functional cooker disclosed in the present invention at least comprises a base on which a pan body, a power line, a first heating unit, a second heating unit and a control panel are mounted. The first heating unit comprises a heating body, a first control circuit and a first... Agent: Kening Li Pinsent Masons

20090095733 - Mounting table structure and heat treatment apparatus: Provided is a mounting table structure having a replaceable heating plate by removably arranging the heating plate in a heating plate accommodating chamber. A mounting table structure is provided with a mounting table, which is arranged inside a processing chamber and mounts thereon a target object, for performing specified heat... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090095734 - Surface mount resistor heating apparatus: A surface mount resistor heating apparatus includes a heater including two copper foil plates electrically connected to two electric wires, and at least two surface mount resistors electrically connected between the two copper foil plates. When a low voltage electric power is applied onto the heater, the heater produces a... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090095735 - Flexible heating weave: A novel electrical resistance heating weave (10) is disclosed. By one embodiment both warp threads (12) and weft threads (14) are electrically-conductive, thereby establishing a heating weave with an increased capacity for heat dissipation. Also disclosed are configurations (900, 1000) for adjusting the base heat dissipation of the weave via... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090095736 - Food warming device and system: An apparatus, system and method for warming food by controlled heating of heat retention objects such as cookware items or pellets located on a trivet positioned on a countertop, using heating control units, such as induction heating units, remotely located beneath the countertop. The preferred trivet insulates the countertop against... Agent: Michael P. Mazza, LLC

20090095737 - Magnetic annealing tool heat exchange system and processes: A heat exchange system and processes for a magnetic annealing tool is provided. The system includes a process chamber housing workpieces to be processed; an element chamber partly surrounding the periphery of the process chamber, at least one means for drawing a vacuum in fluid communication with the process chamber... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20090095738 - Cooking appliance including combination heating system: A combination cooking appliance controls a radiant heating element provided in an oven cavity, both a blower and a convection heating element provided in an air plenum, and microwave energy sources to provide for numerous potential operating modes. The present invention is particularly concerned with the manner in which the... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20090095739 - High-speed cooking oven with optimized cooking efficiency: An improved oven is aimed at optimizing heat transfer and delivering an optimal cooking efficiency in comparison to conventional high-speed cooking ovens. The oven includes tubes that generate plume arrays of a heated gas and introduce them into a cooking chamber of the oven. The tubes may be removably located... Agent: Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP

20090095740 - Ir reflective material for cooking: A product developed for the purpose of cooking food in a microwave oven. A microwave food-container includes metal particles in a matrix. The composition of the present invention is essentially invisible to microwave radiation but is efficient as a reflector of IR radiation. This promotes higher heat to be generated,... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20090095749 - Microwave field director structure having metal vanes: A self-supporting field director structure for use in heating an article in a microwave oven includes a plurality of vanes connected to a central support member. Each vane is formed from an electrically conductive metallic material. Each vane extends radially outwardly from a central axis, with the radially inner end... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090095742 - Microwave field director structure having over-folded vanes: Each vane is formed from an electrically non-conductive outer jacket having a predetermined coefficient of thermal expansion and an inner layer of an electrically conductive material having a predetermined coefficient of thermal expansion that is different from the coefficient of thermal expansion of the outer jacket. The inner layer and... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090095748 - Microwave field director structure having v-shaped vane doublets: A self-supporting field director structure for use in heating an article in a microwave oven is characterized by a vane array comprising a plurality of V-shaped vane doublets, wherein each vane doublet itself comprises a first and a second vane. Each vane extends radially outwardly from the central axis. Each... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090095746 - Microwave field director structure having vanes covered with a conductive sheath: Each vane each vane has a substrate formed from an electrically non-conductive material having a predetermined coefficient of thermal expansion, and an electrically conductive sheath having a predetermined coefficient of thermal expansion that is different from the coefficient of thermal expansion of the substrate. The sheath encases the substrate so... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090095745 - Microwave field director structure having vanes with inner ends wrapped with a conductive wrapper: Each vane comprises a substrate formed from an electrically non-conductive material having a predetermined coefficient of thermal expansion and an electrically conductive wrapper having a predetermined coefficient of thermal expansion that is different from the coefficient of thermal expansion of the substrate. The wrapper wraps the substrate so that a... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090095747 - Microwave field director structure having vanes with outer ends wrapped with a conductive wrapper: Each vane each vane has a substrate formed from an electrically non-conductive material having a predetermined coefficient of thermal expansion, and an electrically conductive wrapper having a predetermined coefficient of thermal expansion that is different from the coefficient of thermal expansion of the substrate. The wrapper wraps the substrate so... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090095744 - Microwave field director structure with laminated vanes: c

20090095741 - Microwave field director structure with vanes having a conductive material thereon: A reusable self-supporting field director for use in heating an article in a microwave oven is characterized by a plurality of vanes, with each vane extending radially outwardly from a central axis. Each vane is angularly adjacent to two other vanes. Each vane has a substrate formed from an electrically... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090095743 - Molded microwave field director structure: A reusable self-supporting field director structure for use in heating an article in a microwave oven is characterized by an integral array of rigid vanes extending radially outwardly from a central axis, the vanes being molded from an electrically non-conductive heat-resistant material. At least a portion of one major surface... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090090699 - System and method for electroslag welding spliced vertical columns: A system and method for welding spliced vertical columns with an electroslag welding system. The system includes a welding fixture having opposing, paired and positionally adjustable welding shoes, run-off tabs, and sumps affixed at the junction of columns to be spliced. A distributed control electroslag welding system, welding torch, and... Agent: Law Offices Of Charles L. Thoeming Bielen, Lampe & Thoeming, P.A.

20090090700 - Joining method: A joining method of the present invention includes conducting friction-stir-welding of members to be joined, to form a joint; and then conducting melt-welding or resistance-welding of the joint, wherein the friction-stir-welding of members to be joined is conducted while flowing an inert shielding gas, or the melt-welding or resistance-welding of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090090701 - Method of retouching metal parts: The invention relates to a method of retouching metal parts joined by brazing at high temperatures, wherein the brazed zones are retouched by means of a retouching laser, the peak power of the retouching laser being between 1500 and 3000 W, the retouching laser being used in pulsed mode.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090090702 - Automatic welding device of the mig/mag type: The invention consists of the fact that the welding head therefore presents a welding torch (1) intended to be centered in relation to the parting plane (P) to ensure the penetration pass and also bears at least two other so-called tracking welding torches (2, 3), respectively positioned one after the... Agent: Trego, Hines & Ladenheim, PLLC

20090090703 - Heating resistance element component and thermal printer: Provided is a heating resistance element component, including: a supporting substrate; an insulating film laminated on the supporting substrate; a plurality of heating resistors arranged at intervals on the insulating film; a common wire connected to one end of each of the plurality of heating resistors; and individual wires each... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks

20090090704 - Pager system for cooking device: A cooking device having wireless communication capabilities is provided. The cooking device includes a housing forming an enclosure for a food product and a sensor disposed in communication with the enclosure and configured to monitor a parameter within the enclosure, wherein the sensor communicates data that is representative of the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090090705 - Glow plug and manufacturing method of the same: A sheath heater for a glow plug comprises a sheath tube having a closed front end portion, and an open rear end portion. An insulating powder is charged into a gap between the sheath tube and a heat-generating resistor disposed within the sheath tube. A seal member includes an expanded... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20090090706 - Heated computer mouse: A heated mouse includes a shell having a heat-conductive part, a heating device installed in the shell, and an insulating layer. The heating device comprises a heat source. The insulating layer forms a closed space together with the heat-conductive part for accommodating the heat source therein. The heat-conductive part absorbs... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090090707 - Combination cooking appliance including multiple microwave heating units with rotatable antennae: A microwave cooking appliance includes first and second side mounted microwave systems, each including an associated antenna. Drive structure is provided to establish an oscillating operation for each of the antennae, wherein the angles through which the antennae rotate are configured to assure that the cooking appliance operates in favorable... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20090090708 - Microwave heating sleeve: A microwave energy interactive sleeve, a blank for forming the sleeve, and a method of packaging a food item to be heated, browned, and/or crisped is provided. The food item may be enwrapped in the sleeve as the sleeve is being erected such that a frozen or unfrozen food item... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20090084763 - Production or assembly line method of spot welding: The present invention provides a production line method of resistance welding comprising the steps of contacting a metal sheet with an electrode having an initial contact surface area at a force provide a pressure to the metal sheet; applying a current though the electrode to the metal sheet; measuring dimensional... Agent: Intellectual Property

20090084764 - Apparatus for and method of welding spacer grid: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for capturing an image of a welding spot during a welding task and determining an accurate position of the welding spot based on the captured image in order to perform an accurate welding task. A beam splitter splits a path of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090084765 - Laser machining apparatus using laser beam introduced into jet liquid column: A laser machining apparatus comprises a nozzle for ejecting a jet liquid to a workpiece and a liquid supply unit for supplying the jet liquid to the nozzle, while a laser beam is introduced into a jet liquid column ejected from the nozzle. The laser machining apparatus further comprises a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090084766 - Laser cutting system and method: A laser cutting system and method are provided. The system (10) includes an electronically controllable robot (12) for bringing a laser cutting head (22) to prescribable reference positions with respect to a workpiece (24), a programmable control device (18), provided with a memory, for controlling the robot (12) with respect... Agent: Deere & Company

20090084767 - System and method for controlling laser shock peening: A laser shock peening system including a workpiece is provided. The laser shock peening system includes a workholding fixture configured to hold the workpiece. The laser shock peening system also includes a laser source configured to emit multiple laser beam pulses on the workpiece. The laser shock peening system further... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090084768 - Plasma arc power supply and control method therefor: A plasma arc power supply with a simple structure and its control method enable shifting from a pilot arc to a main arc. A plasma arc power supply used in a plasma arc apparatus that processes a workpiece by forming a pilot arc between a main electrode and a nozzle... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090084769 - Joining fixtures, methods for joining, and joined structures: In one embodiment, a holding fixture is disclosed for locating and stabilizing substantially identical repeated units during joining of the repeated units. In another embodiment, a method is disclosed for manufacturing a structure comprising substantially identical repeated units. In still another embodiment, a welded structure is provided comprising a plurality... Agent: Evan Law Group LLC And The Boeing Company

20090084770 - Device to detect the position of an iron: A device to detect an iron's position includes a constant voltage regulator, a frequency pick up unit, an integrated circuitry chip, a sensor unit and a control unit. The frequency pick up unit is connected to the constant voltage regulator. The frequency pick up unit includes a resistor connected to... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090084771 - Temperature control apparatus, processing apparatus, and temperature control method: Disclosed is an temperature control apparatus including: a resistance heater a resistance value of which changes dependently on a temperature thereof; a fixed resistance connected to the resistance heater in series; a signal generator to output a control signal which has two voltage levels of a first voltage and a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090084772 - Heating device for dry towel: A heating device for dry towel includes a cylindrical outer casing containing a chamber; a container disposed in the chamber of the outer casing for receiving storage of one piece multiple pieces of towel, one or a plurality of heating band being disposed surrounding an outer wall of the container,... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20090084773 - Information communication systems between components of a hot melt adhesive material dispensing system: A hot melt adhesive material dispensing system includes a communication system for transmitting information or data between the adhesive supply unit (ASU) and one or more applicator heads, wherein the number of hard wires actually interconnecting the adhesive supply unit (ASU) and the one or more hot melt adhesive material... Agent: Steven W. Weinrieb Law Offices Of Steven W. Weinrieb

20090084774 - Method for joining dissimilar materials: A method for joining dissimilar materials by superposing, one over the other, a first material and a second material having a larger intrinsic resistance than that of the first material, heating the second material and pressing the first material and the second material against each other, which comprises conducting induction... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090084775 - Inductive heating apparatus and method: Apparatus and method for inductive heating wherein an internal inductive heating assembly is provided within a bore of a solid article. The heating assembly includes an interior coil inductively coupled to a portion of the article adjacent the bore to inductively heat the article. The heating assembly lacks an internal... Agent: Rissman Jobse Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20090084776 - Induction device for a humidifier: An induction device for a humidifier includes an backward wave oscillating circuit an emitting induction coil connected to the backward wave oscillating circuit and a control circuit composed of a rectifying filtering circuit, a transmit control circuit and a receiving induction coil and a function unit. The emitting induction coil... Agent: J.c. Patents

20090084777 - Cooking device having an induction heating element: An induction heater may comprise a base, a plurality of first solids of ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic material and a first coil having a plurality of wire windings. The solids have a prescribed shape and are provided to have a prescribed arrangement on the base, and the first coil has a... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20090084778 - Microwave-refrigerator unit: Microwave-refrigerator units are disclosed. In one aspect, a microwave-refrigerator unit may include a weatherproof exterior. A microwave may be included within the weatherproof exterior. A refrigerator may also be included within the weatherproof exterior. The refrigerator may be coupled with the microwave. Other microwave-refrigerator units are also disclosed, as are... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090084779 - Microwave water heating system: A water heating system includes a heat exchange chamber having an internal cavity and a water coil within the internal cavity of the heat exchange chamber. A magnetron generates microwave energy and is in communication with the internal cavity. A hot air control system draws the heat generated by the... Agent: Herten, Burstein, Sheridan, Cevasco, Bottinelli, Litt & Harz, L.L.C.

20090084780 - Microwave furnace: A system for melting a substance may be provided. The system may comprise a crucible insulated with fused silica, a microwave generator configured to supply microwaves, and at least one burner probe extending into the crucible. The at least one burner probe may comprise a wave guide. The wave guide... Agent: Merchant & Gould Southwire

20090084781 - Microwave packaging for multicomponent meals: Various constructs and methods are provided for heating a plurality of different food items to their respective desired serving temperatures in a microwave oven in about the same amount of time.... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC