Electric heating inventions 06/09

20090159570 - Projection welding electrode with replaceable electrode element: An electrode for the projection welding of a weld nut to a workpiece has an electrode welding head with parts including a replaceable welding interface disc fitted therein. The electrode can be disassembled so that the conductive electrode interface within the welding head may be replaced when it becomes worn.... Agent: Miltons LLP

20090159573 - Four surfaces cooling block: A cooling block for coupling a remote plasma source to a resistor is disclosed. As processed substrates become larger for solar panels, organic light emitting diodes, and flat panel displays, a greater amount of cleaning gas and hence, plasma from a remote plasma source, may be necessary. When large amounts... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20090159571 - Plasma cutter having high power density: Systems and methods are provided for a torch power system having a high power density. In one embodiment, a system is provided that includes a torch power unit having a compressor and power electronics that include one or more power converters, wherein the torch power unit has a power output... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20090159572 - Plasma cutter having thermal model for component protection: A system is provided that includes a torch power unit. The torch power unit includes a monitor and/or control configured to determine a temperature of a component of the torch power unit based on the one or more inputs without a direct temperature measurement of the component. A method of... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20090159574 - Heat exchanger and moisture removal for a plasma cutting system: A system is provided that includes a torch power unit. The torch power unit includes a compressor and a moisture remover coupled to the compressor. A method is provided that includes compressing a gas via compressor and removing moisture from the gas via a moisture remover coupled to the compressor.... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20090159576 - Automatic compressor adjustment system and method for a portable cutting torch system: A system is provided that includes a torch power unit that includes a compressor and a controller configured to adjust output of the compressor in response to feedback comprising compressor output, or altitude, or atmospheric pressure, or a combination thereof. A method is provided that includes adjusting operational parameters of... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20090159575 - Plasma cutter having microprocessor control: A system is provided that includes a torch power unit, wherein the torch power unit includes a motor and a digital device coupled to the motor and configured to control the motor. A method of operation is provided that includes controlling one or more aspects of a torch power unit... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20090159577 - Multi-stage compressor in a plasma cutter: Systems and methods are provided for a torch power system using a multi-stage compressor. In one embodiment, a system includes a torch power unit that includes a compressor having multiple compression stages. A method of operation is provided that includes compressing a gas via a multi-stage compressor in a torch... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20090159578 - Multibeam laser device for fabricating a microretarder by heating process: A multi-beam laser device is used to make a microretarder plate, which comprises a plurality of first retardation state areas and second retardation state areas alternating with each other. The device comprises an infrared laser, a beam splitter, and a driving means. The beam splitter is used to split the... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090159579 - Butt welding system of steel plate and butt welding method of steel plate: A butt welding system and a butt welding method of steel plate by which the quality of a product can be ensured. Butting portions of blank members (1,2) to be joined together are butted and a predetermined butting load is applied to the butting portion, wherein the blank members (1,2)... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090159580 - Brittle nonmetallic workpiece and method and device for making same: An exemplary brittle non-metallic workpiece (70) is made by the laser beam (31), a cutting surface (701 ) of the brittle non-metallic workpiece has no micro cracks. A method for making the brittle non-metallic workpiece includes: focusing a laser beam on the brittle non-metallic substrate to form an elliptic beam... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090159581 - Compressor profile for resonance points system and method: A system is provided that includes a torch power unit. The torch power unit includes a compressor and a controller configured to adjust the compressor based on a profile indicating a resonance point for the compressor. A method is also provided that includes adjusting the compressor to reduce vibrations or... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20090159582 - Multi pole battery with improved interplate leakproofing: Double pole battery comprising three electrochemical cells stacked along a longitudinal axis, each cell consisting of an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte placed between the anode and the cathode, a current collector plate electrically connecting an anode of a cell and a cathode of an adjacent cell, a current... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090159583 - cosmetic applicator device including a heater member: A device for applying a composition may include an independent electrical energy source, at least one heater member that is powered by the independent electrical energy source and a circuit for controlling the power supply to the heater member. The circuit may be configured to power the heater member at... Agent: O'brien Jones, PLLC

20090159584 - Cooking appliance which is mounted in an elevated manner: A cooking appliance which is mounted in an elevated manner, which comprises at least one muffle which defines a cooking chamber and which comprises a muffle opening which is on the base thereof, a base door which can be displaced and which is used to close the muffle opening, comprising... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090159585 - Cooking appliance which is mounted in an elevated manner: A cooking appliance which is mounted in an elevated manner, comprising at least one muffle which defines a cooking chamber and which comprises a muffle opening on the base side thereof, a base door, which can be displaced, for closing the muffle opening and which comprises at least one heating... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090159586 - Dispensing device for heated flowable product: The present invention provides a heating device capable of dispensing heated personal care product while containers thereof are being heated. For example, there could be a base having multiple wells with a heating system associated with each well. There could be separate control of the heat in each well. The... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20090159587 - Planar heater: A planar heater 1 in which a power supply terminal unit 108 which supplies an electric power is arranged on a central portion on a lower surface of a silica glass plate-like member 102. The power supply terminal unit includes small-diameter silica glass tubes 105a and 106a, which contain a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090159588 - Heating apparatus: A heating apparatus 10 includes a ceramic base 11 having a heating surface 11a and provided with a resistance heating body 12 embedded therein, and a temperature adjusting member 21 fixedly fastened proximal to a back surface of the ceramic base 11. A heat conductive member 14 having a thermal... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090159589 - Household appliance, preferably cooking hob: A household appliance is provided that includes a functional element that a user can see and includes as well as display elements or control elements for actuating or monitoring the functional element. The display elements and the control elements are disposed where the associated functional element is located.... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090159590 - Substrate temperature adjusting-fixing devices: A substrate temperature adjusting-fixing device 10 includes an electrostatic chuck 11 which is provided with a base body 21 having a substrate placement surface 21A for placing s substrate 20 thereon, an electrostatic electrode 22 embedded in the base body 21, and a resistance heater 23 embedded in the base... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090159591 - Superheated steam generation container, superheated steam generator, and superheated steam generation method: A superheated steam generator, capable of generating superheated steam which exceeds 400° C. even if a litz wire is adopted as an induction heating coil, and capable of being used as a middle-sized or small-sized home-available apparatus, is provided. The invention provided a superheated steam generator in which induction heating... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090152244 - Wire-cut electric discharge machine having water level abnormality detection function and water level abnormality alarm generation cause specifying method: For specifying a cause of generation of a water level abnormality alarm in a wire-cut electric discharge machine, stopping supply of a machining liquid to a machining tank when the alarm is generated, draining the liquid; measuring an amount of change in the water level per unit time that is... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090152245 - Method to estimate the effect of weld location on weld strength: A method to diagnose a failed weld in a welding process includes monitoring a location of a weld created on a plurality of work pieces, diagnosing the weld as a failed weld based on said location with respect to a closest edge of one of the work pieces, and identifying... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090152247 - Fast axis beam profile shaping for high power laser diode based annealing system: A dynamic surface anneal apparatus for annealing a semiconductor workpiece has a workpiece support for supporting a workpiece, an optical source and scanning apparatus for scanning the optical source and the workpiece support relative to one another along a fast axis. The optical source includes an array of laser emitters... Agent: Law Office Of Robert M. Wallace

20090152246 - Method for processing material by laser ablation and material processed by processing method thereof: In order to easily control the laser pulse width and perform high-precision processing, the method for processing a material by laser ablation according to the present invention is characterized in that the material having a region of which a double logarithmic chart shows a linearly-shaped line with a gradient of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090152249 - Apparatus and method for constructing three-dimensional laminated shapes for field pole structures: A method for constructing a three-dimensional laminated shape includes selecting a first lamination strip from a plurality of lamination strips with different widths assembled on a spool. The first lamination strip is stacked on a stacking device and is cut at a first lamination length. A second lamination strip is... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20090152248 - Device and method for laser treatment: A device for laser welding of a workpiece includes a laser treatment head, a receiver carrying the laser treatment head and displaceable along a linear treatment zone, and a support configured to be temporarily fixable to the workpiece.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090152250 - Beam modulating apparatus for mold fabrication by ultra-fast laser technique: The present invention relates to a beam modulating apparatus for mold fabrication by ultra-fast laser technique. More particularly, the present invention discloses a beam modulating apparatus for fabricating micro-/nano-scaled structures, which adopts an energy shaping scheme for beam shape modulation while using the modulated beam for mold fabrication. Following the... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090152251 - Personalized interface for torch system and method: There is provided a system and method for quick identification and selection of torch processes based on a profile scheme. In an illustrated embodiment, a profile selectable via a one-click process may define operational parameters for one or more torch processes. Multiple profiles may be identified by corresponding labels that... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20090152252 - Pulse arc welding control method and pulse arc welding device: Disclosed here is a pulse welding control method and a pulse arc welding device capable of improving arc stability, and decreasing the amount of spatters. The structure contains arc short-circuit judging section (13) for judging a welding state; setting section (21) for defining parameters used for a short-circuit period and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090152253 - Online weld inspection and repair method for resistance welding and weld-bonding: A method to diagnose weld integrity in a welding process includes monitoring a weld indentation characteristic, comparing the monitored weld indentation characteristic to a threshold weld indentation characteristic, and identifying a discrepant weld when the weld indentation characteristic comparison shows the monitored weld indentation characteristic violates the threshold weld indentation... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090152254 - Control assembly for a welding gun: A welding gun includes a control switch combined with a trigger. The control switch features a slide movable to at least first and second positions. In an operating mode, the control switch switches between two differing sets of welding parameters in the first and second positions. In another operating mode,... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20090152255 - Retaining head and contact tip for controlling wire contour and contacting point for gmaw torches: A retaining head for a MIG welding device includes a contact tip mounting end, an opposite retaining head mounting end, and a throughbore extending from one of the ends to the other end. A deflector is disposed along the throughbore and is adjustable for imparting a bend in welding wire... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20090152256 - Method for manufacturing a stamped/heated part from a steel sheet plated with aluminum alloy: A method and related apparatus are disclosed for heating and stamping a processed part. A sheet of high-tensile steel is provided as a work part. The sheet is plated with a high-temperature-resistant material to improve formability. The temperature-resistant material can include oxidized aluminum or a high-temperature-resistant alloy of aluminum and/or... Agent: Brouse Mcdowell Lpa

20090152257 - Electric heating device: An electric heating device includes: a conductive fabric including a plurality of thread sets and a plurality of parallel first insulator threads, each of the thread sets including a plurality of parallel conductive threads interlaced with the first insulator threads; and a heat-generating material covering the conductive fabric. The heat-generating... Agent: Curatolo Sidoti Co., Lpa

20090152258 - Kitchen appliance for cooling and/or heating foodstuff: A kitchen appliance for cooling and heating foodstuff including a housing that defines a cooling and heating cavity within the housing. A container is removably mountable within the cooling and heating cavity of the housing and the container is capable of retaining foodstuff therein. A conduction plate is disposed within... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090152259 - Electrode tuning method and apparatus for a layered heater structure: A layered heater structure including an electrode layer and a localized tuning method for tuning the electrode layer of a layered heater structure with high precision is provided. The localized tuning method tunes the electrode layer to its proper local resistance to minimize temperature offsets on the heater surface and... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20090152260 - Induction heating device: An induction heating device includes a top plate arranged to have an object placed thereon, a heating coil receiving a high-frequency current to inductively heat the object, an infrared ray sensor for outputting a signal in accordance with energy of received infrared ray, a temperature detector for detecting a temperature... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090152261 - Packaging machine with induction heating: The present invention relates to a packaging machine for packaging packages, preferably trough-shaped packages, to be filled with goods, wherein a heating system is provided. The packaging machine is characterized in that the heating system is designed as an induction heating unit which is associated with a processing tool, and... Agent: William D. Breneman, Esq. Breneman & Georges

20090152262 - Dynamic power splitter: There is described a power splitter for directing electromagnetic power comprising: an input port for receiving the electromagnetic power; at least one dielectric element placed inside the power splitter; at least two output ports for outputting the power according to a splitting ratio, the at least two output ports placed... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20090145884 - Forming device and method for forming: In order to additionally develop a forming device for delivering at least one root shielding gas to the root side of at least one region to be joined of at least one object, as well as a corresponding method, such that discolorations and the formation of coatings on the object... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20090145885 - Method for soldering two elements together using a solder material: It further consists in depositing on said first component (1) and in contact with said conducting track (4), another quantity (11) of said solder material, constituting a sacrificial dot (10), having a contact area with said first component that is higher than that of said first quantity intended to constitute... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090145886 - Titanium aluminium component: A joining of a titanium material with an aluminium material, wherein the parts made of the two substances are connected with each other in a substance-to-substance manner. Preferably, the joining is effected by a laser beam or an electron beam.... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090145887 - Energy collection and power reduction in laser coupling process: An energy collector is used to assist a laser coupling process by reducing the amount of output power of a laser that is used to modify a device attaching element. The energy collector includes an energy collector tip configured to be placed proximate to a device attaching element during the... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090145888 - Preparing and performing of a laser welding process: A first position of a joint site on a workpiece is detected with a sensor device. The first position is in a first measurement zone in front of a laser beam incident on the workpiece. The second position is in a second measurement zone at the position of the laser... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090145889 - System and method for improved tig arc starting: A system and method for performing a welding-type process includes a welding-type torch having a first electrode connected to receive a welding-type power to effectuate a welding-type process. The welding-type torch also includes a second electrode connected to receive a starting power to initiate the welding-type process and a nozzle... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090145890 - Treatment apparatus, treatment method, and storage medium: A treatment apparatus uses an inductive heating method to allow an object to be heated while preventing a treatment chamber from being heated. The treatment apparatus for performing a heat treatment on the object has a treatment chamber and an induction heating coil section. The treatment chamber is capable of... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090145891 - Ceramic hob: A ceramic hob for a cooking appliance provided with a control device for controlling and/or adjusting a real temperature value on at least one part of a cooking plate arranged in a container for cooking by means of an associated heating device. The inventive ceramic hob comprises at least one... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090145892 - Modularly contained dual or multiple system water heating element assembly: A modular water heating assembly containing two heating elements (1, 2), each having a thermostat module (5, 6) inserted into a sensing tube (3, 4) and attached to the same threaded boss (7). The heating elements are therefor contained in a single assembly with the elements having a fixed temperature... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090145893 - Bucky warmer with holder: A portable device is provided that is used to warm a mammography machine and which comprises a warmer and a holder for the warmer, the holder having a charging mechanism for charging the warmer. The warmer includes an enclosed heating element and power source. The heating element is precisely regulated... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090145894 - Passive inductor for improved control in localized heating of thin bodies: The present invention is a magnetic flux controlling device in the form of a passive inductor which improves heat pattern control for induction heating of objects such as thin, flat bodies. The device comprises a magnetic core and at least one electrical conductor that together do not form a closed... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, .p.c

20090145895 - Packaging container for cooking by electronic oven: A packaging container for cooking by an electronic oven having high sealability between a container body and a cover member and capable of being automatically and securely opened starting at a steam releasing seal part after taste of contents is improved by a steaming effect by holding a pressure in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090139964 - Wire-receiving mechanism: A wire-receiving mechanism for holding electrical wire used to cut or burn through a metal work piece in wire electrical discharge machines (WEDMs) is disclosed. A passive wheel and an active wheel are disposed side by side with one another in a case body, the active wheel being capable of... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090139965 - Probe array and method of its manufacture: A method of forming a probe array includes forming a layer of tip material over a block of probe material. A first electron discharge machine (EDM) electrode is positioned over the layer of tip material, the EDM electrode having a plurality of openings corresponding to a plurality of probes to... Agent: N. Kenneth Burraston Kirton & Mcconkie

20090139966 - Seam welding: A process is provided for scam welding advanced high strength steel sheets together. Respective end portions of first and second advanced high strength steel sheets are placed in overlapping contact with one another, and subjected to first and second weld passes. In the first weld pass, a seam welder including... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20090139967 - Mobile hand-held laser welding support system: A mobile support system for a hand-held laser welding wand includes a movable cart, a laser source, a fluid source, and a filler medium supply source. The laser source is mounted on the movable cart and is configured to supply laser light for the hand-held laser welding wand. The fluid... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090139968 - Seam position control for laser processing: A course of a position of a positioning device is determined as a laser beam welds a workpiece at a focus area of the laser beam. The positioning device is configured to position the focus area of a laser beam on a workpiece such that a joint is formed on... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090139969 - Laser welding of castings to minimize distortion: A process of using laser welding in the assembly of boiling water reactor fuel debris filters is disclosed. The laser welding process minimizes the distortion of the debris filter cast lower tie plate by applying minimal heat during the welding. Fixtures hold the cast lower tie plate through four degrees... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20090139970 - Method and arrangement for guiding a machine part along a defined movement path over a workpiece surface: A machine part is guided along a defined movement path over a workpiece surface. The machine part is held at a defined distance from the workpiece surface during this movement. For that purpose, at least one distance sensor is provided that runs ahead of the machine part with a defined... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090139971 - Method and apparatus for welding with mechanical arc control: A method and apparatus for feeding wire from a source of wire to a weld includes one or more motors disposed adjacent the wire to drive the wire to the weld. A buffer is disposed between the source and an arc end of the torch. Another motor may be disposed... Agent: Corrigan Law Office

20090139972 - Docking connector: A heatable electric connector for preventing frosting of an electrical connector of the heatable electric connector is provided. A heating element provides indirect heating or optionally direct heating of the electrical connector. A temperature controller senses an approximate temperature of the electrical connector and compares the connector temperature to a... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090139973 - Vehicle floor heating device: A foot heating device for heating an occupant's feet on the floor of a motor vehicle. The device includes a panel having a bottom surface residing on the floor and a top surface that supports the occupant's feet. The panel also includes and insulating layer, a radiant barrier layer disposed... Agent: Visteon/brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090139974 - Micro-heaters, micro-heater arrays, methods for manufacturing the same and electronic devices using the same: Example embodiments provide micro-heaters including a heating section, a plurality of connecting sections, and a plurality of support structures. The heating section is on the substrate, separated from the substrate and extended in a longitudinal direction. The plurality of connecting sections are arranged at a distance from each other in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090139976 - Impingement quartz conveyor oven: An impingement oven includes a housing with a conveyor 114 extending through the housing to convey food items through a cooking chamber for cooking by convection and infrared heating elements located above and below the conveyor. Electrical components are separated from the heating elements and cooled with ambient air.... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20090139975 - Radiation apparatus with capability of preventing heat convection: The present invention provides a radiation apparatus with capability of preventing heat convection, which comprises a blackbody furnace having a cavity therein and an air pressure adjusting unit. The air pressure adjusting unit coupled to the blackbody furnace for adjusting the air pressure of the open end of the cavity... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090139977 - Apparatus for thermally treating semiconductor substrates: An apparatus for thermally treating semiconductor substrates has a processing space which is defined by first walls substantially parallel to the semiconductor substrate and a second side wall connected to the first walls; a substrate holding device disposed in the processing space which defines a substrate retaining region for a... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090139978 - Water/powdered milk mixing device for nursing: Disclosed herein is a water/powdered milk mixing device, capable of mixing water and powdered milk, which are independently stored, at a predetermined concentration when a mixing switch is manipulated. The device has a water heating means (11) for heating water stored in a water storage container. The water heating means... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20090139979 - Placing table structure, method for manufacturing placing table structure and heat treatment apparatus: A mounting table structure capable of preventing cracks in a mounting table made of a ceramic material or at a joint portion between the mounting table and a column for supporting the mounting table. The mounting table structure includes a ceramic mounting table made of a ceramic material for mounting... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090139980 - Cooking hob and method for the operation of a cooking hob: A cooking hob, especially an induction cooking hob, including a first heating zone having at least two independently heatable heating elements operable by a first power supply via a first switching device, and at least one additional heating zone operable by a second power supply via a second switching device... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090139981 - System, method and computer program product for programmable counter-top electric oven: A multi-stage cooking method for a counter-top electric oven is provided. The oven may include at least one cooking element and at least one control system coupled to the cooking element, the control system including a processor, a storage device, and an input interface. The multi-stage cooking method may include:... Agent: Venable LLP

20090139982 - Power delivery to heater elements: Fuser heater element damage due to excessive heating power is prevented by estimating available power supply heating power for proper power control. The estimate is performed by applying a predefined portion of the heating power available from the power supply to the heater element. The predefined portion is determined so... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20090139983 - Electric heating apparatus, especially for motor vehicles: in which at least part of the walls (6, 22, 22a) of the extruded profile (1a), which are not in contact with a heating element (11), is provided with openings through which a gaseous or liquid medium can flow through the extruded profile (1a, 28, 28a) in transverse direction to... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20090139985 - Multiple stage open coil electric resistance heater with balanced coil arrangement and heater cool end termination and method of use: A multiple stage open coil electrical resistance heater uses a unique coil configuration on either side of a dividing support plate so that the air passing through the heater is heated uniformly when one or more stages of the heater are energized. The coil configuration also creates a termination zone... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090139984 - Open coil electric resistance heater with offset coil support and method of use: An open coil electrical resistance heater uses a number of offset insulators to support the coil of the heater. The offset insulators configure the run of coil in a sinusoidal shape to hold the insulators in a more secure manner and reduce vibration and noise generation during heat operation. The... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090139986 - Induction heating cooker and control method thereof: An induction heating cooker and a control method thereof. The induction heating cooker includes a plurality of heating coil groups, each of the heating coil groups including a plurality of heating coils connected in series, a plurality of inverters to individually supply high-frequency voltages to the heating coil groups, respectively,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090139987 - Induction warming system for fiber composite gas storage cylinders: A warming system for a fiber composite high pressure gas storage tank for maintaining the temperature of the gas within the tank and the gas flow system associated with one or more boss at the tank ends above the lower design tolerance temperature limit, wherein an induction coil wound around... Agent: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090139988 - System for creating more uniform distribution of microwave energy in a cavity: A microwave device is disclosed which includes a cavity wherein varied frequency microwaves are generated, a movable tuning member that is adapted to extend into the cavity and a force generator that is mechanically coupled to the movable tuning member, the force generator, when actuated, being adapted to move the... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.