Electric heating inventions 10/09

20090242519 - Welding of an element of a track unit and a rail section without adding any material: The stretch of rail comprises a railway switch element (12) made from high-alloy steel, in which at least one alloy element has a content equal to at least 5% by weight, and a length of rail (14) made from steel, connected to one another by a weld without deposition of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090242520 - Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method: A plasma processing apparatus includes a local plasma generator, provided to face a mounting table for mounting thereon a substrate to be processed in an airtight processing chamber, for allowing a plasma to locally react on the substrate to be processed; and a moving unit for moving the local plasma... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090242521 - On-the-fly manipulation of spot size and cutting speed for real-time control of trench depth and width in laser operations: Systems and methods cut trenches of multiple widths in a material using a single pass of a laser beam. A first series of laser pulses cut a work surface of the material at a first cutting speed using a first spot size. In a transition region from a first trench... Agent: Electro Scientific Industries/stoel Rives, LLP

20090242522 - Photonic milling using dynamic beam arrays: A laser processing system includes a beam positioning system to align beam delivery coordinates relative to a workpiece. The beam positioning system generates position data corresponding to the alignment. The system also includes a pulsed laser source and a beamlet generation module to receive a laser pulse from the pulsed... Agent: Electro Scientific Industries/stoel Rives, LLP

20090242523 - Laser processing method: The present invention relates to a laser processing method that makes it possible to effectively suppress the generation of surface irregularities on the surface of a plastic member where a metal member and a plastic member are joined together. In the laser processing method, a plurality of laser beams are... Agent: Venable LLP

20090242524 - Singulation apparatus for manufacturing electronic component: Regarding a singulation apparatus for singulating a resin encapsulated substrate to manufacture an electronic component, the present invention brings about shortening the delivery period, reducing the footprint, and reducing the cost in compliance with a specification requested by a user. A singulation apparatus for an electronic component has: a basic... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090242525 - Laser machining of fired ceramic and other hard and/or thick materials: Laser machining fired ceramic and other hard and/or thick materials includes scribing a workpiece with a laser beam along a sequence of parallel laser paths within a cutout region of the workpiece. The scribing creates a kerf in the cutout region that widens as the laser beam advances along the... Agent: Electro Scientific Industries/stoel Rives, LLP

20090242526 - Laser micromachining through a protective member: A small feature at a target location on a working surface of a workpiece is laser machined. A laser beam propagating along a beam path is directed for incidence at the target location on the working surface to machine the small feature. A focusing lens sized to converge the laser... Agent: Electro Scientific Industries/stoel Rives, LLP

20090242527 - Method and apparatus for processing coated spectacle lenses: By means of the method and the apparatus in accordance with the invention, coated spectacle lenses are processed to form at the latter joining surfaces which permit a reliable adhesive bonding of the lenses to the bridge and the lugs of rimless spectacles. The method provides that for the respective... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20090242528 - Method and apparatus for laser drilling holes with gaussian pulses: An improved method and apparatus for drilling tapered holes in workpieces with laser pulses is presented which uses defocused laser pulses to machine the holes with specified taper and surface finish while maintaining specified exit diameters and improved system throughput. A system is described which can also drill holes with... Agent: Electro Scientific Industries/stoel Rives, LLP

20090242529 - Method to cut apertures in a material: A method is described for the cutting of apertures in a material using a computer, laser control software, input device, laser and an x-y plotting bed. The method is to preferably form apertures in fluid impermeable material including composite materials. The apertures are used as exhaust valves in positive pressure... Agent: The Law Firm Of Carl A. Ronald

20090242530 - Method of manufacturing column and bed of machine tool and structure thereof: A technique of easy manufacture of a column and a bed of a machine tool in a short time is provided by having an assembly structure of sheet metal members. A column body of the machine tool is constituted by combining a front member with a rear member 130 and... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090242531 - Photonic clock stabilized laser comb processing: Processing a workpiece with a laser includes generating laser pulses at a first pulse repetition frequency. The first pulse repetition frequency provides reference timing for coordination of a beam positioning system and one or more cooperating beam position compensation elements to align beam delivery coordinates relative to the workpiece. The... Agent: Electro Scientific Industries/stoel Rives, LLP

20090242532 - Method and apparatus for braking and advancing a welding wire: A method and apparatus for providing welding-type power include a wire feeder that provides wire to an arc and a power supply that provides power to the arc. A reversible wire feed motor moves the wire to and away from the arc. A controller controls the reversible wire feeder motor... Agent: Corrigan Law Office

20090242533 - Welding control apparatus and method: The present invention provides a welding control apparatus including: a droplet separation detecting unit that detects separation of a droplet from a tip end of welding wire; and a waveform generator that alternately generates a first pulse for separating the droplet and a second pulse for shaping the droplet and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090242535 - Wire feeding unit: A wire feeding unit for feeding a welding wire in a torch cable of a welding robot, the torch cable passing through the inside of an upper arm in its direction, includes a body member, which is mounted on an inner periphery of the upper arm in a state of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090242534 - Method for welding a workpiece: The invention describes a method for welding a workpiece (16) with a consuming welding wire (13), the latter being moved substantially towards the workpiece (16) by a wire feeder (11) during a welding process, wherein a process is started and performed for removing slag (42) from the end of the... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090242536 - Metal-based flux cord wire for ar-co2 mixed gas shielded arc welding: A metal-based flux cored wire for Ar—CO2 mixed gas shielded arc welding used for short arc welding and spray arc welding. The wire results in extremely small amounts of slag formation and spatter generation, giving a good bead shape, and giving excellent low-temperature toughness of the weld metal. The flux... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090242537 - Heater apparatus, system, and method for stabilizing a sheet material: An apparatus for stabilizing a sheet material by near-field levitation comprises a heater plate including a heating element and a radiation surface which vibrates when the heater plate receives an acoustic wave. The apparatus further comprises at least one vibration source coupled to the heater plate and operable to transmit... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090242538 - Decorative trim heating device: A decorative trim heating device includes a heater and a decorative cover. The cover further includes a wall-side surface and a front-side surface, the wall-side surface defining a channel within which the heater is disposed and the front side surface defining a decorative pattern. The decorative trim heater also includes... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20090242539 - Heating system: A heating system that provides long lasting and all-encompassing heat to the hands of a skier or snowmobile/motorcycle user. A power source, such as a battery, is secured within a hollow portion of each handgrip. In the wired version, a conduit passes through the wrist strap attached to each ski... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC

20090242540 - Glow plug: A glow plug including a pressure sensor (830) and a heater (150). The glow plug includes a position-defining member which defines the positional relationship between the pressure sensor (830) and the heater (150) and has a coefficient of thermal expansion greater than that of the heater. The pressure sensor (830)... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090242542 - Electric oven: An electric oven has an air passage structure that is designed to effectively cool down electric components. The air passage structure quickly cools down a variety of electric components on a top surface of a cavity using air introduced from outside the oven. The oven has a series of passages... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090242541 - Electric oven and door thereof: A door provided with a plurality of insulation layers formed on a periphery portion of a door glass is provided. By the insulation layers, the transferring of heat generated in a cooking chamber to an external side can be remarkably reduced.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090242543 - Monitoring witness structures for temperature control in rtp systems: Temperature control in an RTP system can be improved by consideration of one or more witness structures different from the wafer (or other semiconductor object) being processed. For example, power coupling between the RTP heating system and witness structure can be used to adjust one or more control parameters, such... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090242544 - Wafer heating apparatus having electrostatic attraction function: In a wafer heating apparatus having an electrostatic attraction function, a conductive heat generating layer is formed on one plane of a supporting substrate, and a conductive electrode for electrostatic attraction is formed on the other plane, and furthermore, an insulating layer is formed to cover the heat generating layer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090242545 - Wafer thermometer, temperature measuring device, heat treatment device and method for measuring temperature of heat treatment unit: A wafer thermometer includes a wafer, a plurality of temperature sensors, a converter, a wafer data transmitter, and a photoelectric conversion element. The wafer has an upper surface divided to a plurality of regions. The plurality of temperature sensors are arranged at the plurality of regions, respectively. The converter is... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090242546 - Cooking apparatus with thermally shielded temperature sensor: A cooking apparatus includes a heating element and a cooking plate arranged and configured to be heated by the heating element, the cooking plate having a first surface facing the heating element and a cooking surface opposite the first surface. A thermostat is located proximate the first surface and associated... Agent: Thompson Hine LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090242547 - Cooker and method for controlling the same: A cooker and a method for controlling the cooker are provided. The cooker may include a heating source configured to generate heat, a detection sensor configured to detect a temperature of the heating source, and a controller configured to compare a current temperature of the heating source detected by the... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20090242548 - Tape heater and method for manufacturing the same: The present invention relates to a tape heater including: at least one flexible fabric base formed from a heat-resistant thread, the at least one flexible fabric base including a first fabric base part and a second fabric base part; and a heater member, in which the heater member is interposed... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090242549 - Engine inlet ice protection system having embedded variable watt density heaters: A system includes a first heater located at the leading edge of a gas turbine structural member, a second heater located aft of the first heater, and a third heater located aft of the second heater. The first, second and third heaters are electrically-powered to prevent icing of the gas... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090242550 - Self-venting microwave heating package: A package for heating, browning, and/or crisping a food item in a microwave oven, comprises a packaging material configured to define an interior space for receiving a food item, at least two portions of the packaging material being joined to one another to define a sealed area adapted to be... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC