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Electric heating January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/10

20100018953 - Reusable mandrel for solid free form fabrication process: The present invention provides a reusable mandrel and method of using the mandrel in a SFFF process. A thermally conductive feature is located on the surface of the mandrel. The mandrel does not bond to the deposited part so that it may be easily removed without damaging either the mandrel... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20100018954 - Enhanced piercing through current profiling: In general, the present invention provides a method of piercing a workpiece with a plasma arc torch of the type having a plasma gas flow path for directing a plasma gas through the torch and a secondary gas flow path for directing a secondary gas through the torch. The method... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/ann Arbor

20100018955 - Device for recording graphical data on a medium: This is a device for recording graphical data (34) on a medium (10), comprising a laser (9) producing a laser beam (14) to which the medium is sensitive, the laser beam projecting a spot (25) onto the medium (10), the laser (9) being driven in a relative sweeping movement with... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20100018956 - Elimination of short circuits between conductors by laser ablation: A method of selectively eliminating electrical shorts and other electrical defects from specific layers of a multilayer electronic device without damaging underlying layers. The method is based on a combination of an automated detection of the defects and selective laser ablation patterning (SLAP).... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100018957 - Laser marking: There are described compositions and methods for the laser marking of products or their packaging. The compositions comprise transition metal oxides, saccharides and/or flame-retardant agents, optionally with other additives, dispersed in a carrier.... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20100018958 - Heating system for bathing unit: A control system suitable for use with a bathing unit system having a water receptacle is provided. The control system comprises a heating module, a power source and a controller in communication with the heating module and the power source. The power source includes an energy storage member for storing... Agent: Smart & Biggar

20100018959 - Bond line heating pad system and method: A heat pad assembly for installation and/or removal of a bracket from a structure comprises a heating element. The heat pad assembly may have at least one and, more preferably, a plurality of perforations formed therein. The heating element may be configured to generate heat upon the application of electrical... Agent: NovatechIPLaw

20100018960 - Heating device for heating semiconductor wafers in thermal processing chambers: An apparatus for heat treating semiconductor wafers is disclosed. The apparatus includes a heating device which contains an assembly of light energy sources for emitting light energy onto a wafer. The light energy sources can be placed in various configurations. In accordance with the present invention, tuning devices which are... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20100018961 - Cooking apparatus: Provided are a cooking apparatus and a method for controlling the same. The cooking apparatus senses the size of a cooking vessel, or more specifically, the undersurface area of the cooking vessel, and selectively operates heaters accordingly. Therefore, food can be more efficiently cooked.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100018962 - Temperature control device for a fuel heater element: A heater temperature closed-loop control circuit includes a basic Wheatstone bridge circuit with an integral heater element, an amplifier integrated circuit receiving a resultant bridge voltage and controlling an amplifier in correlation with the resistance of the heater element, and a supply voltage provided to the Wheatstone bridge circuit when... Agent: Paul L. Marshall, Esq. Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20100018963 - Method for protecting a heating element, and heating device: A method for protecting a heating element with at least one voltage tap against overheating, the method including determining a heating element limit value, determining at least one voltage tap limit value, detecting a heating element value and at least one voltage tap value, and deactivating the heating element when... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100012625 - Welding purge control using electronic flow control: A purging system for an arc welder is disclosed wherein the purging system comprises a control system (20), at least one automatic flow control arrangement (MFC) for a purge gas (28, 30), said flow control arrangement (WIFC) being operably associated with said control system (20), said control system (20) controlling... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20100012626 - Wire electrical discharge machining apparatus: A wire electrical discharge machining apparatus includes a unit capable of separately opening and closing each of a high impedance path and a low impedance path, a unit that sets an open/close pattern in which a combination of closing one of the feeding paths and opening another one of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100012628 - Abrasion assisted wire electrical discharge machining process: A method of wire electrical discharge machining comprising applying a pulsed voltage between a tool electrode and a workpiece which are physically separated by a working gap, the tool electrode being in the form of a wire with an electrically conductive core and an external surface embedded with an electrically... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul LLP Attn: Steven M. Greenberg, Esq.

20100012627 - Material piece scooping device: A material piece scooping device, which extracts a material piece from a surface of an object to be scooped by generating electric discharge between an electric discharge electrode and the object to be scooped, includes a rotation drive section 40, an arm portion 30 driven by the rotation drive section... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20100012629 - Ion plasma electron emitters for a melting furnace: An apparatus for melting an electrically conductive metallic material comprises an auxiliary ion plasma electron emitter configured to produce a focused electron field including a cross-sectional profile having a first shape. The apparatus further comprises a steering system configured to direct the focused electron field to impinge the focused electron... Agent: Allegheny Technologies Incorporated

20100012630 - Apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional object layer by layer: An apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional object (3) by applying and solidifying a powdery constituent material (3a) layer by layer at positions corresponding to the respective cross sectional area of the object (3) in the respective layer by exposure to a laser (7) or another energy source comprises a heating... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100012631 - Transparent material processing with an ultrashort pulse laser: Methods for ultrashort pulse laser processing of optically transparent materials. A method for scribing transparent materials uses ultrashort laser pulses to create multiple scribe features with a single pass of the laser beam across the material, with at least one of the scribe features being formed below the surface of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100012632 - Laser processing method: While six rows of molten processed regions 131, 132 to become a cutting start point are formed within a silicon wafer 11 along a line to cut 5, a weakened region 18 is formed in a rear face 21 of an object to be processed 1 along the line to... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20100012633 - Laser processing method: A modified region is accurately formed at a desirable position with respect to a laser light irradiation surface of an object to be processed. When an average difference γ has a value exceeding a predetermined threshold during trace recording, a particle segment Z including a line segment S where the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20100012634 - Method for cutting or perforating film: A method of cutting or perforating a thin film (10) comprises the steps of applying an energy-absorbing material (14) at a selected location (15) or at selected locations (11) on a surface of the film, wherein the energy-absorbing material absorbs electromagnetic energy in a predetermined frequency range. Further, the method... Agent: Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20100012635 - Visually designated user interface for welder: Systems and methods for optimally setting a coarse adjustment knob and a fine adjustment knob (i.e. a rheostat) on a user interface of a stick welding system via an intuitive display are provided. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure relate to achieving the correct amperage setting for a given electrode... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20100012636 - Air flow methods and systems for a welder-generator: Configurations of internal components of a welder-generator are provided to improve efficiency of the cooling of the internal components. The disclosed embodiments include configurations in which a single fan, such as an engine fan, drives a single airflow path through the welder-generator. Additionally, embodiments are provided with configurations in which... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20100012637 - Robotic gmaw torch with quick release gooseneck locking mechanism, dual alignment features, and multiple electrical contacts: A gooseneck locking mechanism for a robotic GMAW torch having a torch body and a gooseneck includes a connector receiver disposed in the torch body. The connector receiver includes longitudinal ends and a passageway extending between the longitudinal ends. An indexing feature is disposed in the passageway. An elongated connector... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20100012638 - Tig braze-welding with metal transfer in drops at a controlled frequency: The invention relates to a braze-welding or arc-welding method using a TIG torch equipped with a non-consumable electrode (1) and a consumable filler wire (2) of a given diameter, wherein the transfer of metal to the welded joint occurs in successive droplets of molten metal deposited at a frequency of... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20100012639 - Systems and methods for horizontal axis based food stirring: A food cooking device includes a base housing defining an interior space and a heating element within the interior space. The heating element provides a source of heat for cooking food. A bowl is separate from the heating element and is positionable into the interior space with the heating element... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100012640 - Vehicle heating system: The description relates to a vehicle heating system having at least one heat transfer device (2a, 2b, 2c) through which air can flow to be heated and at least one heating device (10) which is attached to the heat transfer device (2a, 2b, 2c) and which each involves at least... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20100012641 - Vehicle heating system: The description relates to a vehicle heating system having a plurality of heating devices (10) which each having at least one heating element (12) arranged between two contact plates (11), a plurality of heat transfer devices (2a, 2b, 2c) through which air to be heated can flow and to which... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20100012642 - Heatable element: In an element for producing an electrically heatable covering with connecting elements for connection of adjacent elements, the element (1) is connected to a multilayer printed circuit board (3) whose electrically conductive surface (4) facing the element (1) can be connected to an electrical contact (15) of a connecting or... Agent: Chapman And Cutler

20100012643 - Nano thickness heating material coated food warmer devices for hospital & elsewhere daily usage: Embodiments involve a food warmer that uses a nano thickness heating material as the heating element. The heating element has a fast response and is energy efficient. The temperature of the food warmer can be precisely controlled. The food warmer may be used to heat cold food to a desired... Agent: Byip, Ltd.

20100012644 - Dual fan convection performance divider: An oven includes an interior cavity and a convection heating system for developing a flow of heated air within the interior cavity. The convection heating system includes a plurality of fans to provide a plurality of airflows, and a single convection heating element for heating the plurality of airflows. A... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20100012645 - Temperature probe for an oven, oven and method for operating an oven: The invention relates to a temperature probe for an oven, comprising in one embodiment a longitudinal housing in the form of a spit. A temperature sensor and an electronic unit are arranged in a tip and are connected at the other end to emitting means. The temperature probe comprises a... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20100012646 - Hot water kettle comprising an acoustic member for generating an acoustic signal: A hot water kettle has an on/off switch, which is adapted to automatically switch from a closed position to an opened position when water which is present inside the kettle has been boiling for a while. The on/off switch is operable through a button element (6), a position of which... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100012647 - Operating device for a stove top and arrangement of a stove top having such an operating device: The invention relates to an operating device for a stove top, the device comprising rotary operating parts that are rotatably mounted in a base. The parts have a protruding region as a signal means, the region rotating in a plane of the stove top or a stove top plate when... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20100012648 - Method of treating a crankshaft: Method for treating a crank pin of a crank shaft. In the method hardness of the crank pin surface is measured and when the hardness is over a predetermined limit value, depth of the hard spot is measured. Heat treatment parameters are determined at least on the basis of the... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel, LLP

20100012649 - Irradiation facility of radiant heat: A irradiation facility of radiant heat comprises one or more radiation generators (10); and a waveguide (20) connecting between the radiation generator (10) and a target object (30) to increase irradiation distance thereof such that electromagnetic waves in a radiation region provided from at least one of the radiation generators... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20100012650 - Multi-stage cylindrical waveguide applicator systems: A microwave applicator system exposing a material flowing through multiple applicator stages to a different radial heating pattern in each stage for uniform heating. A two-stage applicator system has a pair of back-to-back applicators, each having offset, outwardly jutting walls on opposite sides of a material flow path through a... Agent: Laitram, L.L.C. Legal Department

20100012651 - Microwavable bag or sheet material: A microwavable material having a structure that may be used to enhance the browning and crisping, and thus improve the taste and appearance, of a food item cooked therein. The material may be in the form of a sheet material or formed as a container such as a bag, pouch,... Agent: The Clorox Company

20100012652 - Microwave energy interactive insulating sheet and system: A microwave energy interactive insulating structure comprises a layer of microwave energy interactive material supported on a first polymer film layer, a moisture-containing layer joined to the layer of microwave energy interactive material, a second polymer film layer joined to the moisture-containing layer in a predetermined pattern to define a... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20100006545 - Welding of pipeline to enhance strain performance: A method and apparatus utilized in forming weld joint is described. In the method, a strength weld between two members is formed by a first welding process and a first weld metal. Then, one or more strain welds are formed by depositing a second weld metal adjacent to the strength... Agent: Exxon Mobil Upstream Research Company

20100006546 - Laser engraving of ceramic articles: A method for engraving an image on a surface of an article selected from a group consisting of brick, ceramic tile, concrete pavers and natural stone articles, comprising providing a laser engraving apparatus comprising a steerable laser beam, steering the laser beam continuously over a first beam path on the... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20100006547 - Reverse acting rupture disc with laser-defined electropolished line of weakness and method of forming the line of weakness: A reverse acting rupture disc is provided having a laser defined electropolished line-of-weakness recess, and an improved method of forming an electropolished line-of-weakness recess in a reverse acting rupture disc that assures full opening of the disc upon reversal. A rupture disc blank is pre-bulged, final bulged, and then provided... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20100006548 - Laser working method: A converging point of processing laser light is made to accurately follow a laser light irradiation surface of an object to be processed. An object to be processed 1 is irradiated with measuring laser light along a line to cut 5, astigmatism is added to a reflected light component of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20100006549 - Device for processing materials by laser beam: Disclosed is a laser processing device for processing a surface of an object with laser beams. The laser processing device includes: a laser beam generating unit for projecting laser beams; and a micromirror device having a plurality of micromirrors, the micromirrors being configured to reflect and transfer at least a... Agent: Clark & Brody

20100006550 - Method for minimizing sample damage during the ablation of material using a focused ultrashort pulsed laser beam wherein the slope of fluence breakdown is a function of the pulse width: In one aspect the invention provides a method for laser induced breakdown of a material with a pulsed laser beam where the material is characterized by a relationship of fluence breakdown threshold (Fth) versus laser beam pulse width (T) that exhibits an abrupt, rapid, and distinct change or at least... Agent: Dr. Daniel P. Morris, Esq. Intellectual Property Law Dept.

20100006551 - Enhanced power factor correction for welding and cutting power supplies: Enhanced power factor correction for a welding-based power supply includes a controller that tracks a rectified input voltage waveform and detects zero-crossing events therein. The controller generates an ideal sinusoidal current reference signal synchronized by expected zero-crossings in the supplied power. The reference signal is used in a current control... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20100006552 - Method and apparatus for short arc welding: A short circuit arc welding system is disclosed. The control scheme uses a current command signal comprised of a long-term current command that sets the long-term current command level and a real-time or short-by-short current command to drive the output current. Feedback is used to determine if the desired arc... Agent: Corrigan Law Office

20100006553 - Process for welding electrical connectors and welding device thereof: This invention introduces the welding technology of an electrical connector and its welding device. The welding device comprises of a base frame, IR lamp that can emit infrared rays, and convex lens used to collect infrared rays. The lamp and lens are set in the base frame, with the convex... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20100006554 - Vehicle lighting device: A conventional vehicle lighting device has entailed a problem on swaging and fixing a power-feeding portion and a connector to each other insofar. In the present invention, a connector is made up of: a male terminal set at a power-feeding electrically conductive paste on one face of a power-feeding film... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20100006555 - Assembly formed by an electrically-heatable glazing unit and an apparatus sensitive to magnetic fields: In an electrically-heated glazing unit including a plurality of collector conductors configured to supply a plurality of heating conductors with an electric current used to heat up the heating conductors and the glazing unit, at least one partial region of the surface of the glazing unit includes an arrangement of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100006556 - Atmospheric heater: An atmospheric heater has opposite side walls each forming a groove for receiving a retention rail with an opening of the retention rail exposed to receive and retain a fogged light-transmitting tube, which is spaced from a bottom wall of the retention rail to define a first channel. A circuit... Agent: Leong C Lei

20100006557 - Brazing structure, ceramic heater, and glow plug: A ceramic heater comprising a rod-like ceramic member in which a metallized layer is formed on at least a part of an outer surface of the ceramic member, and a tubular metal fitting in which at least a part of the ceramic member is inserted, the inner surface of the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20100006558 - Cooking appliance and method of cooking a food item: According to another aspect, the subject application involves an oven and a method of controlling an oven for cooking a food item. The oven includes a cooking cavity, a user interface comprising an input device to be actuated with a single actuation event by a cook to select a predetermined... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20100006559 - Oven with improved functionality during grilling: An oven comprising a box housing with an internal cavity bounded by walls, and provided on one side with an opening closable by a movable door, at at least one of the walls there being provided a browning or grilling member comprising an electrical resistance element, and presenting a first... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20100006560 - Substrate heating apparatus and substrate heating method: In a substrate heating apparatus including a vacuum vessel with an interior separated by a wall body into a first space and a second space, the first space being evacuated to a vacuum by a first exhaust means and accommodating a substrate to be heated, and the second space being... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100006561 - Toaster oven: A countertop toaster oven has an internal compartment heated by at least four heating elements and a door for the compartment. At least two of the heating elements are top elements, located adjacent to a ceiling of the compartment. Two of the heating elements are lower elements, located along a... Agent: Michael Molins Molins & Co.

20100006562 - Magnetic element temperature sensors: Small, low-cost wireless temperature sensors (120) are provided for sensing the temperature of servingware (121). Each temperature sensor preferably includes a substrate (124); at least one sensor element (122) positioned on the substrate; and an adhesive (126) for securing the sensor element to the substrate and for securing the temperature... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20100006563 - Induction heating device and associated operating and saucepan detection method: The invention relates to a method for operating an induction heating device, to a pot detection method for an induction heating device and to an induction heating device. The method for operating the induction heating device is characterized by determining a low point of a resonant cycle on a linking... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

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20100006566 - Microwave heating container: A microwave heating construct comprises a base, a wall extending upwardly around the base for defining a cavity for receiving a food item, and a microwave energy shielding element overlying a lower margin of the wall, the microwave energy shielding element having an upper edge including a substantially incurved portion.... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20100006567 - Cooking package: A package for heating a food product in a microwave oven. The package has a tray for holding the food product, a lid foldably connected to the tray, and a partition at least partially received in the tray. The partition separates an interior space of the tray into a first... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20100000974 - Electrode for electrical-discharge surface treatment and method of manufacturing the same: A method of manufacturing an electrode for electrical-discharge surface treatment includes kneading a first electrode material composed of at least one of metal powder and insulating powder and a second electrode material composed of conductive organic bonding agent in which a conductive resin is dissolved or dispersed in a solvent,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100000975 - Corrosion resisting joining area and method between materials of copper and stainless steel or titanium, which are the constituents of permanent cathodes for electrolytic processes and cathodes obtained: This disclosure provides a joining area and method between copper and stainless steel or titanium, as well as the permanent cathode obtained, where said joining area is made of a first zone of a copper-nickel (Cu—Ni) alloy, an intermediate zone with a mostly nickel alloy or pure nickel and a... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20100000976 - Process for repairing a component comprising a directional microstructure by setting a temperature gradient during the laser heat action, and a component produced by such a process: In one aspect, a repair method for repairing components comprising a base material with a directed microstructure is provided. The repair is performed in such a way that the repaired location correspondingly has a directed microstructure like the surrounding base material. A solder is applied in the region of a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100000977 - Method for removal of content-based stripe and the like on a substrate and equipment thereof: The present invention relates to a method for removal of content based stripe and the like on a substrate. More particularly relates to a method of removal of content based stripe and the like, using lasers. The method comprising acts of generating and applying predetermined waves or pulses of the... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20100000978 - Laser machining device and laser machining method: A laser machining device is provided with a laser light source, a spatial light modulator, a driving unit, a control unit, and a condensing optical system. The control unit selects a basic hologram corresponding to each basic machining pattern included in a whole machining pattern in a workpiece from a... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20100000979 - Method and device for controlling the power transmitted by a laser to a reference point, soldering device and method: In accordance with said control method, the transmission of the laser beam is periodically interrupted with the aid of means for masking the laser beam placed between the reference point and a source of the laser beam. Moreover, the transmission power of the source of the laser beam is varied... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100000980 - Induction heating system with versatile inductive cartridge: Disclosed are devices and systems for inductive heating of a liquid or food, which comprise versatile inductive heating cartridges. To be able to use a normally inductively non-heatable cup or vessel made of a generally dielectric material with an induction heating unit, a removable cartridge made of an inductively heatable... Agent: Bodgan Popescu

20100000981 - Heating device and method for the production thereof and heatable object and method for producing same: A heating device having a layer containing electrically conductive plastic. The layer exhibits adhesive characteristics at least in some sections on at least one side. A heatable object equipped with a heating device of this type. The layer containing electrically conductive plastic is connected to at least one component of... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20100000982 - Composite conductor, in particular for glow plugs for diesel engines: Composite conductor comprising a metallic conductor and a ceramic conductor or non-conductor, at least one of them being elongate, the two being connected with each other in an electrically conductive manner. The ceramic conductor or non-conductor and the metallic conductor are hard-soldered to each other by a contact surface extending... Agent: Walter A Hackler Patent Law Office

20100000983 - Griddle cooking system: A griddle cooking system is disclosed. A heating block includes a heat plenum and a plurality of heat release chambers fluidically coupled to the heat plenum. Each of the heat release chambers includes a chamber opening onto a first side of the heating block. A griddle is disposed opposite the... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20100000984 - Heater control device and method for exhaust gas sensor: An oxygen concentration sensor is disposed in an engine exhaust passageway. The alcohol concentration in the fuel used in the internal combustion engine is detected. A target impedance is set on the basis of the detected alcohol concentration. The actual impedance of a sensor element of the oxygen concentration sensor... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100000985 - Carbon nanotube heater: A planar heater includes a heating element and at least two electrodes. The at least electrodes are electrically connected to the heating element. The heating element includes a carbon nanotube film comprising of a plurality of carbon nanotubes. An angle between a primary alignment direction of the carbon nanotubes and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100000986 - Carbon nanotube heater: An apparatus includes a hollow heater. The hollow heater includes a hollow supporter, a heating element and at least two electrodes. The hollow supporter defines a hollow space. The hollow supporter has an inner surface and an outer surface. The heating element is attached on one of the inner and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100000987 - Carbon nanotube heater: An apparatus includes a linear heater. The linear heater includes a linear supporter, a heating element and at least two electrodes. The heating element is located on the linear supporter and includes a carbon nanotube film. The carbon nanotube film includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes entangled with each other.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100000988 - Carbon nanotube heater: An apparatus includes a linear heater. The linear heater includes a linear supporter, a heating element and at least two electrodes. The heating element is located on the linear supporter and includes a carbon nanotube structure. The at least two electrodes are separately located and electrically connected to the heating... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100000989 - Carbon nanotube heater: An apparatus includes a linear heater. The linear heater includes a linear supporter; a heating element and at least two electrodes. The heating element is located on the linear supporter and includes a carbon nanotube film. The carbon nanotube film includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes joined end-to-end by Van... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100000990 - Carbon nanotube heater: An apparatus includes a hollow heater. The hollow heater has a hollow supporter, a heating element and at least two electrodes. The at least two electrodes are separately and electrically connected to the heating element. The hollow supporter defines a hollow space, the hollow supporter has an inner surface and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100000991 - Thermally activated variable stiffness composites for aircraft seals: An apparatus has a first structure, a second structure, and an activated seal. The second structure has a first position adjacent to the first structure such that the first structure is not in contact with the second structure. The activated seal is attached to at least one of the first... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20100000992 - Microwave steamer: A vessel for cooking food includes a cooker container, a boiler container and a lid. The cooker container includes a bottom wall and at least one side wall formed from a microwave shielding material. The bottom wall has one or more apertures. The boiler container receives the bottom wall of... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP