Electric heating inventions

20090277876 - Electrical discharge machining apparatus and electrical discharge machining method: P

20090277877 - Apparatus and method for welding objects: An apparatus and method for welding objects having a butt joint includes providing at least one welding torch, providing a fixture to hold at least one object to be welded, moving the at least one welding torch over the butt joint, heating the butt joint with the at least one... Agent: Bliss Mcglynn, P.C.

20090277878 - Insertion element, gas lens with such an insertion element, and welding torch with such a gas lens: The invention relates to an insertion element (17) for a gas lens (4) of a WIG/TIG welding torch (1), to a gas lens (4) for a WIG/TIG welding torch (1), and to a WIG/TIG welding torch (1). To improve gas distribution across the cross-section of the gas lens (4) and/or... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090277879 - Guiding and shaping system: A guiding and shaping system for producing welded pipes made from metallic strip material. The guiding and shaping system comprises several pairs of rolls that are disposed one behind another in the direction of travel of the workpiece and are used for increasingly cold-working and bending the edges of the... Agent: D. Peter Hochberg Co. L.p.a.

20090277880 - Method and system for welding workpieces: A method of welding two or more workpieces employing a motion-controlled electrode that reduces temperature and residual stresses at a workpiece-to-electrode interface is disclosed. During a first period of time, a first electrode force is applied to the workpieces to be welded, and a weld current is applied that causes... Agent: General Motors Company Legal Staff

20090277882 - Integrated consumable storage space within a plasma cutting system: Methods and systems for housing a consumable storage bin in addition to structural, thermal management, pneumatic, and/or electronic system components in a single multifunctional component within a plasma cutting power supply are provided. One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a consumable storage bin, which fits into a consumable... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20090277881 - Plasma cutter with disconnectable torch and work assemblies: Systems and methods relating to securing a torch assembly and a work lead assembly to a plasma cutting power supply are provided. The present disclosure relates to a system and method that allows the torch assembly and the work lead assembly to be readily replaced by the user since the... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20090277883 - Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method: The present invention provides means for controlling the temperature of a semiconductor wafer rapidly and uniformly in plane during etching processing by a large quantity of input heat by use of a refrigerating system by the heat of evaporation. A ring-shaped refrigerant passage is formed in a sample stand. Since... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090277885 - Laser processing apparatus and laser processing method: The present invention relates to a laser processing apparatus having a structure for effectively processing of objects by condensing a laser beam, and a laser processing method. A laser processing apparatus comprises a common mount surface on which plural objects are disposed in an array, a light source, a lens... Agent: Venable LLP

20090277884 - Surface modification method: The present invention relates to a surface modification method allowing the surface of a subject to be more effectively modified. In a pulsed-laser device suitable for use in this surface modification method, a semiconductor laser light source and a modulator constitute a seed light source. The seed light output from... Agent: Venable LLP

20090277886 - Laser device with pendulum-type pressure roller: The invention concerns a laser device for joining work pieces made of plastic by means of beam welding technology, with a processing head that has focusing devices for the laser beam. Here, the focusing device that is closest to the work pieces has a rotatably supported cylinder lens in the... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090277887 - Joint method using laser beam and manufacturing method of airtight container: Provided is a manufacturing method for an airtight container excelling in airtightness and adhesion and having small stress. An area where temperature easily rises compared to an area adjacent to an area of a part of a joint member and capable of melting the adjacent area by laser beam irradiation... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090277888 - System and method for manufacturing welded structures, and a welding additive material for this purpose: A system and method for manufacturing welded structures comprises components to be welded, a welding additive material which, before the welding, has a shaped profile and the shaped profile is disposed between components to be welded and conforms with at least one of the components to be welded. At least... Agent: Christopher Paradies, Ph.d.

20090277889 - Laser beam machining apparatus with detection laser beam oscillator: A laser beam machining apparatus includes a height position detecting unit configured to detect the height position of an upper surface of a workpiece to be machined which is held on a chuck table, and a controller configured to control a condensing point position adjusting unit on the basis of... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090277891 - Pistol grip handle attachment for mig welding gun: A welding gun attachment which converts a straight grip handle of a mig gun to a pistol grip handle. The pistol grip handle trigger is mechanically linked to the straight grip handle trigger so that movement of the pistol grip trigger causes corresponding movement of the straight grip trigger.... Agent: Fred L. Denson, Attorney

20090277892 - cooling of a welding implement: A welding implement and a method of extracting heat from a welding implement are disclosed. The welding implement includes one or more heat pipes which transfer thermal energy away from the torch head. A fluid, such as a shielding gas, may then convectively transfer the thermal energy away from the... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090277890 - Drive roll for a wire feeder: A drive roll is disclosed that is useable in a wire feeder for advancing a wire. The drive roll includes a first side, a second side offset from the first side, and an annular surface between the first side and the second side. An annular groove is formed in the... Agent: Jack M. Cook Quarles & Brady, LLP.

20090277893 - Welding power supply with scaled output voltage: A method and system for adjusting the output voltage applied to a wire electrode during an automatic parameter selection mode in which the rate of advancement and output voltage is automatically determined. A control circuit determines appropriate power parameters in response to at least one configuration parameter. The control circuit... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090277894 - Method for reducing stray light in a rapid thermal processing chamber by polarization: Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatus and method for reducing noises in temperature measurement during thermal processing. One embodiment of the present invention provides a chamber for processing a substrate comprising a chamber enclosure defining a processing volume, an energy source configured to direct radiant energy toward the processing... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20090277895 - Mounting table structure, and processing apparatus: A mounting table body made of ceramic includes power-receiving conductor portions and buried therein. A surface of mounting table body is formed with a recessed connection hole and a connection terminal electrically jointed to the power-receiving conductor portion and exposed into the connection hole, the connection terminal being made of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090277896 - Multi-function liquid container: A container is provided for heating or otherwise processing the contents of the container. For example, the container may be a kettle or kettle for heating fluids therein. The container may receive a command, desired characteristic or desired range for processing the contents of the container. The container may further... Agent: Michael Ries

20090277897 - Nanostructure-based heating devices and methods of use: A heating device having a thermally conducting member made from a matrix of carbon nanotubes and having opposing ends. A connector portion can be positioned at each end of the conducting member, and can be capable of receiving a current from an external source to permit the conducting member to... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20090277898 - 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

20090277899 - Microwave energy interactive tray and wrap: A microwave heating apparatus for a food item comprises a panel for receiving the food item, a first susceptor joined to a side of the panel facing the food item, and a microwave energy interactive wrap comprising a second susceptor. The microwave energy interactive wrap may include a first portion... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20090272721 - Athmosphere-controlled bonding apparatus, bonding method, and electronic device: In a bonding apparatus for bonding under pressure a pressure-bonding portion, the concentration of water in a pressure-bonding portion atmosphere inside the apparatus is set smaller than that in an atmosphere outside the apparatus, thereby enabling pressure bonding under low-temperature and low-pressure conditions. In this case, the amount of adsorbed... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090272722 - Method and device for cleaning the circumferential outer surface of welded metal pipes: A method of cleaning the circumferential outer surface of a welded metal pipe focuses a laser beam above the level of the surface and melts, evaporates and/or sublimates extraneous materials and flaws present on the surface of the pipe.... Agent: Kirschstein, Israel, Schiffmiller & Pieroni, P.C.

20090272723 - Vehicle floor production system: In one aspect, the present invention provides a vehicle floor production system, in which a carrier is moved through a loop formed by a return line provided at the top of the system and a welding line provided at the bottom, and the carrier is horizontally moved by the frictional... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090272724 - Laser operating process and laser device: A device and a process for processing and/or joining work pieces via laser radiation, with an effective power laser and a pilot target laser that emit laser beams of different wavelengths, with the laser beams being directed at the work pieces by laser optics. Regarding the laser beams, by the... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090272725 - Laser welding quality evaluation method and apparatus: A difference processing circuit receives input of welding images taken by a CCD camera in real time and then differentiates power monitoring images recorded in a memory from welding images to obtain difference processing reflected light images. Due to the difference processing performed by a difference processing circuit, foreign matter... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090272726 - Method for manufacturing display apparatus and manufacturing apparatus of the display apparatus: [Solving Means] In a display apparatus manufacturing method for emitting a laser beam 43 to the thin film laminate substrate 1 to be used for the display apparatus so as to cut the thin film laminated substrate 1, machining conditions of the laser beam are such that an output of... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090272727 - Ptc heating device with cathode oxygen depletion function for fuel cell vehicle: o

20090272728 - Cooking appliances using heater coatings: An oven comprising a housing with a heating element having a heating layer, a support structure and a control system to control the operating temperature of the oven. The heater layer is preferably a thermally sprayed layer.... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20090272729 - Steam cooking apparatus: A steam cooking apparatus having a steam generating device that generates steam to be fed to a heating chamber and a vapor heating heater that heats the steam generated by the steam generating device to provide superheated steam. The steam cooking apparatus includes a first heating mode using the superheated... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090272730 - Accurate temperature measurement in household kettles: A vessel for the preparation of heated water or other liquid based material includes a container for the liquid, an electric heater and a temperature sensing probe mounted through a wall or base of the container. The probe includes an efficient heat transferring structure in direct thermal contact with and... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090272731 - Thick film high temperature thermoplastic insulated heating element: The present invention provides an integrated thick film heating element on a substrate made from high temperature melt-flowable thermoplastic polymer/powder additive formulations which form an electrically insulating thermoplastic dielectric coating on the substrate, and electrically resistive lead free films and electrically conductive film formulations that are deposited and fired to... Agent: Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20090272732 - Modular layered heater system: A heater system is provided that comprises a plurality of layered heater modules, each module comprising a plurality of resistive zones. The layered heater modules are disposed adjacent one another to form the heater system, which can be adapted for a multitude of different sizes of heating targets. Preferably, the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/ann Arbor

20090272733 - Heating and melting of multiple discrete charges in an electric induction furnace: Multiple discrete charges of an electrically conductive material, such as pencil ingots, are inductively heated or melted in an electric induction furnace. The multiple discrete metal charges are electrically connected together during the induction heating or melting process. One method of making this electrical connection is to immerse the ends... Agent: Philip O. Post Indel, Inc.

20090272734 - Induction heater: An induction heater for heating metallic billets with a yoke of E-shaped cross-section, on the middle limb of which a superconducting coil is seated, has a well located between the middle limb and each one of the respective two outer limbs. A billet can be heated by being rotated in... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20090272735 - Power control unit for high-frequency dielectric heating and control method thereof: A power control unit for a high-frequency dielectric heating not affected by variations in the magnetron type or characteristic, and power supply voltage fluctuation, etc., is provided. The power control unit for a high-frequency dielectric heating has an input current detection section 71, 72 for detecting input current of an... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090272736 - Variable serving size insulated packaging: A package for heating a microwave food item is provided.... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20090272737 - Receptacle: The invention relates to a receptacle operable for supporting substances to be heated in a microwave oven, the receptacle comprising a bottom space (6) separated from a top space (5) through a shelf, the shelf (4;4′) being supportable horizontally above a base (2), a cover dome rising from the base,... Agent: Kevin Farrell Pierce Atwood

20090266797 - Spot welding tongs for robotic applications in resistance welding or workpieces: There are spot welding tongs for robotic applications in resistance welding of workpieces, in particular sheets, comprising tong arms, mounted such as to pivot on a base body, which may be adjusted using an operator and to which electrode holders for the electrodes are fixed and a winding device with... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090266798 - Resistance welding head and method for manufacturing the same: The present invention relates to a resistance welding head for use in production of electronic components with various kinds of small coils. The resistance welding head has a welding head tip and two opposite electrodes integrally extending from two sides of the welding head tip. A separating slot is defined... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090266799 - Method for operating a steam plasma burner and steam cutting device: The invention relates to a method for operation of a steam plasma burner (6), comprising a cathode (22) and an anode (24) in the form of a nozzle (23) for machining a workpiece (20), wherein during the operation a current is applied between the cathode (22) and the anode (24)... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090266800 - Laser processing method for transparent plate: A laser processing method for a transparent plate having a predetermined breaking line including the step of applying a pulsed laser beam to the transparent plate along the breaking line to thereby form a laser processed groove. The pulsed laser beam has an absorption wavelength to the transparent plate. The... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090266801 - Method of laser welding metal plated plates: The invention provides a method of laser welding zinc plated steel plates which surely realizes excellent welding without a melting defect such as blowholes. By irradiating a line on a superposed portion of a lower plate and an upper plate with a first laser beam having a high energy density... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090266802 - Laser processing apparatus: A laser processing apparatus including a height detecting device for detecting the height of a workpiece held on a chuck table. The height detecting device includes an annular spot forming unit for forming the spot shape of a detecting laser beam into an annular spot shape, a pinhole mask for... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090266804 - Combination extrusion and laser-marking system, and related method: A combination extrusion and laser marking system and corresponding method are provided for creating an extruded article with a surface graphic image. The system includes an extruder, a laser, and a controller or encoder. The extruder is operable to pass an extrudable material through a die and discharge an extrudate... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20090266803 - Process chamber and method for processing a material by a directed beam of electromagnetic radiation, in particular for a laser sintering device: A process chamber for a processing of a material by means of a directed beam of electromagnetic radiation is provided, which comprises an optical element (9) for coupling the beam (7) into the process chamber (10), wherein the optical element has a surface (9a) facing the inside of the process... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20090266805 - Method and apparatus for receiving a universal input voltage in a welding power source: A method and apparatus for providing a welding current is disclosed. The power source is capable of receiving any input voltage over a wide range of input voltages and includes an input rectifier that rectifies the ac input into a dc signal. A dc voltage stage converts the dc signal... Agent: Corrigan Law Office

20090266806 - Memory-like heat source device: A memory-like heat source device includes a substrate, a conductive layer disposed on the substrate, and at least one simulative heat source region. The simulative heat source region has at least one passive element and a simulative package. The passive element is disposed on the conductive layer and electrically connected... Agent: Stevens & Showalter LLP

20090266807 - Oven control system: An oven control system and methods of operating the same are disclosed. The oven control system provides various automated tracking and control functions to reduce errors and defects in oven cure operations.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090266808 - Planar heater and semiconductor heat treatment apparatus provided with the heater: A plane heater and a semiconductor heat treatment apparatus having the heater which suppress high frequency induction heating by having an earth electrode therein for suppressing high frequency induction and do not corrode with an excited reaction gas is provided. A plane heater 1 includes a carbon wire heating element... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090266809 - High rate method for stable temperature control of a substrate: A method for multi-step temperature control of a substrate includes selecting a first set-point temperature and a second set-point temperature for the substrate, and selecting a first PID parameter set including a first proportional constant KP1, a first integral constant KI1 and a first derivative constant KD1, and selecting a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090266810 - Planar heating element for underfloor heating: A heating element includes two flexible plastics layers connected in overlying relationship with first and second conductors each running along the element between the layers the side edges with a row of printed conductive strips at right angles to the conductors. A grounding layer comprising a sheet of foil laminated... Agent: Mr. Adrian D. Battison Ade & Company Inc.

20090266811 - Soldering apparatus and soldering method: A soldering apparatus has a sealable container which accommodates a circuit board therein, weights disposed immediately upon semiconductor devices to press the semiconductor devices toward the circuit board, and high-frequency heating coils causing the weight to generate heat due to electromagnetic induction. The high-frequency heating coils are disposed away from... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan Transition Team C/o Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell

20090266812 - Electrical connection between sealing coil and voltage source: An apparatus is provided for foil sealing containers and includes a sealing head having a frame containing an induction coil. The frame has a mating surface with a pair of electrical contacts disposed thereon. A power supply cabinet has a mating surface with a pair of electrical contacts disposed thereon.... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090261072 - De-stacker with a lifter table and welding device for container bodies including a de-stacker: Thus a lifter table de-stacker 1 is provided comprising a lifter table 3 with a stack 10 holding device 4 above the lifter table. The holding unit positions the stack by motorized guiding elements 14 and 15. A de-stacking unit and in particular a suction unit is provided which can... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090261073 - System and methods of using variable waveform ac arc welding to achieve specific weld metal chemistries: A system and methods for overlaying metal in an arc welding operation to achieve a resultant weld metal chemistry of the resultant weld metal. Various combinations of DC+/DC− balance settings and DC offset settings for an AC Waveform of an arc welding overlaying process may be correlated to resultant chemistries... Agent: Hahn Loeser / Lincoln

20090261074 - Thermode device for a multitude of semiconductor components: A thermode device for connecting and/or electrically contacting a plurality of first semiconductor components to at least one support element and/or to a plurality of second semiconductor components by heating an adhesive under the application of pressure. An example thermode device includes a basic body and a heating element which... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20090261075 - Bolt for projection welding and method of welding the same: Provided are a bolt for projection welding and a method of welding the same in which a portion of large fusion depth is formed in a small region and in which junction to a steel sheet part is secured in other regions, thereby realizing high weld strength and stable junction... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090261076 - Method and welding apparatus for the determination of the strength of the welding current to be used in the welding of container bodies: For the determination of the welding current to be used for the resistance welding of the overlap seam of container bodies, welding with a test body is carried out with a changing strength of welding current which in the test body produces a varying welding of the seam. The current... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090261077 - Heat treatment holder and heat treatment apparatus and method: The object of the present invention is suppression of a cost increase of a heat treatment holder as well as achievement of equalization of heater output and improvement of thermal efficiency by broadening the selection scope of materials of the heat treatment holder (particularly, materials of the resistance heating element).... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090261079 - Process for high-energy density beam welding: A high-energy density beam welding process for two panels includes a step that include placing a metal band on the upper face of at least one panel, in the axis of the desired welded joint before welding the panels, so that the metal band is inserted between the panels and... Agent: Perman & Green, LLP

20090261080 - Enhanced plasma filter: A device is provided for compressing a plasma stream flowing in a plasma flow direction and maintaining the plasma stream in the compressed state. The device has a plasma compression region; a plurality of first magnets positioned around the plasma compression region for compressing the plasma stream, each of the... Agent: Stuart Smith

20090261081 - Transferred-arc plasma torch: A transferred-arc plasma torch comprising a sheath cooled using a cooling fluid and an electrode inserted in said sheath. The electrode is made of a consumable material and the torch comprises means to supply the electrode with this material so as to offset its erosion.... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090261082 - Methods and systems for forming microstructures in glass substrates: A method for forming microstructure cavities in a glass substrate includes directing a first laser pulse onto the glass substrate thereby forming a first microstructure cavity having a tapered configuration. The first laser pulse may have first spot area on the surface of the glass substrate. A second laser pulse... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090261083 - Laser processing method and laser processing device: In the laser processing method, the cross-sectional form of laser light L at a converging point P is such that the maximum length in a direction perpendicular to a line to cut 5 is shorter than the maximum length in a direction parallel to the line to cut 5. Therefore,... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090261078 - Radiant anneal throughput optimization and thermal history minimization by interlacing: The time between illumination of adjacent zones of a workpiece edge is extended by a long cool-down period or delay, by interlacing a radiation beam scanning pattern. During the cool-down period, the beam successively scans (along the fast axis) two rows separated by about half the wafer diameter, and travels... Agent: Law Office Of Robert M. Wallace

20090261084 - Laser dicing sheet and manufacturing method for chip body: e

20090261085 - Pure ar gas shielded welding mig flux-cored wire and mig arc welding method: A pure Ar-MIG welding wire for welding steel according to the present invention is formed of a flux-cored wire. The flux-cored wire is formed in the manner that a formation formed by welding a carbon steel hoop into a pipe shape or a seamless pipe is used as an outer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090261086 - Laser heating of aqueous samples on a micro-optical-electro-mechanical system: A system of heating a sample on a microchip includes the steps of providing a microchannel flow channel in the microchip; positioning the sample within the microchannel flow channel, providing a laser that directs a laser beam onto the sample for heating the sample; providing the microchannel flow channel with... Agent: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC

20090261087 - Cooking appliance having a broiling element with loops of non-uniform length: An electric resistance heating element for an oven is provided. The electric resistance heating element includes a sinuous-shaped element having a front side flank portion and a front side flank portion and at least one front side interior portion. The at least one front side interior portion is disposed intermediate... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090261088 - Heating cooker: An appliance including a top plate has its operability improved and prevents an operation error. The appliance includes electrostatic touch keys provided on a lower surface of the top plate, the electrostatic touch keys including electrodes made of conductive films having predetermined light-blocking property, respectively, operation-unit illuminators emitting light toward... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/panasonic

20090261089 - Heating device having dual-core heating cable: The heating device mainly contains a dual-core heat cable and a control circuit. The dual-core heating cable mainly contains a core, a heating wire winding spirally around the core, a NTC (negative-temperature-coefficient) layer wrapping around the core and the heating wire, a PTC heating wire winding spirally around the NTC... Agent: Leong C Lei

20090261090 - heat treatment oven with inductive heating: The invention relates to a heat treatment oven comprising a loading or treatment zone, at least one gas inlet, a gas preheater chamber situated in the oven between the gas inlet and the loading or treatment zone, a susceptor comprising at least a side wall surrounding the preheater chamber and... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP