| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 219385000 |
Combined with container, enclosure, or support for material to be heated
| 909 |
| 219201000 |
Combined with diverse-type art device
| 863 |
| 219538000 |
With heating unit structure
| 399 |
| 219482000 |
With power supply and voltage or current regulation or current control means
| 314 |
| 219520000 |
With heater-unit housing, casing, or support means (e.g., frame and single sheet)
| 212 |
| 219260000 |
Resistive element: igniter type
| 112 |
| 219221000 |
Tool or instrument
| 59 |
| 219507000 |
With current connection and/or disconnection means (e.g., switch)
| 26 |
| 219383000 |
Electric arc-type devices
| 24 |
| 219243000 |
Combined with pressure application means
| 22 |
| 219476000 |
Plural separate heating devices
| 19 |
| 219481000 |
With protective means for heater
| 16 |
| 219472000 |
Plural functions simultaneously or convertible | 4 |
| 20140217085 | Combination Electric Lighter and Portable Vaporization Device - A combination electric lighter and portable vaporization device that functions as a dual purpose apparatus permitting a user to carry a portable vaporization apparatus that additionally functions as an electric lighter. The apparatus includes an integrated electrical source and a versatile heating element. The apparatus allows the user to ignite a plurality of smoking products but provides the option of vaporize the smoking products through the use of a vaporization device. The vaporization device can heat vaporizable material against the versatile electrically powered heating element in a manner that prevents ignition. The versatile heating element can function as a lighter, without requiring extensive configuration to light a smoking product. The apparatus is rechargeable. The component arrangement of the apparatus allows it to function as a portable electrical ignition device that can be utilized as a general purpose ignition device. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140231409 | METHOD FOR HEATING OBJECT USING SHEET-SHAPED HEAT AND LIGHT SOURCE - The present disclosure relates to a method for heating an object. A sheet-shaped heat and light source is provided. The sheet-shaped heat and light source includes a carbon nanotube film curved to form a hollow cylinder, and at least two electrodes spaced from each other, located on a surface of the hollow cylinder and electrically connected to the carbon nanotube film. An object is located in the hollow cylinder. A voltage is supplied between the at least two electrodes. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20110068095 | HEATING DEVICE CAPABLE OF CIRCULARLY HEATING AN OBJECT AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES - A heating device includes: a housing configured with an accommodating space having a plurality of space parts; a heating unit disposed in the accommodating space in the housing and operable to generate heat so that temperature of air in each of the space parts of the accommodating space in the housing is maintained to a respective predetermined temperature; a casing configured with an inner receiving space for receiving an object to be heated therein; and a driving unit mounted to the housing for driving the casing to move back and forth in the accommodating space in the housing such that the casing received with the object therein circularly passes through the space parts, thereby circularly heating the object received in the casing at the predetermined temperatures. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20140263278 | SOLAR SELECTIVE MULTILAYER COATING - The present invention provides a method for making a highly efficient and inexpensive solar selective coating. Coating consists of various carbon nanotube sheets composite layers, each performing a specific function by incorporating functional materials and components with proper structure. Joule heating of the described solar selective coating allows for efficient functionality even when solar energy is not available. | 09-18-2014 |
| 219475000 |
With plural heat utilization means (single heater) | 4 |
| 20100065547 | MANAGING THERMAL BUDGET IN ANNEALING OF SUBSTRATES - A method and apparatus are provided for treating a substrate. The substrate is positioned on a support in a thermal treatment chamber. Electromagnetic radiation is directed toward the substrate to anneal a portion of the substrate. Other electromagnetic radiation is directed toward the substrate to preheat a portion of the substrate. The preheating reduces thermal stresses at the boundary between the preheat region and the anneal region. Any number of anneal and preheat regions are contemplated, with varying shapes and temperature profiles, as needed for specific embodiments. Any convenient source of electromagnetic radiation may be used, such as lasers, heat lamps, white light lamps, or flash lamps. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20130220990 | METHOD FOR MAKING SHEET-SHAPED HEAT AND LIGHT SOURCE AND METHOD FOR HEATING OBJECT USING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a method for making the sheet-shaped heat and light source. An array of carbon nanotubes on a substrate is provided. A carbon nanotube film is formed by pressing the array of carbon nanotubes. A first electrode and a second electrode are electrically connected with the carbon nanotube film. Furthermore, a method for heating an object is related. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130270253 | DEICER ZONES WITH SHEDDING-ENHANCED BORDERS - An ice protection system comprises deicing zones each including an envelope defining an ice-protection area. Adjacent envelopes have spanwise edge regions flanking shared interzone borders. The edge regions are provided with nonlinear contours having features which project-and-recess in a direction generally parallel to the airstream direction. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20140246421 | ADAPTIVE HEATING SYSTEM USING BOTH AC AND DC POWER - An adaptive heating system using both AC and DC power includes an AC and DC switching device connected to an AC source and at least one DC source; a device to be heated having an AC heating device and at least one DC heating device and a detector for detecting at least one state therein; the AC heating device being connected to the AC source and the DC heating device being connected the DC source; and a controller connected to the AC and DC switching device and the detector for receiving signals from the detector and for adjusting outputs of the AC and DC switching device based on detection results from the detector. The AC source is used in high power consumption state and the DC source is used in lower power consumption state. When power consumption is very high, both AC source and the DC source are used simultaneously. | 09-04-2014 |
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| 20080257876 | Defogging Device - A mirror defogging device comprises a housing and a heating element and fan supported within the housing. The fan directs a flow of air across the heating element and out of the housing through a nozzle. Electrical prongs arranged to be received in an electrical wall socket are arranged to support the housing on a wall locating the socket therein. The nozzle is adjustable both in angular orientation in relation to the housing and in distance relative to the housing to direct the flow of heated air onto a surface of a mirror for defogging the mirror. | 10-23-2008 |
| 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 collector plate on the anode of a cell located at a first longitudinal end of the stack, a current collector plate on the cathode located at a second longitudinal end of the stack, an electrolyte-proof lateral wall surrounding each cell between each pair of successive collector plates, wherein the lateral walls of two adjacent cells are offset transversely one relative to the other relative to the longitudinal axis, in such a way they are not superposed one on the other. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090294429 | CHIP-LIKE HEAT SOURCE EQUIPMENT - A chip-like heat source equipment includes a simulation package, a thermal conductor, a heat source, a thermal grease, and an insulating pad. The thermal conductor is disposed in the simulation package, and has a simulated heat source region on one side. The heat source is disposed on another side of the thermal conductor having the simulated heat source region. The insulating pad is covered on the other side of the thermal conductor having the simulated heat source region and the heat source, such that the heat energy generated by the heat source is transferred to the simulated heat source region via the thermal conductor. In this manner, a structure having the heat generating states similar to that of the real chip is formed. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100243631 | Power Line De-Icing Apparatus - A power line de-icing apparatus which is installed onto a power line without the need for disconnecting the power line. A temperature sensor and an ice sensor on the apparatus automatically activate the de-icing mode of operation. An internal motor and drive wheel move the apparatus along the power line in both directions, one direction at a time. Heaters and chisels on the apparatus remove any ice on the power line in one direction at a time. Power for the apparatus is generated from the electrical power carried by the power line using transformers. Proximity sensors on the apparatus detect stopping devices placed on the power line to stop the motion of the apparatus. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110240621 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL CNT-ENGINEERED STRUCTURES - Various applications for structured CNT-engineered materials are disclosed herein. In one application, systems are disclosed, wherein a structured CNT-engineered material forms at least part of an object capable of providing its own structural feedback. In another application, systems are disclosed, wherein a structured CNT-engineered material forms at least part of an object capable of generating heat. In yet another application, systems are disclosed, wherein a structured CNT-engineered material forms at least part of an object capable of functioning as an antenna, for example, for receiving, transmitting, absorbing and/or dissipating a signal. In still another application, systems are disclosed, wherein a structured CNT-engineered material forms at least part of an object capable of serving as a conduit for thermal or electrical energy. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120074117 | IN-SITU HEATING AND CO-ANNEALING FOR LASER ANNEALED JUNCTION FORMATION - Improved methods of annealing a workpiece are disclosed. Lasers are used to both increase the temperature of the workpiece, and to laser melt anneal the workpiece. By utilizing lasers for both operations, the manufacturing complexity is reduced. Furthermore, laser melt anneal may provide better junctions and more well defined junction depths. By heating the workpiece either immediately before or after the laser melt anneal, the quality of the junction may be improved. Shallow annealing may be accomplished and annealing may occur in the presence of a species to form a passivation layer. If the workpiece is a solar cell, in-situ heating may improve open circuit voltage (V | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120181258 | Apparatus and methods for transmission line based electric fence insulation - Apparatus and methods for wire insulation in transmission line based electric fence are described in this invention. An insulator holds a wire pair that form the transmission line in its wire clamps. The insulator has a rain shed that sheds the wire clamps from getting wet by rain water. The insulator also has a pair of rain water divert guides that guide rain water accumulated on the wire to flow to the guide instead of to the wire clamps. This invention also describes a wire heating method that uses electric current to heat the fence wires such that the wire/wire clamp contact point will be kept dry and ice, snow accumulated on fence wires will be melted. Performance of the transmission line based electric fence can thus be greatly improved in advert weather conditions. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120193336 | ENERGIZATION HEATING METHOD AND ENERGIZATION HEATING DEVICE - Provided is a technique in which blanks in different shapes are uniformly healed using energization healing. An energization heating process (S | 08-02-2012 |
| 20130043228 | Method for Connecting Two Vehicle Components and/or Two Non-Vehicle Components - A method is provided for connecting a first component to a second component. The two components are placed against each other and pre-fixed, wherein the two components are attached and immovably connected to each other at at least one first connection point via a first detachable component connection and are attached and connected to each other so as to be movable relative to each other in a sliding direction at at least one second connection point via a second detachable component connection. The pre-fixed components are rigidly connected, in particular, by welding. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130043229 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HEATING SUBSTRATE BY LIGHT IRRADIATION - In light-irradiation heating with a total irradiation time of one second or less, two-stage irradiation is performed, including a first stage of light irradiation of a semiconductor wafer, which irradiation produces an output waveform that reaches a peak at a given emission output; and a second stage of supplemental light irradiation of the semiconductor wafer, which irradiation is started after the peak, producing an emission output smaller than the above given emission output. The emission output in the second stage is two thirds or less than the above given emission output at the peak. The first-stage light-irradiation time is between 0.1 and 10 milliseconds, and the second-stage light-irradiation time is 5 milliseconds or more. This allows the temperature of the semiconductor wafer even at a somewhat greater depth below the surface to be raised to some extent while allowing the surface temperature to be maintained at a generally constant processing temperature. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130098887 | PORTABLE HEAT WELDING MACHINE - A relatively small and lightweight portable plastic welding machine is suitable for use on a table top. The welding machine has stationary and traveling modes for welding one or more sheets of flexible plastic material. A single motor is provided for driving rotation of pinch rollers adjacent a welding tip and rotation of a drive wheel to cause travel of the machine. A clutch provides the ability to easily switch between the stationary and traveling modes. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130098888 | METHOD FOR HEAT-TREATING WAFER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SILICON WAFER, SILICON WAFER, AND HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS - The present invention is a method for heat-treating a wafer, the method by which heat treatment at a predetermined temperature with rapid rise and fall of temperature is performed by performing heating by a heating source in a state in which a principal surface (a first principal surface) of a wafer is supported by a supporting member, the method in which heat treatment is performed with control of the heating source being performed in such a way that the temperature of the first principal surface supported by the supporting member becomes 1 to 25° C. higher than the temperature of a principal surface (a second principal surface) opposite to the first principal surface of the wafer. As a result, a method for heat-treating a wafer, the method that can reliably suppress a slip dislocation generated from a wafer supporting position when heat treatment is performed on a silicon wafer, is provided. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130105454 | THERMAL TREATMENT METHOD FOR MICROMECHANICAL HOROLOGICAL PARTS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20140209591 | BOX HEATER SYSTEM - A box heater system to be mounted in a box in which material is receivable for discharge therefrom. The box heater system includes a heat-generating assembly having a body including one or more channels formed therein, and one or more heating elements at least partially positioned in the channel(s), for generating heat and transferring the heat to at least part of the body. The body is movable relative to the heating element, and the heating element is movable relative to the body. The heat transferred to the body is at least partially transferable to the material received in the box. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20150359042 | CARBON BODY COATED WITH PYROLYTIC BORON NITRIDE, AND A CARBON HEATER INCLUDING THIS CARBON BODY - A PBN-coated carbon heater is disclosed in which the carbon base body is anisotropic with respect to thermal expansion coefficient such that the maximum-to-minimum coefficient ratio is 1.02 through 1.50 for temperatures between 50 and 800 degree C.; preferably the carbon base body is also anisotropic with respect to electric resistivity such that the maximum-to-minimum resistivity ratio is greater than 1.04 but not greater than 1.51, and the direction in which the resistivity is maximum coincides the direction of the heater pattern in which the electricity runs the longest distance. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20190143945 | CONTROLLING POWER TO A HEATED SURFACE | 05-16-2019 |
