Abstract: A humidifier tub for a respiratory apparatus is configured to deliver pressurized breathable gas to a patient's airways. The humidifier tub includes a base and a side wall defining a reservoir for containing a supply of liquid to be evaporated. In addition, the container is made of a first material. The humidifier tub also includes a heating element provided inside the container and covered by a layer. The layer includes a second material different from the first material.

Abstract: A panel comprising a heat providing layer is presented. The panel includes panel coupling means arranged for coupling the panel to adjacent panels. In order to provide heat, longitudinal grooves are arranged in the panel along the whole length of the panel. Electrical end connectors are arranged in the longitudinal grooves to protrude from at least one end side of the panel. The electrical end connectors are arranged for being electrically connected to the heat providing layer, and for being electrically connectable to at least one corresponding end connector of at least one adjacent panel, and for being at least partly resilient, thereby providing a connecting force Fcon being essentially perpendicular to the at least one of the first and the second end sides when the panel is coupled to at least one adjacent panel, and being directed towards at least one corresponding end connector of the at least one adjacent panel.

Abstract: The present invention includes a cover for use with a heat element and gutter debris preclusion devices. The cover includes a body, a front member, and a middle portion disposed between the body and the front member. The body includes a lip being operably configured to extend beyond an outer edge of the gutter when the cover is in use. The cover also includes a channel defined by the middle portion and at least the front member, wherein the channel is operably configured to receive the heat element. The cover is operably configured to hold the heat element to the gutter debris preclusion device. When the heat element is energized it will generate heat. The cover will enable the generated heat to transfer to the gutter debris preclusion device and to a gutter to which it is attached.

Abstract: A filament drive for an extruder for an additive manufacturing system is provided. A drive gear is driven by a motor. A first driven gear is operably driven by the drive gear. A first hob has a toothed outer periphery connected to the first driven gear. A second driven gear is operably driven by the drive gear. A second hob has a toothed outer periphery connected to the second driven gear. The toothed outer peripheries of the first and second hobs define a filament receiving zone therebetween. A filament extruder including a heating element operated at greater than 48 volts may be provided.

Abstract: Method for detecting a protective conductor failure inside a cable including a plurality of conductors, in which at least one conductor has a shield and this shield is respectively connected to a potential at a first end and at a second end of the cable, wherein, in order to drive its potential to a predefined potential value, the shield is actively electrically supplied at at least one end of the cable. In this case, the cable may be a charging cable which is connected, by the first end, to a charging pole and is connected, by the second end, to a battery configured to be installed in an electric vehicle, and the shield is actively supplied at the first end of the cable which is connected to the charging pole.

Abstract: A system includes a welding torch, a welding power supply unit, a remote device, and control circuitry. The welding power supply unit is configured to supply power to the welding torch. The remote device is coupled between the welding torch and the welding power supply unit. Additionally, the remote device is configured to detect a polarity of a welding operation. The control circuitry is configured to determine if the detected polarity is appropriate based on one or more welding parameters. Further, the control circuitry is configured to adjust the polarity of the welding operation.

Abstract: A system for correcting an air temperature (AT) reading can include a water content sensor configured to measure a water content in an airflow and to output a water content signal indicative thereof, an AT sensor configured to measure an air temperature and output an AT signal indicative thereof, and a correction module operatively connected to the water content sensor and the AT sensor. The correction module can be configured to receive the water content signal and the AT signal and to correct the AT signal based on the water content to output a corrected AT signal.

Abstract: A system for storing a hazardous product including a housing unit defining a product opening and a product door coupled to the housing unit adjacent to the product opening, wherein the product door is configured to form a seal with the housing unit about the product opening in response to a thermal event.

Abstract: An interconnectable heating blanket is presented. The interconnectable heating blanket comprises a first face, a second face, and a plurality of sides. At least one side of the plurality of sides comprises a power connector.

Abstract: A snow melting mat, including at least one main body that disperses heat throughout the surface of the at least one main body, at least one groove disposed on the surface of the at least one main body to prevent a user from slipping, at least one plug disposed on the at least one main body that is removably attached to at least one side of the at least one main body, at least one socket disposed on the at least one main body that is removably attached to at least one side of the at least one main body, such that the at least one plug is connected to the at least one socket, and a mesh of heating cables disposed within the at least one main body to provide heat to the at least one main body.

Abstract: Additively manufactured heating elements for tubes are made from a positive temperature coefficient heater ink printed on the tube. A bus bar is likewise printed onto the tube using a conductive ink. The positive temperature coefficient heater ink and bust bar conductive ink are encapsulated with a closing adhesive.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed to an electronic cigarette with improved aerosol delivery characteristics. For example, an electronic cigarette consistent with the present disclosure may include a wick capable of enhanced delivery of electronic cigarette juice to a heating element. In particular, the wick may be a stainless-steel, wire mesh. In some specific embodiments, the wick may be coated to improve its electrically insulative characteristics.

Abstract: A concrete heating system for electrically melting snow and ice. The concrete heating system generally includes a heating device for embedding in conductive concrete, the device having a spacing member and a plurality of electrically isolated conductors extending outward at an angle from the spacing member along its length. The device also includes a first electrode near the first end of the spacing member, and a second electrode extending outward from the spacing member at the second end. The plurality of conductors conduct an electrical current between the first electrode and the second electrode when the concrete heating device is embedded in conductive concrete and the power source applies a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: A roof system comprising a substrate and thermoplastic membrane adhered to the substrate, where the thermoplastic membrane is characterized, prior to being adhered to the substrate, by a stiffness represented by a flexural modulus of less than 90 MPa, or by a Taber stiffness of less than 15, or by a Shore D hardness of less than 40, or by a combination of a flexural modulus of less than 90 MPa, a Taber stiffness of less than 15, and a Shore D hardness of less than 40.

Abstract: Power feed connections and sauna heating panels include a power feed having a first insulated conductor electrically coupled to a first terminal and a second insulated conductor electrically coupled to a second terminal. The first and second terminals are electrically coupled with at least one heating element. In some cases the power feed includes a supply portion, a connection portion, and an extension portion. The extension portion has one or more conductors in a twisted configuration extending away from the first and second terminals. In some cases the power feed includes an extension conductor portion coupled to a return conductor portion in a twisted configuration. The extension portion extends away from a second terminal past a second connection point and the return portion returns back to and connects to the second connection point at the second terminal. Methods for providing power connections to heating panels are also provided.

Abstract: A power connector dedicated to a heating film includes: a male connector formed in a rectangular thin plate shape, having a power inlet plug formed as a thin plate-shaped electrode on a right side thereof, having a first electrode for wiring a heating film formed as a thin plate-shaped electrode on an upper side, and having a left side to which a power cable internally wired to the power inlet plug is connected; and a female connector formed in a rectangular thin plate shape, having a right side to which the power cable is connected, having a second electrode for wiring a heating film formed as a thin plate-shaped electrode on a right side thereof, and having a power outlet socket wired to the power inlet plug.

Abstract: A method of resurfacing exposed surfaces of existing roads, and a resurfaced road. The method may include forming stress absorbing membrane interlayers (SAMIs) over the exposed surface of the existing road. The SAMIs may include a first layer of a binding material and a fiber material. The method may also include disposing an asphalt mixture directly over the SAMIs. The disposed asphalt mixture may cover the SAMIs. Additionally, the method may include shaping the asphalt mixture disposed over the SAMIs.

Abstract: An apparatus and method heat a structure during frozen precipitation. The apparatus comprises: (i) heating means for heating the structure; a control unit 14 for controlling operation of the heating means; and a frozen precipitation forecast sensor that: receives, over a time frame, weather data for a geographic region of the structure; determines, at time instances during the time frame, whether there is a likelihood of frozen precipitation in a geographic zone around the structure based on the received weather data; and transmits command signals to the control unit based on the determinations of whether there is a likelihood of frozen precipitation in the geographic zone around the structure. The command signals can be commands to the control unit for the operational state of the heating means.

Abstract: In a vehicle seat (1), a heater element (40) disposed between the surface of a cushion pad (8) and a skin member (9) includes a pair of main body portions (45-47) and a crossing portion (48, 49) connecting the main body portions to each other, the crossing portion being received in a tuck-in groove (11) formed in the cushion pad and extending through a gap defined between a bottom portion (22) of the tuck-in groove and a tuck-in member (35). The heater element includes a substrate (41) in sheet form, and a heater wire (42) attached to the substrate, and the heater wire in the crossing portion extends in a direction orthogonal to a lengthwise direction of the tuck-in groove in a zigzag pattern, the heater wire including a bent portion (62) of the zigzag pattern located in a bottom region (68) of the tuck-in groove.

Abstract: A heated floor panel for an airborne vehicle and an airborne vehicle having at least one heated floor panel are described. The floor panel includes a controller housing, a first heated panel configured to heat the floor panel, a panel connector arranged in a wall of the controller housing, at least one power line coupled between the panel connector and the first heated panel and configured to supply electric power, which is input to the panel connector, to the first heated panel, a switch connected in one of the power lines, and a microcontroller connected to the switch and configured to actuate the switch for interrupting the electric power supply to the first heated panel in case of an electric fault in the floor panel.

Abstract: A heating device has a support and a heating element arranged on it, the heating element having two electrical terminals and a multiplicity of heating conductors that are electrically connected to one another. Starting from the one terminal, the heating element is divided into a number of heating conductors parallel to one another and in series one behind the other toward the second terminal. In this case, at least three heating conductors are connected in parallel next to one another and at least three heating conductors are connected in series one behind the other. Series-connected heating conductor groups can be formed, heating conductors being parallel within a heating conductor group.

Abstract: A low-power transparent electro-thermal film device is provided. The device includes a transparent substrate, a transparent conductor layer disposed at least one side of the transparent substrate, and a plurality of inner electrodes disposed on the transparent conductor layer and including a first plurality of inner electrodes extending in a comb shape from a first electrode bus bar and a second plurality of inner electrodes extending in the comb shape from a second electrode bus bar. The first plurality of inner electrodes inter-lock with the second plurality of inner electrodes.

Abstract: A method to manage a service provided to a customer includes: enabling, by a processor of a computer system, a user to manually select for a customer, one of a plurality of categories of contracted services stored in the system, determining, by the processor, whether the selected category is affected by an environmental event, and predicting, by the processor, dynamic resources required to provide the service based on the environmental event and the selected category when it is determined that the selected category is affected by the environmental event.

Abstract: To provide a sheet and a system for curing concrete, in which the moisture amount to be used is small and which are able to reduce temporal and local variations in the moisture amount supplied to the concrete surface, a concrete curing method, and a method for producing a concrete structure. There is provided a concrete curing sheet of some embodiments of the present disclosure having a solid structure group on at least a first surface, the solid structure group having grooves defined between adjacent solid structures, and the grooves transporting water using the capillary phenomenon.

Abstract: A floor panel assembly includes an insulating layer which protects a sheet heater, first and second structural layers, and a honeycomb layer for support. The floor panel assembly allows for heating of the cabin of an aircraft without mechanical damage to the sheet heater.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for inductive power transfer to vehicles driving or standing on a surface of a route, in particular to road automobiles, wherein the system includes a primary winding structure for generating an alternating electromagnetic field, wherein a field volume (FV) is assigned to the primary winding structure, wherein the system includes at least a part of a first heating system, wherein elements of the first heating system which are arranged within the field volume (FV) are non-metallic elements. Further, the invention relates to a pavement slab assembly and a method of operating a system for inductive power transfer.

Abstract: In an aspect a heating system includes a grounded shield layer made of a continuous piece of metal; a heating element; and a rear adhesive layer comprising of a flame retardant material. The heating element is disposed between the grounded shield layer and the rear adhesive layer; and the rear adhesive layer has a bottom surface that is configured to adhere to at least one of a shingle or an area of a roofing deck. Additionally, a controller is included and is configured to control the flow of electricity to the heating element as a function of a temperature and at least one of a moisture level and a precipitation level.

Abstract: A hand drying system and method for a lavatory includes a blower housing that includes a blower that is configured to generate airflow within an air chamber. An exhaust vent is configured to be secured to the lavatory. The exhaust vent defines an air outlet. A conduit includes a first end in fluid communication with the air chamber and a second end in fluid communication with the air outlet. The conduit distally locates the blower housing from the lavatory.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a heating body and batteries. The batteries are grouped so as to form a battery bank having a parallelepiped shape which defines anterior and posterior faces of this bank. The heating body forms at least one face located along one of the anterior or posterior faces of the battery bank, or above the battery bank. The apparatus also includes a first thermal insulation plate placed between the battery bank and the heating body.

Abstract: A heatable module for use in constructing a pathway for traffic comprises a base member having a perimeter edge. A top plate is securable to the base member in overlying relation to the top surface of the base member. An electrically powerable heater member retained by at least one of the base member and the top plate. To form a heatable pathway for traffic, the modules are placed in perimeter-edge-to-perimeter-edge relation one to the next.

Abstract: A composite formulation of the present disclosure may have conductive properties (i.e. low resistance), such that the formulation may be used in resistive heating applications. The composite may have one or more matrix materials and one or more conductive fillers. The composite may be used in the formation of resistive heaters having a number of layers, including a conductive layer, the conductive layer including the composite. Heaters of the present disclosure may be used for a number of applications including ground, floor, or roof heating, or laboratory equipment heating.

Abstract: A breathing circuit for delivering heated, humidified gases to a patient for medical purposes is described, comprising a humidifier chamber holding a quantity of water, a blower unit that delivers a pressurized gases stream to the chamber inlet, and a control system that adjusts output parameters of the breathing circuit, the circuit including a heater plate which heats the water in the chamber so that gases flowing through the chamber become heated and humidified, the circuit also including a gases transportation pathway and patient interface to convey heated humidified gases to a patient, the gases transportation pathway including an RFID tag located at the patient end which senses a parameter of the gases passing through the pathway, the control system including an RFID interrogator interrogating and receiving data relating to the sensed parameter from the RFID tag in real time, and adjusting the output parameters of the breathing circuit accordingly.

Abstract: An interconnected heated patio stone and system are disclosed, the stone consisting of a durable, heat-transmitting upper layer, and an insulating lower layer, a heating cable running within the stone, and having two interconnections at the edge of the stone. The interconnection has a bracket to connect with the cable, a receptacle for joining electrically to a bridging connector, and an electrical linkage making an electrical connection available. Each stone is connected with another by a bridging connector, which contains an articulated wire, and has a basin and cap at each end for electrically joining, in a sealed manner, with the receptacle. The system consists of two or more stones interconnected using bridging connectors, the whole system also connected to a power source.

Abstract: Structure heating systems and methods of making and use. One embodiment has a unitary or integral roof edge heating element with a single heating cable mounted in a heating cable channel running laterally through the heating element and a roof edge heating panel extending from the portion of the heating element bearing the heating cable. Another embodiment includes a single heating cable mounted in a heating element surrounded by a heating element cover. Some embodiments can reduce the amount of heat transfer contact with supporting roof or adjacent structure, reducing heat transfer to the supporting roof or other adjacent structure.

Abstract: A tankless water heater carrier having a pair of load supporting brackets, a slot formed through each load supporting bracket, and a pair of rigidity rails extending longitudinally along each side of each load supporting brackets. The tankless water heater carrier has a pair of side brackets connected between the pair of load supporting brackets, a pair of sliding brackets moveably mounted onto each load supporting bracket, and a plurality of removable threaded rough in guides positioned in the alignment holes of each sliding bracket and through the slots of the load supporting brackets. The tankless water heater carrier includes fasteners usable to connect the side brackets to the load supporting brackets and to connect the sliding brackets to the load supporting brackets creating a theft resistant tankless water heater that is versatile for all sizes.

Abstract: A heatable pathway system for traffic comprises a first module having a first electrically powerable heater member and a second module having a second electrically powerable heater member. The first module and the second module are each installable in place to form a heatable pathway system for traffic. An electrical power controller circuit has a first power output connected in power supplying relation to the first electrically powered heater member and a second power output connected in power supplying relation to the second electrically powerable heater member.

Abstract: A snow removal assembly includes a fluid that may be applied to a support surface. The fluid is comprised of an electrically conductive material. The fluid generates heat when an electrical current is applied to the fluid thereby facilitating the fluid to melt snow on the support surface. A sheet is provided and the sheet may be coupled to the fluid when the fluid is applied to the support surface. The sheet may inhibit the fluid from being abraded from the support surface. A power supply is provided and the power supply may be positioned on the support surface. The power supply is electrically coupled to the fluid when the fluid is applied to the support surface thereby facilitating the fluid to generate heat.

Abstract: A heating tile designed to be easily installed using standard construction methods and materials while providing a radiant heating method that is compatible with both computer controlled systems as well as simple thermostat controls, can be repaired without major floor rework, does not produce a significant magnetic field, is protected against overheating due to excessive exposed surface insulation, and is water and contaminant resistant even if there is minor cracking of the tile.

Abstract: A blower assembly of an HVAC system may include an electrically-conductive plating applied to an inner surface of a blower housing, a first electrode attached to the electrically-conductive plating at an inner wall of the blower housing via an electrically-conductive RTV silicone, and a second electrode attached to the electrically-conductive plating at an outer wall of the blower housing via an electrically-conductive RTV silicone. The first electrode may pass a current through the electrically-conductive plating of the blower housing to the second electrode that may act as an ohmic heater and provide a thermal energy discharge which may exchange heat with an airflow flowing through the blower housing as a result of operating the blower assembly.

Abstract: An apparatus for heating structure or areas adjacent such structure, such as a roof on a building for example, exposed to varying weather conditions and methods of making and use of the apparatus. The heating apparatus can include a heating element and heat supplying components. In one embodiment, the heating apparatus also includes a heatable cover panel and fasteners or other fastening components or materials for securing the heating element and cover panel to the structure. The heat supplying components may include one or more heater cable or heater cable sections penetrating one or more heater cable channels in the heating element. The apparatus may also utilize various insulating and other materials, including paint on exposed surfaces of the apparatus.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a method and apparatus for investigating the uniformity of concrete and/or grout. Embodiments can identify the existence of one or more anomalies in the uniformity of concrete and/or grout, and/or determine or estimate the size, shape, type, and/or location of one or more anomalies in the uniformity of concrete and/or grout. Embodiments can utilize a string of temperature measuring sensors placed within one or more access bore(s), such as tube(s), positioned at least partially within the concrete and/or positioned proximate the concrete. The measurements obtained from the temperature measuring sensors can then be used to assist in the identification of existence of, size of, type of, shape of, and/or location of anomalies in the concrete and/or grout.

Abstract: A refrigerator including a rotatable door handle. The door handle is rotatably coupled to a refrigerator door through a through-hole on the door. The door handle includes a grip portion, a connection portion fastened to the grip portion, and an insertion portion protruding from the connection portion. The insertion portion includes an engaging projection protruding outward from a peripheral surface of the insertion portion. The door handle includes two stoppers. During the process of assembling the door handle with the door, the engaging projection may be rotated in the first direction until it engage with a first stopper to. In an assembled state, the door is opened or closed when the door handle is rotated in the second direction. The second stopper can stop rotation of the door handle in the second direction when the engaging projection engages with the second stopper.

Abstract: A floor panel for an aircraft comprising a panel structure for transmitting forces applied to the floor panel, wherein the panel structure includes an upper cover layer, a lower cover layer, and a core assembly sandwiched between the upper and lower cover layers, and a heater layer for heating the floor panel, wherein the heater layer is provided between the upper and lower cover layers. The object of the present disclosure, to provide a possibly simple heated floor panel for an aircraft, wherein the risk of overheating and at the same time the risk of local hot spots at the heater layer is reduced, is achieved in that the heater layer is formed as a PTC-layer having a plurality of electric conductor paths interconnected to one another by a plurality of PTC-resistor paths comprising a PTC-material, wherein the electric resistance of the PTC-Material increases with increasing temperature.

Abstract: The street and ground warming system is used to prevent both the surface and sub-surface of a street or ground from freezing. The system includes a box that is partially buried, and atop of said box is provided a solar cell array that generates electricity to power heating elements. The heating elements may extend from the box, and through the sub-surface and emit heat therefrom. The heating elements may stay within said box and coil around rebar that passes there through so as to enable transmission of heat to a sub-surface structure. Alternative powering means may change the location of the solar cells or eliminate the solar cells all together.

Abstract: A system and method for heating concrete structures to either prevent the build-up of freezing precipitation or eliminate freezing precipitation on a top surface of the concrete structures. The system includes a heating assembly integrally formed with a concrete structure to apply thermal energy to the top surface of the concrete structure. Optionally, the heating assembly includes heating elements formed of carbon fiber tape. Following formation of the concrete structure, the heating assembly is configured for unified movement with the concrete structure. The system optionally includes a control assembly operatively coupled to the heating assembly. The control assembly selectively powers the heating assembly and can be configured for remote operation. In use, the control assembly can be selectively activated from a remote location to power the heating assembly and heat the concrete structure.

Abstract: A measuring instrument and a method checks the functional capability of an electric heating wire of a surface heating system before it is installed and indicates damage to the heating wire while it is being installed. The instrument includes a power supply, connecting devices electrically connected to the power supply and to which the free ends of an electric heating wire can be connected such as to form a current circuit on the power supply, a resistance measuring device designed to record the electric resistance of a heating wire connected to the power supply, a display device which displays an electric resistance of a heating wire recorded by the resistance measuring device, and a warning device designed to emit an acoustic signal when the electric resistance of a heating wire recorded by the resistance measuring device strays from a target value range defined by the measuring instrument.

Abstract: In a composite component having a laminate body, a conductive layer and a connector can be joined to one another using an intermediate flexible circuit. Among other things, this flexible circuit places the conductive layer and the connector in electrical communication with one another. Furthermore, during the forming process and because of its thinness, the flexible circuit integrates well with the layers of the laminate body and can accommodates some spatial displacement of the connector and conductive material relative to one another.

Abstract: Electric, self-heating concrete systems that uses embedded carbon macrofiber or nanofibers paper as electric resistance heating elements are disclose. The self-heating concrete systems may utilize the conductive properties of carbon macrofiber or nanofiber materials to heat a surface overlay of concrete with various admixtures to improve the concrete's thermal conductivity. The self-heating concrete systems allow concrete roadways or the like to be heated to above freezing temperatures in a freezing environment in a reasonable amount of time.

Abstract: An electrical heating device for a motor vehicle, which includes at least one heating element and which includes at least one printed circuit board, the printed circuit board having at least one contacting area for establishing an electrical connection between the heating element and an energy source, the heating element having a plurality of PTC heating elements, which are electrically conductively connected to each other by a contact element, the contact element of the heating element being disposed at a distance from the contacting area, an electrically conductive connection between the contact element and the contacting area being established with the aid of a plurality of conductor strands.

Abstract: System for electrically grounding a reusable load-supporting surface includes at least two mats and a plurality of substantially planar, removable, electrically-conductive covers. Each cover extends at least partially across the top face of one of the mats without extending over any of the edges thereof and is flexibly coupled to the mat sufficient to allow the mat to flex, expand and contract relative to the cover due to environmental factors and the movement of personnel, vehicles and/or equipment across the load-supporting surface during normal, typical or expected use conditions.