Abstract: The present invention relates to an Electro-Thermal Heating element for a wind turbine blade comprising an electrically conductive resistive material; two active busbars for supplying electrical power to the electrically conductive resistive material; and at least one dummy busbar at a predetermined spacing between the two active busbars on the electrically conductive resistive material. The present invention is also directed to a method of repair of the Electro-Thermal Heating Element.

Abstract: A lamp or lens assembly for a motor vehicle that includes electrically conductive traces for defogging or deicing the lens. Aspects include a light transmissive lens coupled to a lamp housing. The light transmissive lens may define a curved cross-section with a curvature extending across the length and/or the width of the lens. The lens may include one or more electrically conductive traces positioned on a surface of the lens, the electrically conductive traces optionally extending across and curving with the curvature of the light transmissive lens. One or more coatings may optionally cover the conductive traces and a portion of the lens surface leaving portions uncovered. The electrically conductive traces may extend outwardly away from the surface of the lens with height that is greater than their width.

Abstract: A method for the production of a heat-generating element includes placing in which at least two electrical conductor elements, provided with through holes, onto a film provided with an adhesive mass, pressing the conductor elements against the films such that the mass is forced into the through holes. At least one PTC element is subsequently placed onto one of the conductor elements, and then the other of the conductor elements, together with the film adhering thereto, is placed opposite to the one of the conductor elements onto the PTC element. The invention further relates to a heat-generating element with a PTC element and electrical conductor elements connected thereto in an electrically conductive manner for energizing the PTC element with a different polarity and an electrical insulation that is provided on the outer side thereof with a film and an adhesive mass applied thereto.

Abstract: A fluid-heating device for heating fluid with a heater includes: a heating portion that is molded so as to cover the surrounding of the heater; and a support body integrally cast into the heating portion, the heating portion being molded in a state in which the heater is supported by the support body in a die for molding the heating portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrostatic chuck heater having a bipolar structure, the electrostatic chuck heater comprising: a heater body having an internal electrode and an external electrode for selectively performing any one of an RF grounding function and an electrostatic chuck function according to a semiconductor process mode; and a heater support mounted below the heater body so as to support the heater body.

Abstract: An electrical tubular heating element is disclosed with a tubular metal sheath, in whose interior at least one electrical heating element, which is constructed as a resistive wire, arranged electrically insulated from the tubular metal sheath at least in sections, in which the electrical heating element has a base body, which consists of one or more sections of the electrical heating element each with essentially constant cross section, and two end sections and that at least one end section of at least one of the electrical heating elements is subjected to a shape-changing process, so that the cross section of the end section is reduced at least in sub-areas of the end section in comparison to the cross section in each section of the base body. A method for manufacturing such an electrical tubular heating element is also disclosed.

Abstract: A lamp or lens assembly for a motor vehicle that includes electrically conductive traces for defogging or deicing the lens. Aspects include a light transmissive lens coupled to a lamp housing. The light transmissive lens may define a curved cross-section with a curvature extending across the length and/or the width of the lens. The lens may include one or more electrically conductive traces positioned on a surface of the lens, the electrically conductive traces optionally extending across and curving with the curvature of the light transmissive lens. One or more coatings may optionally cover the conductive traces and a portion of the lens surface leaving portions uncovered. The electrically conductive traces may extend outwardly away from the surface of the lens with height that is greater than their width.

Abstract: A heating sheet and a battery module are provided. The battery module includes multiple battery cells and a heating sheet. The heating sheet includes multiple heating units and multiple connection units, and two adjacent heating units are coupled with each other through a connection unit. One heating unit may be attached to a side wall of one battery cell, and the connection unit corresponds to the gap region.

Abstract: A method for connecting or joining a first substrate and a second substrate across an interface between the first substrate and the second substrate. The method includes disposing a fastener precursor in the bore and sintering the fastener precursor in the bore. The fastener precursor densifies and shrinks in at least one dimension to mechanically interlock with a contour in the bore and form a mechanical fastener in the bore, and the mechanical fastener forms an interlock between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: An electrical tubular heating element is disclosed with a tubular metal sheath, in whose interior an electrical heating element is arranged, which is formed from a resistive wire and is electrically insulated from the tubular metal sheath at least in sections by an electrically insulating material, in which the resistive wire, from which the electrical heating element is formed, is penetrated by at least one opening and/or has a contoured peripheral surface. A method for manufacturing such an electrical tubular heating element is also disclosed.

Abstract: Grounding a component, such as a thermal management system, of a battery pack via a coolant is provided. An apparatus can include a body forming a channel to convey coolant within a battery pack. The apparatus can include a conductor electrically coupled to a ground. The conductor can include a lead into the channel to ground the coolant.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to various types of optical fibers that are spliced together with a splice protector provided to house the spliced optical fibers. The splice protector has dimensions that enable improved mechanical properties of the spliced optical fiber.

Abstract: A heater includes a plate-shaped part, one or more resistance heating element, a columnar part, and a plurality of relay conductors. The plate-shaped part has an insulation property and includes an upper surface on which a wafer is to be superimposed and a lower surface on an opposite side to the upper surface. The one or more resistance heating element is buried in the plate-shaped part. The columnar part has an insulation property and projects downward from the lower surface of the plate-shaped part. The plurality of relay conductors respectively include extension portions vertically extending inside the columnar part and are electrically connected to the one or more resistance heating elements.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. The aerosol delivery devices may include a reservoir containing a liquid aerosol precursor composition and an atomizer including an electrical resistance heating element and a nonfibrous liquid transport element having a microtextured surface adapted for surface wicking of the liquid aerosol precursor composition across the microtextured surface, the microtextured surface of the liquid transport element being in fluid communication with the reservoir and in fluid communication with the electric resistance heating element.

Abstract: An electronic device includes chip components, a case, conductive terminals, and a fuse. The chip components each include a terminal electrode. The case includes accommodation recesses for accommodating the chip components. The conductive terminals are fixed to the case and respectively connected to the terminal electrodes of the chip components. The fuse electrically connects the chip components.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a PTC heating module for heating a fluid and a method for producing such a PTC heating module. The PTC heating module includes a plurality of PTC thermistors having main surfaces disposed opposite to one another and spaced apart relative to one another in a thickness direction. The PTC thermistors are arranged between two contact plates next to one another transversely to the thickness direction and spaced apart relative to one another. The main surfaces of the PTC thermistors are electrically contacted with a contact surface of the two contact plates. At least one dielectric function element is arranged between the two contact plates and laterally sealingly engages about the respective PTC thermistors to at least partially fill a hollow space between the two contact plates and facilitate enlarging a creepage distance between the two contact plates within the hollow space.

Abstract: A liner bridge for a lined pipeline has bores extending through a tubular wall and terminals fitted in the bores, each terminal being exposed to an inward side of the wall for conducting electricity to an electrofusion element. A sealing interface between each terminal and its surrounding bore has one or more projecting formations of the terminal and at least one complementary formation of the bore engaged with the or each of the projecting formations. The interface can also include a sealing mass in the bore.

Abstract: A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium and a device. The method may include (a) introducing a voltage difference between an absolute value of a negative pole of the electrostatic chuck and an absolute value of a positive pole of the electrostatic chuck, the introducing occurs while the wafer is supported by the electrostatic chuck and is contacted by one or more conductive contact pins of the electrostatic chuck; (b) monitoring, by an electrostatic sensor that comprises a sensing element, a charge at a point of measurement located at a front side of the wafer, at different points of time that follow a start of the introducing of the voltage difference, to provide monitoring results; and (c) determining an electrical parameter of the contact between the wafer and the electrostatic chuck, based on the monitoring results.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for minimizing x-ray scattering artifacts, the method comprising: contacting an object with an x-ray scattering mitigation material. The contacting can comprise coating the x-ray scattering material on the object, including spraying a solution of suspension of an x-ray scattering mitigation material onto the object or dry powder coating the object with a x-ray scattering mitigation material. Alternatively, the contacting can comprise immersing the object in a fluid comprising the x-ray scattering material. The fluid can be a gas, a liquid, or a gel. The disclosed x-ray scattering mitigation material can be optimized for mitigating Compton radiation scattering or for mitigating Rayleigh radiation scattering. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

Abstract: The invention provides in one embodiment a heat exchanger module (1) comprising a) a flexible support (100); b) at least one tubular member (200) having its main axis substantially parallel with the plane of the flexible support (100); c) a conductive flexible matrix (300) embedding the at least one tubular member (200); and d) a flexible case (400) enwrapping the flexible support (100), the at least one tubular member (200) and the conductive flexible matrix (300). A coating for a built environment comprising a plurality of heat exchanger modules (1) can be implemented, as well as a system further including pumping means (600). The invention also foresees a method for providing heat exchange processes between the heat exchanger module (1), the coating or the system of the invention and a built environment.

Abstract: In various examples, the disclosed subject matter includes a substrate pedestal that includes a platen formed from a ceramic material and having an upper surface to support a substrate during processing. A stem, formed from a ceramic material, has an upper-stem flange upon which the platen is mechanically coupled. The stem has an interior portion. A backside gas-delivery tube, formed from a ceramic material, is located in the interior portion of the stem. The backside gas-delivery tube includes an upper gas-tube flange that is located between a lower surface of the platen and an upper surface of the upper-stem flange. The backside gas-delivery tube is in fluid communication with at least one backside-gas passage of the platen and is arranged to supply a backside gas to a region below a lower surface of the substrate during processing. Other examples of apparatuses and methods of making and using the apparatuses are included.

Abstract: Implementations described herein provide a method for processing a substrate on a substrate support assembly which enables both lateral and azimuthal tuning of the heat transfer between an electrostatic chuck and a substrate. The method includes processing a first substrate using a first temperature profile on a substrate support assembly having primary heaters and spatially tunable heaters. A deviation profile is determined from a result of processing the first substrate. The spatially tunable heaters are controlled in response to the deviation profile to enable discrete lateral and azimuthal tuning of local hot or cold spots on the substrate support assembly in forming a second temperature profile. A second substrate is then processed using the second temperature profile.

Abstract: A continuous-flow heater is described, with a housing made from an aluminium-based alloy, in which a flow channel for a fluid to be heated extends from an inlet to an outlet, and a heating plate which is arranged in the housing, with a substrate made from steel, which carries heating conductor tracks, a frame embedded in a wall of the housing, wherein the heating plate forms one wall of the flow channel in the housing, and is welded to the frame.

Abstract: An apparatus for deformation measurement and a method for deformation measurement are provided. The apparatus includes a housing, a sample holder, a moving mechanism, a first heating device and a second heating device. The sample holder is in the housing. The moving mechanism is over the sample holder. The first heating device is on the moving mechanism. The second heating device is below the sample holder.

Abstract: A pPTC heating device having areas with different power densities distributed over the surface of the device. The device is constructed using a base layer composed of a pPTC material having a layer of sectioned conductive plates disposed over and under the layer of pPTC such as to control the path of the current through the device, thereby controlling resistance of the device and the power density of the device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for measuring the temperature in power resistors based on the measurement of the high-frequency circuit parameters of said resistor. The present invention excludes the use of thermocouples, dedicated temperature sensors or thermo chambers.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrically conductive sheet for use in three-dimensional molding including: a pseudo-sheet structure in which plural electrically conductive linear bodies extending unidirectionally are arranged spaced apart from each other; and a resin protective layer provided on a surface of the pseudo-sheet structure. In the above mentioned electrically conductive sheet, each of the electrically conductive linear bodies in the pseudo-sheet structure includes: a first portion formed in a wave pattern having a wavelength ?1 and an amplitude A1; and a second portion formed in a wave pattern having a wavelength ?2 and an amplitude A2, at least one of which is different from the wavelength ?1 or the amplitude A1 of the first portion.

Abstract: Exemplary support assemblies may include an electrostatic chuck body defining a substrate support surface. The assemblies may include a support stem coupled with the electrostatic chuck body. The assemblies may include a heater embedded within the electrostatic chuck body. The assemblies may also include an electrode embedded within the electrostatic chuck body between the heater and the substrate support surface. The substrate support assemblies may be characterized by a leakage current through the electrostatic chuck body of less than or about 4 mA at a temperature of greater than or about 500° C. and a voltage of greater than or about 600 V.

Abstract: A laminating apparatus that prevents partial protrusion of a film during pressing and ensures the uniformity of the thickness of a resulting laminate is provided. The laminating apparatus includes a pressing device for pressing a substrate and a film (a workpiece). The pressing device includes a press block movable back and forth, a pressing plate mountable to the press block, a plurality of heat sources (cartridge heaters) capable of heating the pressing plate, and a control system set up to perform heating control on the heat sources. The heat sources are arranged so as to be able to separately heat a central portion of the pressing plate and a peripheral portion thereof annularly surrounding the central portion.

Abstract: A heating element including a preformed ceramic tubular body having a hollow cavity centrally located within, a heat-generating component disposed within the hollow cavity, and an air-displacement material disposed within the hollow cavity. The preformed ceramic tubular body is one of aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, and silicon nitride ceramic. The heat-generating component may be in electrical contact with the ceramic tubular body. The air-displacement material is magnesium oxide. Further, the heat-generating component and the air-displacement material are disposed within the hollow cavity of the preformed ceramic tubular body by way of at least one of a vibrating fill and a centrifuge for compaction.

Abstract: An embodiment discloses a heating rod comprising: a ceramic substrate; and a heat-radiating element that is arranged in the ceramic substrate, wherein the ratio of the thickness of the ceramic substrate to the thickness of the heat-radiating element is between 1:2 and 1:50. The embodiment discloses a heater comprising: a case; a heat-radiating module that is arranged inside the case; and a power module that is electrically connected to the heat-radiating module, wherein the power module includes a substrate part, a heat sink that is connected to the substrate part, and a ventilation part through which a fluid flows in and out to/from the heat sink.

Abstract: An electric kettle may include a body formed by an outer body and an inner body having a cylindrical shape and an open upper surface and an open lower surface, a heat insulation space being formed between the outer body and the inner body, a lid configured to open or close the open upper surface of the body, a heating module configured to partition an inside of the inner body vertically and heat fluid, such as water inside of the inner body, a mounting portion which is formed on an inner surface of the inner body and on which the heating module is mounted, and a base on which a lower surface of the body is seated and which transfers power applied from outside to the heating module when the body is seated. The heating module may include a heating plate inserted through the open lower surface of the inner body and coupled to the mounting portion to form a bottom surface of the inner body, and a heater provided on a lower surface of the heating plate to generate heat.

Abstract: Disclosed is a circuit protection device including a case, a first negative temperature coefficient thermistor which is accommodated in the case and includes a first resistant heating element, a pair of electrodes installed on both sides of the first resistant heating element, and a first lead wire and a second lead wire withdrawn from the pair of electrodes, respectively, a thermal fuse which is accommodated in the case and includes a thermal fuse body and a third lead wire and a fourth lead wire connected to both ends of the thermal fuse body, respectively, and a second negative temperature coefficient thermistor which is accommodated in the case and includes a second resistant heating element, a pair of electrodes installed on both sides of the second resistant heating element, and a fifth lead wire and a sixth lead wire withdrawn from the pair of electrodes, respectively.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a roller, an endless belt, and a heat generating member disposed in a space inside the endless belt, extending in a width direction of the endless belt, and pressing the endless belt against the roller. A sheet is passed through a nip formed between the roller and a portion of the endless belt pressed by the heat generating member, such that an image on the sheet is fixed thereto. The heat generating member includes first and second heat generating portions that are adjacent to each other along the width direction, and the first portion heat generating is independently operable from the second heat generating portion.

Abstract: A thermal immersion circulator can comprise a heater including a hollow cylindrical main body having an inlet opening at a first end thereof and an outlet opening in a side wall thereof. The heater can include a flexible circuit board having a plurality of resistive bands controlled by controlling electronics such as TRIACs, which can be water-cooled. A thermal immersion circulator including such a heater can be used in scientific laboratories or sous vide food cooking.

Abstract: An electrically heatable layer stack is disclosed. The electrically heatable layer stack includes at least two substrate layers, and at least one carbon nanotubes-, CNT-, layer, which is arranged between the substrate layers and which is configured to conduct an electric current. The substrate layers and the at least one CNT-layer are configured to produce heating of at least one of the substrate layers when an electric current is applied to the at least one CNT-layer. A vehicle assembly group, an aircraft, a method and a system for manufacturing an electrically heatable layer stack are also disclosed.

Abstract: A landing gear assembly is also provided. The landing gear assembly may include a thin-skin support member defining a cavity and a cylindrical cavity. A cylinder may extend from the cylindrical cavity with an axle extending from the cylinder. A torsion link may be coupled to the axle and a torsion interface of the thin-skin support member.

Abstract: Disclosed is a circuit protection device including a case, a negative temperature coefficient thermistor which is accommodated in the case and includes a resistant heating element, a pair of electrodes installed on both sides of the resistant heating element, and a first lead wire and a second lead wire withdrawn from the pair of electrodes, respectively, and a thermal fuse which is accommodated in the case and includes a thermal fuse body and a third lead wire and a fourth lead wire connected to both ends of the thermal fuse body, respectively. Here, the second lead wire and the third lead wire are connected to each other in the case.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wave-to-heat conversion structure. The wave-to-heat conversion structure is a loose tissue formed by a plurality of intersect and hooking fibrous structures. The loose tissue retains a dendritic structure of the fibrous structure, and a plurality of micro-gaps are formed between the fibrous structures. The wave-to-heat conversion structure further includes a heat conductive layer, and the heat conduction coefficient of the heat conductive layer is ranged from about 10 W/m·K to 3000 W/m·K. The present disclosure provides a wave-to-heat conversion spectrum plate using the wave-to-heat conversion structure.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for creating enlarged particles in a flow. The apparatus includes a coiled tube having a tube diameter and a coil diameter, the tube having an input receiving the flow and an output, the tube having a length between the input and the output. A heater heats a first portion of the tube along a first, longitudinal portion of the tube, and a cooler cools a second, longitudinal portion of the tube along at least a second portion of the tube. The method includes heating a first portion of the tube along a first longitudinal portion of the tube, and simultaneously cooling a second portion of the tube along at least a second longitudinal portion of the tube. While heating and cooling, the method includes introducing a flow into an interior of the tube at an input, the flow moving the output.

Abstract: A method of making a carbon nanotube heater includes impregnating a dry carbon nanotube fiber matrix with a conductive resin, the conductive resin is made of an organic resin and a conductive filler material. The carbon nanotube heater is lightweight, strong, and maintains appropriate electrical conductivity and resistance for use as a heater.

Abstract: A ceramic structure 10 includes a heater electrode 14 within a disk-shaped AlN ceramic substrate 12. The heater electrode 14 contains a metal filler in the main component WC. The metal filler (such as Ru or RuAl) has a lower resistivity and a higher thermal expansion coefficient than AlN. An absolute value of a difference |?CTE| between a thermal expansion coefficient of the AlN ceramic substrate 12 and a thermal expansion coefficient of the heater electrode 14 at a temperature in the range of 40° C. to 1000° C. is 0.35 ppm/° C. or less.

Abstract: A composite heater may include a base additively manufactured from a first matrix material, and a heating element additively manufactured adjacent the base from a second matrix material and an electrically and thermally conductive fiber that is at least partially encased in the second matrix material. The composite heater may also include a control mechanism configured to selectively complete a circuit between a power supply and the electrically and thermally conductive fiber.

Abstract: Provided is a planar heater in which a carbon wire heat generator is housed in along quartz glass housing portion, and the planar heater suppresses disconnection of the carbon wire heat generator by limiting a contact region between the carbon wire heat generator and the long housing portion, and capable of efficient radiation heating. In the planar heater, the plurality of long housing portions is disposed on the same plane, and heat is generated by energizing the carbon wire heat generator, each of the plurality of long housing portions is formed in a polygonal circular arc shape in which a plurality of linear portions is connected at a bent portion, respectively, and the plurality of long housing portions is disposed along the circumferences of a plurality of concentric circles.

Abstract: A heater device that includes a planar heating element that is electrically conductive and two electrodes electrically connected to the planar heating element. The planar heating element includes a layered material having a plurality of layers, each layer having a crystal lattice which is represented by: Mn+1Xn (wherein M is at least one metal of Group 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7; X is a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, or a combination thereof; and n is 1, 2, or 3), and in which each X is positioned within an octahedral array of M, and having at least one modifier or terminal T selected from the group consisting of a hydroxy group, a fluorine atom, an oxygen atom, and a hydrogen atom on at least one of two opposing surfaces of said each layer.

Abstract: A modular heater system includes a plurality of modular units aligned along a longitudinal direction of a fluid conduit for heating a fluid contained in the fluid conduit. The modular units each include a carrier member, a heating element mounted on the carrier member and a thermal insulation jacket surrounding the carrier member and the heating element. The carrier member defines a receiving space for receiving the fluid conduit therein and includes side slots recessed from outer surfaces of the carrier member. The thermal insulation jacket includes an upper half portion and a lower half portion. The upper half portion and the lower half portion are self-locked in the side slots of the carrier member.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a cooling device and method of controlling the same. Cooling device includes a plurality of refrigerant pipes including a polymer material and a power source configured to supply heating power for self-heating of the refrigerant pipes to the refrigerant pipes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heating paste composition which has heat stability, allows screen printing and gravure printing, has a small change in resistance depending on temperature, and can operate at low voltage and low power due to low specific resistance, to a surface type heating element using the same, and to a portable low-power heater. The heating paste composition may contain conductive particles including carbon nanotube particles and carbon nanoparticles, a mixture binder including epoxy acrylate or hexamethylene diisocyanate, a polyvinyl acetal and a phenol-based resin, an organic solvent, and a dispersant.

Abstract: A PTC heating element is provided that includes including a PTC heating element strip conductors via which the PTC element is powered and at least one of which is insulated on an outer surface with an electrical insulation layer. In order to provide improved insulation while maintaining adequate heat transfer from the PTC element to the heat-emitting surface through the electrical insulation layer, the electrical insulation layer comprises a film and an electrically insulating mass of good thermal conductivity applied to the film. Also provided is an electric heating device for an automotive vehicle that is provided with at least one PTC heating element of such a type.

Abstract: A micro-hotplate apparatus including a diaphragm carrier device; a diaphragm that at least in part spans at least one cavity embodied in the diaphragm carrier device; and at least one heating conductor disposed on and/or in the diaphragm, the micro-hotplate apparatus additionally encompassing at least one reflector element that is disposed on an inner side, directed toward the cavity, of the diaphragm, in such a way that by way of the at least one reflector element a thermal radiation emitted from the at least one heating conductor and/or from the diaphragm is reflectable at least in part back onto and/or into the diaphragm. A sensor having a micro-hotplate apparatus is also described.