Patents Assigned to ThermoCermiX, INc
  • Resistive heaters and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7176420
    Abstract: The present invention features a metallic resistive heater and uses thereof. The resistive heater includes a metallic component that is electrically conductive (i.e., has low resistivity) and an oxide, nitride, carbide, and/or boride derivative of the metallic component that is electrically insulating (i.e., has high resistivity). The resistivity is controlled in part by controlling the amount of oxide, nitride, carbide, and boride formation during the deposition of the metallic component and the derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: ThermoCermiX, INc
    Inventors: Richard C. Abbott, Gary P. Magnant, William A. Glenn