Patents Examined by Shawntina Fuqua
  • Patent number: 9496632
    Abstract: A pane with at least one electrical connection element, having: a substrate, an electrically conductive structure on a region of the substrate, a connection element that is implemented as a snap and contains at least one chromium-containing steel, and a layer of a soldering compound, which electrically connects the connection element to a subregion of the electrically conductive structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Klaus Schmalbuch, Bernhard Reul, Lothar Lesmeister, Mitja Rateiczak
  • Patent number: 9491804
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heater including an insulating base made of ceramic, and an electrically conductive line embedded in the insulating base. The electrically conductive line contains electrically conductive grains and ceramic grains. The average grain size of the ceramic grains in the electrically conductive line is smaller than the average grain size of the ceramic grains in the insulating base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi Okamura
  • Patent number: 9484651
    Abstract: A pane having a connection element, having; a substrate having an electrically conductive structure on at least a subregion of the substrate, the electrical connection element on at least a subregion of the electrically conductive structure, and a lead-free soldering compound which connects the electrical connection element to the electrically conductive structure in at least a subregion, wherein the lead-free soldering compound contains 58 to 62% by weight indium, 35 to 38% by weight tin, 1 to 3.5% by weight silver and 0.5 to 2% by weight copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Mitja Rateiczak, Bernhard Reul, Klaus Schmalbuch
  • Patent number: 9485809
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating rod, comprising a housing made of metal, a heating element disposed in the housing, and a contact plate, which is seated against the heating element with a front and which protrudes from the housing. It is provided according to this disclosure that the contact plate is an aluminum sheet having an anodized back and the contact plate comprises projections for positioning the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH
    Inventors: Victor Ritzhaupt, Alexander Dauth, Michael Luppold
  • Patent number: 9470581
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method of detecting a temperature through a pyrometer in a non-contact manner, and an apparatus for processing a substrate using the apparatus, and more particularly, an apparatus and method of detecting a temperature, which precisely measures a temperature without any effect by humidity, and an apparatus for processing a substrate using the same. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus for detecting a temperature includes a humidity sensor configured to measure a humidity value, a temperature compensation database configured to store a temperature compensation value for each humidity value, and a pyrometer providing a non-contact temperature calculated by adding a temperature compensation value corresponding to a humidity value detected by the humidity sensor to a temperature to be compensated, which is obtained by converting a measured a wavelength intensity of a radiation radiated from an object in a wavelength band to be compensated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: AP SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Sang Hyun Ji
  • Patent number: 9472435
    Abstract: Implementations described herein provide a substrate support assembly which enables both lateral and azimuthal tuning of the heat transfer between an electrostatic chuck and a heating assembly. The substrate support assembly comprises a body having a substrate support surface and a lower surface, one or more main resistive heaters disposed in the body, a plurality of spatially tunable heaters disposed in the body, and a spatially tunable heater controller coupled to the plurality of spatially tunable heaters, the spatially tunable heater controller configured to independently control an output one of the plurality of spatially tunable heaters relative to another of the plurality of spatially tunable heaters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Vijay D. Parkhe, Steven E. Babayan, Konstantin Makhratchev, Zhiqiang Guo, Phillip R. Sommer, Dan A. Marohl
  • Patent number: 9468043
    Abstract: Laminated resistive heaters comprising a carbon nanotube layer are described. The invention also includes methods of making laminated resistive heaters and applications using the resistive heaters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Amy M. Heintz, Katherine P. Mitchell, Brett R. Burton, Ioan I. Feier, Timothy J. Lastrapes, Beth Muszynski
  • Patent number: 9464820
    Abstract: A surface mounted heater includes a universal seal fitting. A first aperture in the substrate secures the substrate to an inlet gas valve of the component. The first aperture has a scalloped radii with a first radii and a second radii. The first radii corresponds to a first type of component seal and the second radii corresponding to a second type of component seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: MARCHI THERMAL SYSTEMS
    Inventor: Michael Ramacciotti
  • Patent number: 9462637
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heater device. The heater device includes: a cylindrical insulating member; a heater element which is spirally wound plural times and disposed on an inner circumference side of the insulating member; and a supporting member having one or more first members disposed on inner circumference side of the heater element and extending in an axial direction of the insulating member, and a plurality of second members which extend from the first members to an outside of the insulating member in a radial direction and pass through gaps between turns of the heater element which are adjacent to each other in the axial direction of the insulating member such that end portions of the second members are formed to be embedded in the insulating member, in which the first members have expansion allowance portions which allow thermal expansion in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Makoto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9457641
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical heating device (1) including a heating body in which at least one electric heating element (8) is installed, the operation of said electric heating element being dependent on a control module (3) constituting the heating device, the heating body (2) including walls (5) at least partially defining a cavity (6) in which the control module (3) is accommodated, characterized in that the electrical heating element (8) and the control module (3) are suitable for being supplied with a so-called low voltage of between 80 and 600 volts, and in that an electrical insulator (17), which covers the walls (5) defining the cavity, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Frederic Pierron, Laurent Tellier
  • Patent number: 9439245
    Abstract: A laminated window is disclosed having a window heater unit which is connected to an external source of electrical power by means of an electrically conductive strip. At least a part of each of the electrically conductive strips is bonded on all sides to one or more laminating interlayer interposed between and bonding together two panes of glass. The bonding of the laminating interlayer to the electrically conductive strips during manufacture of the laminated window produces a water impervious seal between the laminating interlayer and the respective electrically conductive strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nigel Philip Harold Fawcett, Tom Boettger, Oliver Sterzenbach, Larry Agius
  • Patent number: 9437456
    Abstract: Flash lamps connected to short-pulse circuits and flash lamps connected to long-pulse circuits are alternately arranged in a line. The duration of light emission from the flash lamps connected to the long-pulse circuits is longer than the duration of light emission from the flash lamps connected to the short-pulse circuits. A superimposing of a flash of light with a high peak intensity from the flash lamps that emit light for a short time and a flash of light with a gentle peak from the flash lamps that emit light for a long time can increase the temperature of even a deep portion of a substrate to an activation temperature or more without heating a shallow portion near the substrate surface more than necessary. This achieves the activation of deep junctions without causing substrate warpage or cracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichi Yokouchi
  • Patent number: 9439244
    Abstract: A new heating cable is described. The heating cable is comprising between seven and two hundred metallic monofilaments of a first type which are acting as electrical conductors to generate heat. The metallic monofilaments of a first type are having a diameter ranging from 30 ?m to 100 ?m. The metallic monofilaments of a first type are having a substantially round cross section. The metallic monofilaments of a first type are comprising a steel layer with a chromium content of less than 10% by weight. The heating cable is having an electrical resistance ranging between 0.1 ?/m and 20.0 ?/m when measured at 20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: NV BEKAERT SA
    Inventor: Steve Verstraeten
  • Patent number: 9431687
    Abstract: Heating assemblies for one or more rechargeable batteries include a flexible heating element positionable about the one or more rechargeable batteries, a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature adjacent the one or more rechargeable batteries, and a control circuit configured to receive the sensed temperature from the temperature sensor. The control circuit is configured to connect the charger to the flexible heating element for allowing power to flow from the charger to the flexible heating element in response to the sensed temperature adjacent the one or more rechargeable batteries falling below a defined threshold temperature. The temperature sensor is adjacent the flexible heating element. The flexible heating element is configured to receive power from a charger that is operable for charging the one or more rechargeable batteries. Systems including the one or more heating assemblies are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald James Bonebright, Robert Jacek Slawinski, Augustine Odili Ekeinde
  • Patent number: 9414707
    Abstract: Disclosed are cooking devices and assemblies that employ infrared radiant energy to cook food. One cooking assembly includes a cooker including a body having a cooker lid configured to engage a top of the body, an inner layer arranged within the body and defining a heating cavity within the cooker, a heating element arranged within the heating cavity and configured to heat the heating cavity, and a cooking vessel made of a transmissive material and configured to be arranged within the heating cavity, the cooking vessel defines a cooking cavity configured to receive food therein, wherein the heating element convectively heats the cooking vessel and infrared radiant energy is thereby emitted from interior surfaces of the cooking vessel into the cooking cavity to cook the food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: WKI HOLDING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Brian L. Coleman
  • Patent number: 9414439
    Abstract: According to embodiments of present invention, a baseplate supporting pin is provided, which comprises: a pin body; a heating device embedded into the pin body; and a first control unit electrically connected to the heating device for controlling the heating device. Furthermore, according to embodiments of present invention, a baseplate supporting device is provided, which comprises: a baseplate support member; and a baseplate supporting pin, provided to ascend or descend through an opening formed in the baseplate supporting plate so as to support the baseplate thereon or place the baseplate on the baseplate support member, wherein the baseplate supporting pin comprises: a pin body; a heating device built in the pin body; and a first control unit electrically connected to the heating device for controlling the heating device. The baseplate supporting pin and the baseplate supporting device facilitate eliminating adverse effect caused by uneven heating of the baseplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoukun Wang, Liang Sun
  • Patent number: 9404661
    Abstract: Provided is an electric oven, which includes a main body, a cooktop, and an oven part. The cooktop is disposed in an upper portion of the main body to heat an object. The oven part is disposed within the main body under the cooktop, and includes a cavity including a cooking chamber, a door selectively opening and closing the cooking chamber, and a first heating unit and a second heating unit, which supply radiant energy into the cooking chamber. Before the cooktop is installed, or after the cooktop is removed, a top of the main body is opened, and the first heating unit is installed in or removed from the cavity through the opened top of the main body. The second heating unit is installed in or removed from the cooking chamber through an open front of the cooking chamber. Accordingly, a heater can be protected, and be conveniently installed and removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hagsoo Kim, Jaekyung Yang, Jaehyoun Park
  • Patent number: 9408256
    Abstract: A removable heating device for a hot runner nozzle contains an elongated heating unit which exhibits at least one longitudinal slot which does not extend as far in the longitudinal direction as the length of a substantially cylindrical heating unit and which enables an enlargement of the inner diameter of the heating unit by its open end. The heating device further has a channel disposed in the outer surface of the heating unit in which an electrical heating element is disposed. Furthermore, a heater/thermocouple assembly contains such a heating device and at least one thermocouple for detecting the temperature in the front end region of the hot runner nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Otto Männer Innovation GmbH
    Inventor: Swen Spuller
  • Patent number: 9408257
    Abstract: A silicone band heater assembly includes a silicone heater cable, lead wires, and a zip tie connection. The heater cable consists of a resistance heater wire that is optionally surrounded by a fiberglass braid, which in turn is encased in a silicone insulator. Each end of the heater cable includes an overmolded zip tie segment, which includes the splice connection between the lead wire and resistance wire, and the ability to link the ends of the heater cable assembly together when being clamped to a desired structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Tutco, Inc.
    Inventor: James Patrick Lollar
  • Patent number: 9392906
    Abstract: An appliance includes a plurality of electrical loads and a load control circuit including at least a clock enable circuit and a full power timer. The clock enable circuit is configured and operatively connected to activate the full power timer when all of the loads are energized, and the full power timer is configured and operatively connected to de-energize at least one load selected from the plurality of loads on reaching a predetermined full power time limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: CONAIR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Lee Sanders, Jonathan G. Berera