Tip In Electrical Circuit Patents (Class 219/233)
  • Patent number: 11534983
    Abstract: A barn curtain having a transparent panel and a non-transparent panel is prepared by a welding machine. The welding machine has an inner heater assembly including a first roller wheel, an inner plate assembly having a lower inner plate and an upper inner plate spaced apart from the lower inner plate in a vertical direction, and a heater, and a first roller assembly including a second roller wheel aligned with the first roller wheel. A side of a transparent panel is fed through the lower inner plate and a side of a non-transparent panel is fed through the upper inner plate. The plates are heated with the heater to partially melt the side of the transparent panel and the side of the non-transparent panel. The side of the transparent panel and the side of the non-transparent panel are pressed between the roller wheels and joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Shady Lane Curtains, LLC
    Inventor: Samuel Fisher
  • Patent number: 11116567
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to cauterize tissue. For example, certain aspects herein relate to a cautery device. The cautery device includes a voltage source comprising a voltage pump and a battery. The cautery device further includes a probe for applying current from the voltage source to tissue. The probe includes a first electrically conductive element electrically coupled to a first pole of the voltage source. The probe further includes a second electrically conductive element coupled to a second pole of the voltage source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Single Pass, LLC
    Inventors: Peter J. Suneshine, Kevin Hirsch, Bryan D. Knodel
  • Patent number: 11096823
    Abstract: An ophthalmic marking device is provided herein for marking a patient's eye. The device may include a handle and a tip with a tip element, a first portion of the tip element protruding from the tip to be exposed. The tip element is electrically conductive to resistively generate heat with electrical flow therethrough. A source of electrical power is associated with the device and electrically coupled to the tip element. The source of the electrical power and the tip element are configured to cause the first portion of the tip element to have a temperature in a range of 250° F.-450° F. Advantageously, the subject invention provides for a relatively low-cost device for marking a patient's eye and allows for creating a less traumatic marking on a patient's eye as compared to higher temperature electrocautery devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Beaver-Visitec International (US), Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Osher, Briana Rawson, Collin Alexander Murray
  • Patent number: 11020811
    Abstract: A solder removal apparatus is provided. The solder removal apparatus comprises a plurality of solder-interfacing protrusions extending from a body by a length. Each of the plurality of solder-interfacing protrusions is configured to remove a corresponding one of a plurality of solder features from a semiconductor device, where each of the plurality of solder features has a height and an amount of solder material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark E. Tuttle
  • Patent number: 10849675
    Abstract: A portable electrosurgical device (ESD) has a housing, a probe connected to the housing and a heating element connected to the probe for destroying human tissue. The heating element is detachable from the probe and/or the probe with heating element can be detachable from the housing. The user can set a drive signal's electrical characteristics, such as operating frequency, duty cycle, peak voltage and the like for a customized drive signal formed in the ESD based on the heating element used. Memory storage allows for storage of inputted data from a keyboard, downloaded reference documents and information off the Internet from an Ethernet connector that can be displayed for reference on a screen of the ESD. Another even more compact ESD is an integral one-piece portable device having a type of pistol hand-held grip, dis-connectable probe, and a rechargeable, removable battery in the handle provides approximately 30, one-minute treatments on a single battery charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventor: William Dean Wallace
  • Patent number: 10631713
    Abstract: A medical device comprises an end effector for performing a medical procedure, a first connector, and a second connector. The first connector comprises a housing, a first interface, and a second interface. The first interface is coupled to the housing and includes a rod through which a first operational channel extends. The second interface is coupled to the housing and includes a second operational channel. The second connector comprises a housing, a first socket, and a second socket. The housing comprises a cavity bounded by an inner surface including a back surface. The first socket is sized and shaped to receive the rod; the second socket is sized and shaped to receive the second interface and projects from the back surface. The rod engages with the first socket to at least partially align the second interface with the second socket before the second interface engages with the second socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Bruce M. Schena
  • Patent number: 10538037
    Abstract: A composite laminate reinforcing tool may be used to form a reinforced joint at a bond line of a composite laminate structure. The tool may hold one or more clips having posts, and the tool may be positioned along the bond line between at least two composite laminate elements. Joint sections of the clip may be heated to increase a pliability of the joint section, and the tool may be actuated to drive the post through the at least two composite laminate elements. The posts may be deflected toward a base of the clip, thereby to seat the clip. The reinforced composite laminate structure may then be cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Richard L. Kulesha
  • Patent number: 10448986
    Abstract: An electrosurgical ablation device provides pulse width modulated DC power to a heating segment in a catheter for use in providing treatment. In some embodiments the DC power to be modulated is sourced from an AC/DC power converter coupled to a source of AC power. In some embodiments the DC power to be modulated is sourced from a battery. In some embodiments the device switchably selects for modulation DC power sourced from either the AC/DC power converter or the battery, for example based on availability of power from the AC/DC power converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Arthur W. Zikorus, Michael S. Mirizzi
  • Patent number: 10448992
    Abstract: Electrosurgical systems and methods include a generator which is operable to connect to an electrosurgical device and to identify the electrosurgical device. The generator automatically determines at least one device specific operational parameter for carrying out the electrosurgical procedure. In an exemplary embodiment, a generator includes a fluid pump and the generator automatically determines a candidate flowrate at which to operate the pump based on the type of device. The device specific operational parameter may be selected or modified by the operator prior to commencing the procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: ArthroCare Corporation
    Inventors: Hadar Cadouri, Jean Woloszko, Philip M. Tetzlaff
  • Patent number: 10441342
    Abstract: Thermal, electrosurgical and mechanical modalities may be combined in a surgical tool. Potentially damaging effects in a first modality may be minimized by using a secondary modality. In one example, thermal hemostasis may thus help electrosurgical applications avoid the adverse tissue effects associated with hemostatic monopolar electrosurgical waveforms while retaining the benefits of using monopolar incising waveforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Domain Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Kim Manwaring, David McNally
  • Patent number: 10357306
    Abstract: The present invention relates to surgical dissection tips comprising a substrate comprising beryllium copper and a ferromagnetic layer coating at least a portion of the substrate, and methods of making such surgical dissection tips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Domain Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Stringham, Robert R Scott, Kent F Beck, Phil Eggers, Mel Lewis
  • Patent number: 10266295
    Abstract: A device is provided for removing product items contained in a blister package having raised protrusions containing the product items and a protective membrane holding the items in the protrusions having a holder. The holder has a first and second end. The device has a first and second heating band post, at least one heating band, a power element, a power switch for supplying a power source to the power element, and electronic control circuitry for controlling current to the heating band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Inventor: Edmund F Kelly
  • Patent number: 10252390
    Abstract: Proposed is a lubrication system, in particular a single-duct minimum quantity lubrication system, having an aerosol generator, a spindle, a tool clamper arranged on the spindle and a rotary feedthrough arranged on the side of the spindle located opposite the tool clamper, the tool clamper, the spindle and the rotary feedthrough are penetrated by a duct, in the duct is arranged a spindle tube which improves the transport of aerosol, in particular the transport of lubricant particles and/or coolant particles, above all inside the spindle or motor spindle. Further, the spindle tube is mounted in the duct in an electrically insulating manner and/or in that the spindle tube is produced from a material that is not electrically conducting and/or in that the spindle tube and/or the duct is/are provided with at least one electrically insulating layer for coating the spindle tube and/or the duct in an electrically insulating manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Knoll Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Talip Aygün, Yasar Aygün
  • Patent number: 9927470
    Abstract: An intelligent electronic device is provided including, inter alia, a processing unit configured to calculate energy consumed by at least one load and accumulate the calculated energy in a first volatile memory; the processing unit being configured to iteratively copy the accumulated energy from the first volatile memory to a first non-volatile memory after a first predetermined time period and copy the accumulated energy from the first volatile memory to a second non-violate memory after a second predetermined time period, wherein the first predetermined time period is longer than the second predetermined time period. The processing unit is further configured to copy the accumulated energy from the second non-violate memory to the first volatile memory upon startup or reset of the intelligent electronic device to avoid loss of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Electro Industries/Gauge Tech
    Inventors: Hai Zhu, Erran Kagan
  • Patent number: 9901393
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to cauterize tissue. For example, certain aspects herein relate to a cautery device. The cautery device includes a voltage source comprising a voltage pump and a battery. The cautery device further includes a probe for applying current from the voltage source to tissue. The probe includes a first electrically conductive element electrically coupled to a first pole of the voltage source. The probe further includes a second electrically conductive element coupled to a second pole of the voltage source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: First Pass, LLC
    Inventors: Peter J. Sunenshine, Kevin Hirsch, Bryan D. Knodel
  • Patent number: 9788882
    Abstract: An electrosurgical wand. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are electrosurgical wands configured as a surgical forceps including opposed legs that defines respective distal end portions, the legs of the forceps operable to be actuated between an open position and a closed position, an active and return electrode disposed on one of the respective distal end portions, a discharge aperture on one of the distal end portions coupled to a first fluid conduit, and an aspiration aperture through the return electrode on the other of the distal end portions fluidly coupled to a second fluid conduit. In embodiments, the position of the forceps' legs, and the electrical energy applied to the electrodes, is adjusted to provide dissection or coagulation to the tissue. A stop or latch on the forceps' legs may maintain the active and return electrode a fixed distance from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: ArthroCare Corporation
    Inventors: Doug Evans, Lloyd Gonzalez, Nathan Wang, Jean Woloszko
  • Patent number: 9649144
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes an electrosurgical apparatus for treating tissue at a target site. The apparatus has a shaft with a proximal end and a distal portion, the distal portion comprising a return electrode and electrode support. There is also at least one active electrode on the shaft distal portion, which has a proximal portion and a distal portion and a plurality of aspiration apertures disposed therebetween. These apertures are fluidly connected to a fluid aspiration cavity that is located within the electrode support, and the cavity is connected with a fluid aspiration element that is located along the shaft. The plurality of apertures vary in size and are generally arranged so that the larger sized apertures are disposed towards the electrode proximal portion and the smaller sized apertures are generally located towards the electrode distal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: ArthroCare Corporation
    Inventors: Rajitha Aluru, Doug Evans, David A. Cox, Jean Woloszko, Johnson E. Goode, Philip M. Tetzlaff, Gerardo Molina
  • Patent number: 9649148
    Abstract: Electrosurgical systems and methods are described herein, the system including an electrosurgical probe with an active electrode disposed near the probe distal end, a system with a power supply for delivery of voltage to the active electrode and a controller that receives and processes a signal from a current sensor and a temperature sensor. The current sensor measures the current output of the power supply and the temperature sensor is adjacent an electrically conductive fluid located at a target site. The controller may be programmed to operate in a low voltage mode that limits the power supply to a low voltage output so as to determine whether the current output from the current sensor is within a current output range. This range is defined by predetermined upper and lower limits that are modified by at least one measured value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: ArthroCare Corporation
    Inventors: Jean Woloszko, Jonathan L. Gaspredes, Scott A. Armstrong
  • Patent number: 9629677
    Abstract: A treatment device for a medical treatment heats a biotissue. The device includes a treatment tool which includes a heat transfer portion and a resistance element, a storage section which stores a time-power list including time-power relations, and a controller. The controller includes a resistance value acquiring section acquiring a resistance value of the resistance element, a power supplying section supplying the power to the resistance element, and a control section. The control section causes the power supplying section to supply a predetermined state detection power in a state detection period, calculates a change of the resistance value in the state detection period, acquires the time-power relation corresponding to the change of the resistance value, and causes the power supplying section to supply the power based on the acquired time-power relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Yasunaga
  • Patent number: 9604375
    Abstract: A blade cartridge for a shaving razor contains a series of parallel blades and at least two contact segments as part of an electric circuit connected to the blades at spaced intervals to provide an electric current flow through the blades in a manner that provides more efficient heat distribution across the length of the blades. A radiator effect is created wherein heat produced by the contact segments passes between the blades towards the cutting edge of the blades. The combination of the heat produced by the electric current flow through the conductive blades and the heat produced by the contact segments provides a dual heat process that makes it easier to adjust and control the temperature to a desired stable heat temperature. A thin conductive film may be fitted to be in contact with the ends of the blades to insure conductivity throughout the entire length of each blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: HEATED BLADES HOLDING COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: William Bohmer, Louis D. Tomassetti
  • Patent number: 9597142
    Abstract: Electrosurgical procedures. At least some of the example methods that include: supplying energy to an active electrode of an electrosurgical wand, the supplying energy to the active electrode by an electrosurgical controller; monitoring an electrical parameter associated with the energy; and determining, based on the electrical parameter, the presence of a wand condition of the electrosurgical wand, the wand condition being at least one selected from the group consisting of: a surface area of the active electrode is less than a predetermined threshold surface area; the surface area of the active electrode is approaching the predetermined threshold surface area; and that the electrosurgical wand is affected by a blockage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: ArthroCare Corporation
    Inventors: David Y. Yuan, Jean Woloszko, Jonathan L. Gaspredes, Thomas P. Ryan
  • Patent number: 9549774
    Abstract: A thermal surgical instrument having a system to control the delivery of power from an energy source to active element located on a tip. The system for controlling delivery to the tip may include a control algorithm which uses one or more measurements, such as tip current, SWR, and rapid changes in reflected power, to manage power without affecting cutting efficacy, and in a manner that may be imperceptible by a surgeon. The system may utilize a state machine to determine the current environment in which the tip may be in. Power delivered to the tip may be selectively managed according to a fixed power index or a repeatedly executed power profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Domain Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Denis, Preston Manwaring, Phil Eggers, Kim Manwaring
  • Patent number: 9526556
    Abstract: An electrosurgical wand for treating tissue at a target site within or on a patient's body is described, having an elongate shaft with a handle and a distal end portion. The distal end portion has an active electrode, an insulative spacer body and a return electrode; the active electrode supported by the insulative spacer body and spaced away from the return electrode. The active electrode has both lateral and medial edge surfaces. The insulative spacer body has an aspiration cavity fluidly connected with an aspiration lumen, and at least one tapered aperture extending beyond at least one of the electrode medial edge surfaces and directed to the aspiration cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: ArthroCare Corporation
    Inventors: Johnson E. Goode, Mark Bieberich, Philip M. Tetzlaff, Jean Woloszko
  • Patent number: 9452008
    Abstract: Joint temperature monitoring and control systems and methods are described herein in which the temperature of a fluid within a body or joint space is determined and/or monitored despite the energy generated during treatment by an ablation probe. One or more temperature sensors are positioned along the probe proximally of the electrode assembly and measure the temperature of an electrically conductive fluid without being overly influenced by the surgical effect occurring proximate the electrode assembly. The controller coupled to the probe can also be configured to set temperature limits and treatment times as well as moderating joint temperature by altering the electrically conductive fluid flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Arthrocare Corporation
    Inventors: Duane W. Marion, Katherine Knudsen, Robert DeCou
  • Patent number: 9439711
    Abstract: A medical device for treating tissue includes a tissue-contacting surface and a solid state heating element that is thermally coupled to the tissue-contacting surface. The solid state heating element is configured to generate heat to thermally treat tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Craig A. Keller, Robert B. Smith
  • Patent number: 9271784
    Abstract: An electrosurgical wand. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are electrosurgical wands including an elongate shaft that defines a handle end and a distal end, a first discharge aperture on the distal end of the elongate shaft, a first active electrode of conductive material disposed on the distal end of the elongate shaft, the first active electrode has an edge feature, a first return electrode of conductive material disposed a substantially constant distance from the first active electrode, and an aspiration aperture on the distal end of the elongate shaft fluidly coupled to a second fluid conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: ArthroCare Corporation
    Inventors: Doug Evans, Kimberly Nguyen, Nathan Wang
  • Patent number: 9254166
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes an electrosurgical apparatus for treating tissue at a target site. The apparatus has a shaft with a proximal end and a distal portion, the distal portion comprising a return electrode and electrode support. There is also at least one active electrode on the shaft distal portion, which has a proximal portion and a distal portion and a plurality of aspiration apertures disposed therebetween. These apertures are fluidly connected to a fluid aspiration cavity that is located within the electrode support, and the cavity is connected with a fluid aspiration element that is located along the shaft. The plurality of apertures vary in size and are generally arranged so that the larger sized apertures are disposed towards the electrode proximal portion and the smaller sized apertures are generally located towards the electrode distal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: ArthroCare Corporation
    Inventors: Rajitha Aluru, Doug Evans, David A. Cox, Jean Woloszko, Johnson E. Goode, Philip M. Tetzlaff, Gerardo Molina
  • Patent number: 9168082
    Abstract: An electrosurgical wand. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are electrosurgical wands including an elongate shaft that defines a handle end and a distal end, a first discharge aperture on the distal end of the elongate shaft, a first active electrode of conductive material disposed on the distal end of the elongate shaft, the first active electrode has an edge feature, a first return electrode of conductive material disposed a substantially constant distance from the first active electrode, and an aspiration aperture on the distal end of the elongate shaft fluidly coupled to a second fluid conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: ArthroCare Corporation
    Inventors: Doug Evans, Michael D. Foster, Philip M. Tetzlaff, Rajitha Aluru, Jean Woloszko, Johnson E. Goode
  • Patent number: 9138821
    Abstract: A lead pin fixture is used to align and hold lead pins in place for brazing lead pins to metal contact pads of a ceramic insulator and brazing a ferrule to the ceramic insulator in a single step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Brosnan, Rajesh V. Iyer, George C. Johnstone, Susan A. Tettemer, Andrew J. Thom
  • Patent number: 8735764
    Abstract: A thermode device for connecting and/or electrically contacting a plurality of first semiconductor components to at least one support element and/or to a plurality of second semiconductor components by heating an adhesive under the application of pressure. An example thermode device includes a basic body and a heating element which can be extended out of the basic body and which, under the application of pressure, acts on at least one of the first semiconductor components, wherein the basic body has on its underside a plurality of heating plates which are oriented vertically and are arranged next to one another. Each heating plate has on its end and underside a plurality of the extendable heating elements, to the underside of each of which there is assigned a first semiconductor component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Muehlbauer AG
    Inventors: Ewald Weckerle, Alexander Wodarz, Stefan Bierl, Niklas Sigmund
  • Publication number: 20140091075
    Abstract: A soldering device for plastics adhering includes a handle having two protruded rings and a button assembly, a body having a pivoting portion and a head portion, the body pivotally rotated relative to the handle in a certain angle between the body and the handle, two conducting rods electrically connected to the button assembly, one end of each conducting rod inserted into the body, another end of each conducting rod exposed out from the body, an electrical storage element assembled into the handle and electrically connected to the button assembly and the two conducting rods. Therefore, when a user presses the button assembly, a unit of electricity is delivered to the conducting rod, so that an amount of heat is generated to adhere or repair an article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventor: Chao-Chih Liu
  • Patent number: 8650760
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus of reducing current requirements by increasing resistance of the blade structure by reducing the cross sectional area of at least one section of the blade so that the electrical current requirements for heating of the blade to cutting temperature are reduced wherein the power supply and substantially entire unit may be mounted within a hand held unit. Methods of shaping blades to perform various heat distributions for specialty blades for custom cutting are disclosed. Further, an improved blade mounting structure is provided which includes structure for maintaining the legs of the blade parallel to the direction of cut and provides for easy insertion of new blades by maintaining a slotted blade cradle stable and in alignment with the blades and a clamp member away from the blade when the clamp mounting structure is loosened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Inventor: Guy A. Van Alstine
  • Publication number: 20130075385
    Abstract: A thermal eraser for erasing tactile drawing features from a tactile drawing medium, along with methods of erasing tactile drawing features formed on a tactile drawing medium, are disclosed. The thermal eraser has a heated tip that can be heated to a temperature sufficient to cause the tactile drawing feature to flow back into the surface of the tactile drawing medium. The heated tip has a tip temperature that can be controlled by a temperature-regulating circuit. A set-point temperature can be used to set the tip temperature and maintain the tip temperature. The thermal eraser can be controlled by hand or by an electro-mechanical device such as a tactile printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
    Inventor: University of Vermont and State Agricultural Colle
  • Publication number: 20110258858
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus of reducing current requirements by increasing resistance of the blade structure by reducing the cross sectional area of at least one section of the blade so that the electrical current requirements for heating of the blade to cutting temperature are reduced wherein the power supply and substantially entire unit may be mounted within a hand held unit. Methods of shaping blades to perform various heat distributions for specialty blades for custom cutting are disclosed. Further, an improved blade mounting structure is provided which includes structure for maintaining the legs of the blade parallel to the direction of cut and provides for easy insertion of new blades by maintaining a slotted blade cradle stable and in alignment with the blades and a clamp member away from the blade when the clamp mounting structure is loosened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventor: Guy A. Van Alstine
  • Patent number: 8028437
    Abstract: A hair dryer and vacuum device includes a housing having a nozzle, a handle, and a body portion situated between the handle and nozzle, the nozzle including a first channel extending from the body portion to an outlet port and a second channel extending from the body portion to an inlet port. A heating coil is mounted in the body portion for heating air and a dryer fan is positioned adjacent the heating coil that is configured to blow the heated air through the outlet port when energized. A vacuum fan is mounted in the second channel and configured to draw air into the second channel through the inlet port when energized. The device includes a collection chamber situated between the vacuum fan and the body portion and in communication with the second channel such that fallen hair is collected therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Inventor: Pauline Brown-Carter
  • Patent number: 7626140
    Abstract: A soldering iron including: a soldering tip that melts solder at a distal end; an iron body to which the soldering tip is fixed; at least one male connecting end provided at a base end of the soldering tip; at least one female connecting end built into the distal end of the iron body and into which the male connecting end is fittingly inserted; and a grip having heat insulating properties provided around the outer periphery of the soldering tip to cover the base end region of the soldering tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Taiyo Electric Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Shigekawa
  • Patent number: 7608805
    Abstract: A control system and method of controlling a battery powered heating device such as a soldering or desoldering tool that includes a control circuit to control the delivery of power to a cartridge heating tip and to cycle the power to the cartridge heating tip during times of no use so as to minimize the amount of power expended to maintain the device in a ready or usable state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Hakko Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Miyazaki, Toshinobu Ishihara, Hitoshi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 7534978
    Abstract: A process chamber of an installation for the thermal treatment of printed circuit boards is described. The process chamber may include a fan wheel supported on a shaft parallel to the printed circuit boards, the fan wheel being disposed between two walls of the process chamber. The fan wheel is open at its two end faces and the two end faces are at such a distance from the walls of the process chamber that gas flows in unimpeded in two substreams between the end faces of the fan wheel and the walls and flows out from the cylindrical surface of the fan wheel over the length thereof and in the extent of the process chamber in the form of a ribbon-shaped gas stream, the gas stream being directed essentially in the cross section through a channel onto the printed circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: SEHO Systemtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Ludwig Diehm, Rudolf Ullrich
  • Patent number: 6998577
    Abstract: An electric heat sealer including a casing having a first pair of extensions extending outwardly therefrom, a press bar pivotally connected to said casing, the press bar having a second pair of extensions extending outwardly therefrom, at least one sealing mechanism mounted in the press bar or the casing and a source of current for energizing the heating wire. The press bar is normally biased above the casing and the at least one sealing mechanism includes a heating wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Welcome Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu Hui Chou, Richard Chang
  • Patent number: 6898997
    Abstract: An apparatus for stripping an insulated wire includes a resistive heater element having a first end, a second end, and a coil formed between the first end and the second end. The coil has an inner diameter that is large enough to receive a section of the insulated wire. The apparatus further includes an electronic circuit connected to the first and second ends to deliver power to the resistive heater element such that the coil uniformly distributes heat about the section of the insulated wire to thermally decompose insulation on the section of insulated wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Richard W. Oldigs, Harry L. Vanscoder, Scott S. Chesser, Ricky Y. Torres, Gary A. Hazen
  • Patent number: 6860880
    Abstract: An instrument and method are provided for sealing and joining or hemostatically dividing tissue, which is particularly suitable for laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery. The instrument makes use of the controlled application of a combination of heat and pressure to seal adjacent tissues, to join adjacent tissues, or to anastomose tissues, whereby tissue is heated for an optimal time and at an optimal temperature under optimal pressure to maximize tissue seal strength while minimizing collateral tissue damage. The instrument of the present invention is lightweight and therefore portable, and is particularly useful in field conditions where a source of external power may not be readily available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Michael R. Treat, Fred H. Co, George D. Hermann, Thomas A. Howell, Theodore R. Kucklick, Michelle Y. Monfort, Kenneth H. Mollenauer
  • Patent number: 6770849
    Abstract: An electric heat sealer having a casing including a first pair of extensions extending outwardly therefrom, a press bar pivotally connected to said casing, the press bar including a second pair of extensions extending outwardly therefrom, at least one sealing mechanism mounted in the press bar or the casing; wherein the at least one sealing mechanism including a heating wire. The press bar is normally biased above the casing, which includes a source of current for energizing the heating wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Welcome Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu-Hui Chou, Richard Chang
  • Patent number: 6726683
    Abstract: Surgical cutting instrument includes an electrically heated cutting edge and an automatic control system for maintaining the cutting edge at a constant high temperature for sterilizing the blade, cutting tissue, and cauterizing the incised tissue to reduce hemorrhage from the cut surfaces of the tissues (hemostasis).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Inventor: Robert F. Shaw
  • Patent number: 6692692
    Abstract: The present invention involves a sterilization system for running high amperage current through a dental or medical handpiece to be sterilized thereby heating the handpiece to a point of sterilization. The system includes a controller, a high amperage current source, and a handpiece receptacle. The handpiece receptacle includes clamps to hold the handpiece in place and a temperature sensor to measure the temperature of the handpiece. The controller controls the amount of current supplied by the high amperage current source to the handpiece according to the temperature of the handpiece. After the handpiece has been at or above the sterilization temperature for the required period of time, the controller stops the flow of current to the handpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Inventor: Eric J. Stetzel
  • Patent number: 6683280
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward an improved method and apparatus for securing a prosthesis that is being implanted in a patient. A heat-curable bone cement is used to secure the implanted prosthesis in the patient. A heater is then applied to the prosthesis to decrease the time required for the cement in contact with the prosthesis to cure or set. An adjustable heater control and temperature gauge are used to monitor and control the amount of heat applied to the prosthesis. A socket is provided on the heater such that a tip designed to couple with the particular type of prosthesis being implanted in the patient can be installed on the heater. One or more safety gauges are used to monitor the heater's operation to insure that an excessive amount of heat is not being applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Wofford, James R. Lawson, Jr., Patrick B. Gerard
  • Patent number: 6652175
    Abstract: A structure of a heating nozzle for a glue gun includes a nozzle, a rubber ring and a rubber tubular member, the nozzle being provided with two heaters formed by a heat resistant and highly heat efficient element and assembled with the rubber ring and the rubber tubular member to form a nozzle assembly, wherein by means of connection in series and parallel with a battery chamber, a control switch and a LED indicator, the nozzle assembly is supplied with a 6-volt DC power source or externally connected with an AC power source or a power adapter to make the nozzle to melt a glue rod for proceeding with adhesion operation, whereby the length of the heating nozzle is decreased and can be pre-heated within a very short time and the nozzle is compact in size, the heating efficiency is high and power consumption is small, and the glue can be cooled rapidly, so as to avoid melting glue flowing out of the glue gun when the glue gun is turned off, and a direct heating method is used to melt the glue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Gene-Yu Enterprise Ltd.
    Inventor: Yin-Kuang Chang
  • Patent number: 6482200
    Abstract: A battery operated, hand-held cautery apparatus including a cauterizing unit with a cautery body and a heating assembly having a heating element, a switch assembly, and a housing assembly is disclosed. The switch assembly is essentially the position of a battery. That is, the battery acts as a switch. Power is not supplied to the heating element when the battery is in a first position, but power is supplied to the heating element when the battery is moved to a second position. The housing assembly may include a biasing member in contact with the battery such that the biasing force of the biasing member must be overcome to move the battery from the first position to the second position and thus energize the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Inventor: Ronald D. Shippert
  • Patent number: 6423950
    Abstract: This reflow soldering apparatus comprises a heater tip 10 for soldering sites to be soldered of a workpiece W by reflow method, a power supply unit for supplying an electric power for heat generation or heating to the heater tip, a control unit for providing a control of the supplied current in the power supply unit, and a pressing unit 16 for pressing the heater tip against the sites to be soldered of the workpiece W. An inverter of the power supply unit has four transistor switching elements. By the control unit by way of a driving circuit, the first set of switching elements and are simultaneously switching (ON/OFF) controlled at a predetermined inverter frequency (e.g., 10 kHz) in response to in-phase inverter control signals G1 and G3, whereas the second set of switching elements are simultaneously switching controlled at the inverter frequency in response to in-phase inverter control signals G2 and G4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Miyachi Technos Corporation
    Inventor: Kyoji Moro
  • Publication number: 20020070206
    Abstract: An electric heat sealer comprising a casing including a first pair of extensions extending outwardly therefrom, a press bar pivotally connected to said casing, the press bar including a second pair of extensions extending outwardly therefrom, at least one sealing mechanism mounted in the press bar or the casing and a source of current for energizing the heating wire. The press bar is normally biased above the casing and the at least one sealing mechanism includes a heating wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Applicant: Welcome Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu-Hui Chou, Richard Chang
  • Patent number: 6335515
    Abstract: An electric heat sealer that has a main body having a longitudinal axis, and a sealing mechanism having a center point. The center point of the sealing mechanism is offset from the longitudinal axis. The electric heat sealer is used for sealing workpieces such as plastic bags or the like and also includes a casing defining a battery chamber and a press bar pivotally connected to the casing. The sealing mechanism is supported on a compression spring in a spring holder inside the casing, and a safety device. The sealing mechanism is electrically connected to produce heat for sealing the workpiece being put thereon when the press bar pressed against the sealing mechanism. The safety device breaks the electrical circuit when the apparatus is not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Welcome Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu Hui Chou, Richard Chang