Specially Formed Or Adapted To Fit Material To Be Heated (e.g., A Pipe) Patents (Class 219/535)
  • Patent number: 12138372
    Abstract: Systems and methods include a heat transfer body with opposing major surfaces formed from a thermally conductive substrate in intimate thermal interaction with an alumina exterior surface that extends across the major surfaces of the body. In an illustrative example, the heat source may be a substantially planar, silicone-based heater source (P-SBHS). The heat transfer body may be configured to thermally interact, for example, heat from a heat source proximate a first of the major surfaces to a second of the major surfaces. A temperature sensor module may be located, for example, proximate to the first major surface such that a temperature sensor thermally interacts with the first major surface. The temperature sensor module may, for example, insulate the temperature sensor from the P-SBHS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Senthilkumar Mk, George Whyte, John Stopforth, Claudia Acosta, Marco Barron, Anton Jeysing
  • Patent number: 12121072
    Abstract: An exemplary accessory for an electronic smoking article includes a hollow body having inner and outer surfaces and a sensor in the body. The sensor is configured to detect an emission of the electronic smoking article. A processor is embedded in the body, where the processor is configured to generate smoking topography data based on the emission. A display generates an output based on the smoking topography data provided by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth H. Shafer
  • Patent number: 12077299
    Abstract: A silicone heater assembly is provided. The silicone heater includes a heater and a thermal pad. The thermal pad is configured to couple to the heater. The thermal pad is configured to conform to a plumbing infrastructure to be heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventor: Gururaja Bambila
  • Patent number: 12070821
    Abstract: A welding system includes a repositionable temperature sensor. The repositionable temperature sensor is configured to detect temperatures corresponding to a workpiece and to provide temperature data corresponding to the detected temperatures. The welding system also includes a power supply configured to receive the temperature data from the temperature sensor. The power supply is configured to modify control of an output of the power supply based on the detected temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Earl Holverson, Joseph K. Fink, Andrew Patrick Mulroy, Jyi-Jiin Luo
  • Patent number: 12059836
    Abstract: A heating system for heating a heat shrink layer of a heat shrink component during a heat shrink process includes a heating unit arranged in thermal contact with at least a part of the heat shrink layer and heating the heat shrink layer to a heat shrink temperature. The heating unit has a first heating zone and a second heating zone. The first heating zone has a different heating energy than the second heating zone for a period of time of the heat shrink process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS RAYCHEM GMBH
    Inventors: Thilo Simonsohn, Christian Heindl
  • Patent number: 12049977
    Abstract: Disclosed is a spirally heating submarine pipeline including: a conduit which transports a high temperature high pressure fluid from a submarine oil well; and a heating unit disposed in a spiral structure inside based on an outer circumferential surface of the conduit. The heating unit includes an electric heating wire that is installed along the spiral structure to generate heat; a heat insulator that is installed in the form of fully surrounding the electric heating wire and preserves the generated heat; and a heat insulating cap for isolating the heat insulator from the conduit or the heat insulating layer and is provided so as to increase the temperature of the flow in the pipe to prevent the production of a pipe flow interfering material when the fluid is transported in the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA MARITIME UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Seung Jae Lee, Seok Hee Yun, Hae Jun Ji, Seong Jae Kim, Seung Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 11996682
    Abstract: A heat shrink component includes a heat shrink layer and a heating unit in thermal contact with at least a part of the heat shrink layer and heating the heat shrink layer to a heat shrink temperature. The heating unit includes an electrically conductive lead formed of copper and/or aluminum and having an electrical conductivity of more than 3·107 S/m. The heat shrink component has a first dimension in an expanded state and a second dimension in a shrunk state after heating. The first dimension is larger than the second dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS RAYCHEM GMBH
    Inventors: Thilo Simonsohn, Christian Heindl
  • Patent number: 11988397
    Abstract: A hot water temperature sensing cut-off system and method for use with electric water heaters to preclude the flow of unsafe water from the water heater into the hot water distribution conduit to prevent the risk of bacteria transfer in the hot water distribution conduit. One simple solution is to mount a temperature responsive shut-off valve between the hot water supply outlet conduit of the tank of the water heater and the hot water distribution conduit and wherein the valve will shut-off water flow upon detection of an unsafe water temperature below 125 degrees Fahrenheit. Another solution is to use a controller to operate a shut-off valve. A temperature sensor is located to sense the water temperature at the intake of the hot water conduit and feeds a signal to the controller to operate a closure component of the valve to shut-off the hot water supply upon detecting a predetermined low water temperature fed to an inlet end of the control shut-off valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: GIANT FACTORIES INC.
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Lesage
  • Patent number: 11945175
    Abstract: A sensorless temperature sensing and control system and method uses electrical voltage and current feedback signals to monitor and control the temperature of heating elements used in a heat sealing process wherein sensors are not physically connected to a heat seal bar during the heat sealing process. After calibration of a heat seal bar using a sensor, voltage and current feedback signals are processed by a programmable logic controller (PLC) to calculate the real-time electrical resistance of each heating element. Data and electrical resistance is used to calculate real-time temperature of the heat seal bar during heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: AMERIGLOBE, LLC
    Inventors: Brody Alan Viator, Clifford Dunlap
  • Patent number: 11939997
    Abstract: A device for transporting a medium includes at least one channel which extends in an axial direction and through which the medium is guided. The channel is enclosed by an electrically conductive inner envelope that is connected to a first potential equalization conductor. An electrically conductive outer envelope is provided between the channel and an electrically conductive outer casing and is connected to an electrically conductive second potential equalization conductor. Arranged between the channel and the outer envelope is an electrically insulating intermediate layer which is produced from heat-insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: CUNOVA GMBH, AGT-PSG GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter Böhlke, Raimund Boldt, Peter Daniewski, Eduard Krämer, Hans-Günther Wobker, Gerhard Hefter
  • Patent number: 11935671
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a cable configured for high current applications. The cable includes a conducting member having a conductor surrounded by an insulating layer, and a cooling conduit having a tubular portion and a coolant. The coolant is configured to flow within the tubular portion to cool the conductor. The conducting member is spiral wound around the cooling conduit along a length of the cooling conduit to increase a contact area between the conducting member and the cooling conduit to thereby improve a transfer of heat from the conducting member to the cooling conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Guan Che Ting, Jacob F. Gowan, Venus K. Garg, Tyson B. Manullang
  • Patent number: 11933275
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade comprising an electro-thermal heating element with a tapering width. The electro-thermal heating element comprises: electrically resistive sheet material; a first electrode which is in electrical contact with the sheet material and positioned at a first end of the element; and a second electrode which is in electrical contact with the sheet material and positioned at a second end of the sheet material. An electrically conductive strip extends across a width of the element. The sheet material has a first part on a first side of the strip and a second part on a second side of the strip. The strip is in electrical contact with the first and second parts of the sheet material. The first part of the sheet material has a first width, and the second part of the sheet material has a second width which is different to the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Luke Spandley, Paul Badger
  • Patent number: 11927194
    Abstract: Ceiling fans typically include a motor including a rotor and a stator, blades, a downrod, and a mounting assembly for suspending the fan from a structure. The mounting assembly includes fasteners and brackets to secure the ceiling fan to the structure. The bracket receiving the downrod is fastened to a plate that is secured to the ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood
  • Patent number: 11920853
    Abstract: 1. An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a resistive wire having a circumference. The apparatus further includes a first fiberglass layer disposed about the circumference of the resistive wire and along a length of the resistive wire. The apparatus further includes a second fiberglass layer. The apparatus further includes a third fiberglass layer, the second fiberglass layer disposed between the first fiberglass layer and the third fiberglass layer, the third fiberglass layer forming an outer layer and surrounding the second fiberglass layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Zoppas Industries de Mexico S.A., de C.V.
    Inventors: Maurizio Francesco Pasqual, Jose Jesus Reyes Soto, Alessandro Trevisol, Pierpaolo Campeol
  • Patent number: 11903100
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic cigarette, an atomizer and a heating assembly thereof, wherein the heating assembly is used for the atomizer and includes an adsorption member, and at least one heating element for generating heat when electrified. The adsorption member comprises at least one surface defining at least one fixing groove therein, and the at least one heating element is disposed in the at least one fixing groove. The heating element is disposed in the fixing groove, so that the aerosol-generating substrate on the adsorption member can be more sufficiently coated on the heating element and dispersed to an outer surface of the heating element, preventing dry burning on the surface of the heating element; moreover, the amount of the aerosol-generating substrate heated and atomized by the heating element is increased, and so does the amount of aerosol generated by the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiaoping Li, Changyong Yi, Zhenlong Jiang, Hongliang Luo
  • Patent number: 11903101
    Abstract: An internal heating trace assembly may include a first bus bar, a second bus bar, a plurality of ceramic positive temperature coefficient (PTC) elements, and an insulator. The ceramic PTC elements may be disposed in parallel between the first bus bar and the second bus bar. The insulator may include a heat-shrink tubing. The ceramic PTC element may include a PTC strip or a PTC bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nathaniel Ching, Jin Hu, Casey Slane
  • Patent number: 11859866
    Abstract: An electric heater including a metal body, in which a first pipe and a second pipe are provided in the metal body. The first pipe and second pipe are mutually distinct so as to be crossed by two distinct flows of fluid to be heated. A first heating stretch, a second heating stretch and a third heating stretch are arranged in the metal body. The first pipe and the second pipe are arranged between the first heating stretch and the second heating stretch. The third heating stretch is proximal to the second pipe and distal from the first pipe. The second pipe is arranged between the first pipe and the third heating stretch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: I.R.C.A. S.P.A. INDUSTRIA RESISTENZE CORAZZATE E AFFINI
    Inventors: Lucio Michelon, Christian Ceotta, Antonio De Moliner, Christian Bortoluzzi, Federico Zoppas
  • Patent number: 11857120
    Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to a heated towel rack that includes at least one lateral support, at least one forced air heating unit in fluid communication with a channel within a lateral support, and at least one cross bar coupled to the at least one lateral support. The at least one cross bar including at least one vent that traverses into a conduit within the cross bar. The channel is in fluid communication with the at least one vent by way of the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: VISTAROCK HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: James Joseph Wallander
  • Patent number: 11846370
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides a composite refrigeration line set including at least one selected from the group consisting of: a suction line and a return line, characterized in that one or more of the suction line and the return line are a composite refrigeration line set tube include: an inner plastic tube; a first adhesive layer positioned about the inner plastic tube; an aluminum layer positioned about the first adhesive layer and coupled to the inner plastic tube via the first adhesive layer; a second adhesive layer positioned about the aluminum layer; and an outer plastic layer positioned about the aluminum layer coupled to the aluminum layer via the second adhesive layer. The inner plastic tube is polyethylene of raised temperature. The outer plastic tube is polyethylene of raised temperature. The aluminum layer comprises AL 3005-O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Titeflex Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Bradley Campbell, Jordan Strunk
  • Patent number: 11841159
    Abstract: A zone-control unit for use in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, the zone-control unit includes a heat exchanger, an inlet piping assembly coupled with the heat exchanger for supplying fluid to the heat exchanger, an outlet piping assembly coupled with the heat exchanger for receiving fluid from the heat exchanger, a bracket that maintains the inlet piping assembly and the outlet piping assembly in positional relationship, and an ancillary component coupled with the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventor: John Chris Karamanos
  • Patent number: 11839703
    Abstract: The present application provides an atomizer structure and an atomizer having the same. The atomizer structure includes: a spray assembly including a first cavity; a bottle body configured for containing liquid and configured to be connectable to the spray assembly, the bottle body comprises a second cavity; a first connecting member communicating the first cavity and the second cavity and configured for guiding the liquid contained in the second cavity to enter the first cavity, when an air pressure in the first cavity is less than an air pressure in the second cavity; and a second connecting member selectively communicating the first cavity and the second cavity such that a quantity of remaining liquid in the first cavity can enter the second cavity, and configured for preventing liquid in the second cavity from flowing into the first cavity when the atomizer structure is tilted or inverted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: BLOOMY LOTUS LIMITED
    Inventor: Leander Lee
  • Patent number: 11804723
    Abstract: A relay switch device installed on a transmission line of a battery pack to electrically connect or disconnect the battery pack and a load includes a relay assembly including: a contact member configured to apply a current to or release a current from the transmission line and a coil unit configured to function as an electromagnet for opening and closing the contact member; a control unit configured to supply or block a relay power applied to the coil unit; and an operating voltage sensing unit configured to sense an operating voltage applied to the coil unit from the control unit. The operating voltage sensing unit is further configured to transmit an error message to the control unit when the operating voltage is lower than a preset reference operating voltage or out of a preset normal operating voltage range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventors: Jin-Hyung Lee, Chang-Bok Lee
  • Patent number: 11794801
    Abstract: A heated steering wheel cover assembly for warming a steering wheel in a cold environment includes a steering wheel cover that is positionable over a steering wheel of a vehicle. A plurality of heating elements is each integrated into the steering wheel cover. Each of the heating elements is in thermal communication with the steering wheel cover for heating the steering wheel cover when the plurality of heating elements is turned on. In this way the plurality of heating elements enhance comfort for a user in a cold environment. Additionally, each of the heating elements is aligned with a respective quadrant of the steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Alexander Santiago
  • Patent number: 11781406
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon recovery process for recovering hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon-bearing formation includes preheating a pipe coupling a steam generation facility to a well for injection of steam into the hydrocarbon-bearing formation by controlling heat traces extending along the pipe, directing steam generated at the steam generation facility, through the pipe after preheating, and injecting the steam into the hydrocarbon-bearing formation via the well, and controlling heat input to the pipe by controlling the heat traces extending along the pipe as the steam travels through the pipe. Fluids are produced from the hydrocarbon-bearing formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Cenovus Energy Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Bennet Anderson
  • Patent number: 11759351
    Abstract: Described herein is a system for heating and/or cooling a fluid that includes a temperature forcing device having a bottom plate and a top plate hingedly coupled to the bottom plate. At least one of the bottom plate and the top plate has a recess or other area for receiving at least one flexible fluid holder (e.g., a polymer bag). The bottom plate and/or top plate also has at least one protrusion and/or recession in its interior wall(s) such that a fluid passageway in the flexible fluid holder is defined when the fluid holder is placed between the top and bottom plates, and the plates are closed together. The fluid holder then has a fluid inlet for receiving the fluid to be heated and/or cooled and a fluid outlet for delivering the fluid. The fluid, upon being heated and/or cooled by the temperature forcing device, may then be delivered to a patient or may be delivered to another system component, e.g., for additional heating/cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Belmont Instrument, LLC
    Inventors: John Joseph Landy, III, Alexander Rick, Tristan Dion, Skylar Nesheim, David Dumais, Yeu Wen Tseng, Chuong Vu, Robert Charles Shea
  • Patent number: 11723796
    Abstract: A system for cooling or heating a body part includes at least one bladder, a pump, a heat exchanger, a first fluid line in fluid communication with the heat exchanger and the at least one bladder, a second fluid line in fluid communication with the at least one bladder and the heat exchanger, a main reservoir and a separator. The heat exchanger is in fluid communication with the pump. The first fluid line is located downstream from the heat exchanger and the second fluid line is located downstream from the at least one bladder when the system is operating to cool or heat the body part. The separator is in fluid communication with the main reservoir and the pump and is located below the main reservoir to receive fluid under the influence of gravity from the main reservoir and to deliver fluid to the pump via gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: TECTRAUM, INC.
    Inventors: Sergey Makarov, Jason R. Ertel, David J. Boll
  • Patent number: 11713841
    Abstract: A heater for a pipe, includes a heater body part having a longitudinal cutting line formed in the entire thickness section to form a pair of longitudinal cutting planes in the entire length section, a heating wire installed in the heater body part, and a restraint operating part installed at the heater body part and restraining the pair of longitudinal cutting planes not to be spaced apart from each other. Each of the longitudinal cutting planes includes: a longitudinal outer cutting area disposed in a thickness direction from an outer surface of the heater body part, a longitudinal intermediate cutting area extending from the longitudinal outer cutting area in a circumferential direction of the heater body part, and a longitudinal inner cutting area extending from the longitudinal intermediate cutting area to reach the inner surface of the heater body part in the thickness direction of the heater body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TSC INC.
    Inventors: Oh Su Kim, John Ho Kuk
  • Patent number: 11702822
    Abstract: A metal heater system. More specifically, a plurality of metal heaters is coupled to the surface of the lower end of a pipeline at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the pipeline, and PTC heating elements inside the metal heaters conduct heat to local portions of the pipeline. Convection is generated in a fluid inside the pipeline because of the heat conducted to the local portions, and thus the overall pipeline is maintained at a constant temperature, efficiently preventing the freezing and bursting of the pipeline in winter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventor: Sang Min Seo
  • Patent number: 11701553
    Abstract: An extendible and collapsible stand holds and stores a bowling ball for a bowler during bowling activities. This stand can have a tapered shape from a base up to a seat on which the bowling ball sits. Multiple extension segments can be slidably connected together in this tapered shape and can individually extend and lock to vary or adjust the height of the stand. The seat forming the top of the stand has a concave shape to provide a compatible surface for which the ball will rest. The seat can also have a lighting means for shining light downward onto the stand base and surface supporting the stand. When not in use, the stand height can collapse down for efficient carry by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventor: Aaron Collins, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11674446
    Abstract: A torch ignitor system includes a torch wall defining a combustion chamber therein with a flame outlet passing out of the torch wall downstream of the combustion chamber. A fuel nozzle is mounted to the torch wall to issue fuel into the combustion chamber. An ignitor is mounted to the torch wall, extending into the combustion chamber to ignite fuel issued from the fuel nozzle. A cooling passage is in thermal communication with the ignitor for cooling the ignitor with fluid passing through the cooling passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Collins Engine Nozzles, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Ryon, Lev A. Prociw
  • Patent number: 11673348
    Abstract: A sensorless temperature sensing and control system and method uses electrical voltage and current feedback signals to monitor and control the temperature of heating elements used in a heat sealing process wherein sensors are not physically connected to a heat seal bar during the heat sealing process. After calibration of a heat seal bar using a sensor, voltage and current feedback signals are processed by a programmable logic controller (PLC) to calculate the real-time electrical resistance of each heating element. Data and electrical resistance is used to calculate real-time temperature of the heat seal bar during heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: AMERIGLOBE, LLC
    Inventors: Brody Alan Viator, Clifford Dunlap
  • Patent number: 11654651
    Abstract: A sheet includes a pseudo-sheet structure including a plurality of linear-bodies with a volume resistivity R of from 1.0×10?7 ?cm to 1.0×10?1 extending in one direction, aligned parallel to one another, and spaced apart from one another, satisfies the relation: L/D?3, wherein D represents the diameter of the linear-bodies, and L represents the spacing between adjacent ones of the linear-bodies, and also satisfies the relation: (D2/R)×(1/L)?0.003, wherein D represents the diameter of the linear-bodies, L represents the spacing between adjacent ones of the linear-bodies, R represents the volume resistivity of the linear-bodies, and D and L are in units of cm. A heating element and a heating device each include the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: LINTEC CORPORATION, LINTEC OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Masaharu Ito, Kanzan Inoue
  • Patent number: 11649058
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ice protection system for an aerodynamic surface of an aircraft, a surface having a flow facing side and an inwardly facing side that opposes the flow facing side, the system having: a perforated sheet configured for disposal in the surface; a heating source connected to the perforated sheet; and a suction source disposed to draw ice melted by the heating source through the perforated sheet and heating source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sugumaran Selvaraj, Sathish Thangavel
  • Patent number: 11639034
    Abstract: Electrofusion tape and method for the production thereof for welding together with plastics pipes in particular for use in a fixed-point fastening, consisting of a jacket element preferably of an electrically insulating plastics material, at least one heating element of electrically conductive plastics material and at least two contact elements for supplying electricity to the heating element, wherein the jacket element and the heating element take the form of tapes, wherein the jacket element surrounds the heating element at least in part, wherein the contact elements are arranged in the mutually opposing marginal regions of the heating element and extend parallel to one another along the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Georg Fischer Rohrleitungssysteme AG
    Inventor: Andreas Brunner
  • Patent number: 11634862
    Abstract: A cable for a bicycle is provided, including: an inner tube, a metal layer, a woven layer and an outer layer. The metal layer includes at least one metal wire disposed around an outer periphery of the inner tube. The woven layer is disposed around an outer periphery of the metal layer and includes a plurality of yarn threads interlaced with one another. The outer layer is disposed around an outer periphery of the woven layer, and the plurality of yarn threads are partially embedded radially within the outer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventor: Yuan-Hung Wen
  • Patent number: 11606975
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including a main unit including a power supply; and a cartridge removably mounted to the main unit and including: a liquid storage portion to store a liquid, a heater assembly including a flat-shaped fluid-permeable heating element, including first and second surfaces, the first surface arranged in an upstream position to receive a liquid, and the second surface arranged in a downstream position to release the liquid in vaporized form, and a capillary body having a first elongated end and a second end, the first elongated end extending into the storage portion to contact the liquid, the second end contacting the first surface of the heating element, a cross-sectional area of the capillary body at the second end is greater than that at the first elongated end, the capillary body including capillary fibers at the first elongated end and at the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Rui Nuno Batista
  • Patent number: 11602015
    Abstract: A control and protection circuit of a heater, a towel heating barrel and a control method thereof are provided in this disclosure. The control and protection circuit of the heater includes a power module, a power supply module, a control module, a temperature detection module and a heating module. The power module, the power supply module and the heating module are connected in series to supply power to the heating module, the control module is in signal connection with the power supply module to control on and off of the power supply module, and the temperature detection module in signal connection with the control module. The power supply module includes a high-temperature protection switch, a fuse and a relay. The control and protection circuit of the whole heater has three levels of protection, which can not only effectively provide high-temperature protection, but also ensure service life of the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: Wenfeng Peng
  • Patent number: 11562666
    Abstract: Various implementations include a Human Thermoregulation Simulator (HTRS) that simulates the natural and primary thermoregulatory functions of a patient that are relevant during therapeutic hypothermia procedures. For example, in various implementations, a HTRS includes a core container configured to be at least partially filled with water, and the core container includes a heat generator configured to heat the water inside the core container. A middle container is disposed concentrically around the core container, and the middle container includes a foam layer configured to be saturated by water. An outer container is disposed concentrically around the middle container, and the outer container includes a network of tubing disposed on at least a portion of an inner surface of the outer container. The HTRS also includes a pump configured to circulate water from the core container through the network of tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Diller, Priya Chacko, Ali Seifi
  • Patent number: 11533782
    Abstract: A heater system includes a plurality of heater cores defining zones, a plurality of power pins extending through each of the heater cores and made of different conductive materials, and at least one jumper connected between two of the plurality of power pins being made of dissimilar materials. The jumper is in communication with a controller to obtain a temperature reading of the heater system proximate the jumper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jack Reynolds, Louis P. Steinhauser, Jake Spooler, William Bohlinger
  • Patent number: 11511687
    Abstract: The steering heater 11 is provided on the surface of the skin material 23. The resistance value of the steering heater 11 is set to a level at which a heat quantity for heating the steering wheel 2 to a desired degree according to a voltage supplied from a power supply 32 which will be described later can be secured. The resistance value of the steering heater 11 is 1? or less, or the like, for example. When the resistance value of the steering heater 11 is set to 1? or less, for example, if the power supplied from the power supply 32 is about 13V, the heat quantity of the steering heater 11 is about 170 W and thus can appropriately heat the steering wheel 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shotaro Odate
  • Patent number: 11516888
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of manufacturing far-infrared radiation thermal wire and far-infrared radiation thermal wire thereby, more particularly, a method of manufacturing far-infrared radiation thermal wire and far-infrared radiation thermal wire manufactured thereby, in which electric power is supplied with a predetermined resistance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventors: Se Yeong Kim, Dong Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 11503674
    Abstract: A heater cable produces a substantially level voltage across its cross-section, providing a uniform and controllable thermal output along its length. The heater cable includes at least one center bus wire extending axially along a central axis of the heater cable, and at least one radial bus wire extending axially through the heating cable and positioned adjacent to the center bus wire. The heater cable further includes a thermally and electrically conductive interstitial material disposed around the at least one center bus wire and the at least one radial bus wire, and a jacket disposed about the interstitial material, the at least one center bus wire, and the at least one radial bus wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: nVent Services GmbH
    Inventors: Linda D. B. Kiss, Mohammad Kazemi, Peter Martin, Edward Park
  • Patent number: 11495923
    Abstract: A cable cap for a heating cable, and a heating cable assembly including a heating cable and a cable cap, in which the cable cap includes a power indicator that illuminates when sufficient power is supplied to the distal end of the heating cable. The indicator gives an installer or a user an indication that the heating cable is functioning properly the entire length of the heating cable. The cable cap may further include a connection feature, such as an aperture, that provides a connection point for a cable pulling device such as a fish tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventor: Steve Kuhl
  • Patent number: 11480285
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a triple pipe heating device for heating an exhaust gas in a semiconductor and LCD manufacturing process, which has a triple pipe structure capable of effectively heating an exhaust gas with only a small amount of heat without using nitrogen gas, is expandable and bendable so as to be easily installed, and is capable of quickly detecting exhaust gas leakage and overheating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: J-SOLUTION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seungyong Lee
  • Patent number: 11470985
    Abstract: A pacifier-securing device includes a spring clamp to hold a pacifier and a gooseneck arm connected to the spring clamp. The spring clamp includes a first arm and a second arm separated by a gap in a longitudinal direction between the first arm and the second arm, such that a mouth shield of the pacifier is held in place by a force exerted by the spring clamp in a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. A handle of the pacifier protrudes from the spring clamp along the transverse direction, and an elongated teat of the pacifier protrudes from the spring clamp in the transverse direction opposite the handle. The gooseneck arm holds the spring clamp in a substantially fixed configuration under a weight of the pacifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Maura Crowther
  • Patent number: 11454405
    Abstract: An electric water heater having a water holding tank defined by a cylindrical side wall, a top wall and a dome-shaped bottom wall. A cold water inlet is disposed for releasing water under pressure in a lower portion of the tank. Two or more resistive heating elements heat water in an upper and lower region of the tank. The lower portion of the cylindrical side wall and the outer circumferential portion of the dome-shape bottom wall form a circumferential cavitated area inside the tank in which sediments deposit forming a bed in which bacteria can proliferate. A conduit is secured about at least a substantial circumferential portion of an outer surface of the cylindrical side wall adjacent the cavitated area. A resistive heating wire is disposed in the conduit and has connection leads extending out of a free open end of the conduit to an access area to provide connection to power terminals and a control for controlling the supply of power to the resistive heating wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Claude Lesage, Jean-Claude Lesage
  • Patent number: 11439778
    Abstract: An aerosol provision device includes a first section for containing an aerosolizable substance from which a flow of aerosol can be generated; and a second section for containing a material. In use, a flow of aerosol generated from aerosolizable substance in the first section flows through material in the second section before being inhaled by a user. The first section and the second section are located in a side-by-side arrangement in the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventor: Ugurhan Yilmaz
  • Patent number: 11438970
    Abstract: Heating devices, systems, and methods of making and using a heating device. Such a heating device includes a tubular body having a passage therethrough, at least an inner layer surrounding the passage, and an outer layer surrounding the inner layer. The inner layer is electrically resistive and the outer layer is electrically insulating, and the passage is sized and configured to receive therethrough a tubing. The heating device further includes electrical contacts located at oppositely-disposed ends of the tubular body. The contacts are configured to functionally couple with a power source to provide an electrical current to the inner layer, such that applying an electrical current to the inner layer increases the temperature of the inner layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: James Robert Zimmerman, Ryan Tyler Hilger
  • Patent number: 11432373
    Abstract: An electrical heater and method includes heating member, a cable, and a connector. A resistance heating element is within a sheath of the heating member. A proximal end of the sheath is inserted into a slot of a first fitting and welded to the first fitting with first and second leads extending into the first fitting. The second fitting is threadably engaged with the first fitting. The second fitting defines a central bore disposed about the axis. An end of a power cable extends into the second central bore. A first wire is coupled to the first lead. A second wire is coupled to the second lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Brad McDonnell, Curt St. Clair, Michael Ruhr
  • Patent number: 11413411
    Abstract: A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the heater assembly including a bushing defining an aperture at a first end of the bushing and a cavity at a second end of the bushing; a potting compound disposed within the cavity; and an elongate electrical heater extending from the first end of the bushing, where a portion of the elongate electrical heater extends through the aperture and into the cavity. An aerosol-generating device, an aerosol-generating system, and a method of assembling a heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Sze Chiek Aw, Jean Luc Fringeli, Chow Kian Yeo