Materials Patents (Class 219/649)
  • Patent number: 12066251
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system for treating oily solid material and a method for treating oily solid material. The system for treating oily solid material includes a thermal desorption module, a thermal desorption vapor treatment module and an incondensable gas treatment module. The thermal desorption module includes a vertical furnace body, a stirring shaft and an electromagnetic induction heating coil assembly. The electromagnetic induction heating coil assembly includes a plurality of coil units sequentially arranged at an outer side of the sidewall of the vertical furnace body along the height direction (Y). A heating power of each of the plurality of coil units is configured to be independently controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: JEREH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhaodi Jin, Peichao Cong, Zhe'na Zhang, Yan Zhang, Chuangang Lin, Chengzhen Wang, Zhixue Wang, Rengang Liang
  • Patent number: 12016386
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device. The device comprises a heater shell, a support element and at least one heating element. The heater shell is configured to receive the heating element. The heater shell has an inner wall. The inner wall comprises a plurality of thermally insulating cavities. The heating element is arranged lining the inner wall of the heater shell. The heater shell is arranged within the support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Johannes Petrus Maria Pijnenburg
  • Patent number: 11776829
    Abstract: A dummy wafer includes a planar heater and a pair of plate-shaped members formed of an aluminum alloy, aluminum, or silicon carbide, wherein the planar heater is sandwiched by the plate-shaped members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Shigeru Kasai, Yutaka Akaike, Yoshiyasu Kato, Hiroyuki Nakayama, Hiroaki Komiya
  • Patent number: 11654221
    Abstract: A dialysis fluid system includes a dialysis fluid inlet; a dialysis fluid outlet; a pump positioned and arranged to pump dialysis fluid through the dialysis fluid inlet and the dialysis fluid outlet; and an inductive heater located between the dialysis fluid inlet and the dialysis fluid outlet, the inductive heater including a fluid flowpath positioned and arranged to receive non-heated dialysis fluid from the dialysis fluid inlet and to output heated dialysis fluid to the a dialysis fluid outlet, a conductive heater element located within the fluid flowpath so as to be or act as a secondary coil of a transformer, and a primary coil of the transformer located outside of the fluid flowpath and positioned so as to magnetically induce a current into the conductive heater element, causing the conductive heater element and surrounding fluid to heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare SA
    Inventors: Thomas Kelly, Robert W. Childers, Don Busby, Rodolfo Roger, Waleed Mutasem El Sayyid, Shahid Din
  • Patent number: 11479514
    Abstract: An overglaze decoration material is provided that can be used to apply to a ceramic product a luster overglaze in which a luster pigment does not dissolve in glass and can thus maintain its luster properties to provide a metallic texture and high surface gloss. The overglaze decoration material in accordance with the present invention contains a frit that has a composition thereof including 40 wt % to 60 wt % of silicon dioxide, 15 wt % to 35 wt % of boron oxide, and 18 wt % or less of one or more alkali metal oxides selected from the group consisting of lithium oxide, sodium oxide and potassium oxide, and a luster pigment for providing a metallic look.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SAGA PREFECTURE
    Inventor: Atsunori Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 9936541
    Abstract: An induction furnace comprising a upper furnace vessel; an induction coil positioned below the upper furnace vessel; and a melt-containing vessel positioned inside the induction coil and communicably connected to the upper furnace vessel, wherein the positioning of the melt-containing vessel inside the induction coil defines a gap between an outside surface of the melt-containing vessel and an inside surface of the induction coil. A system for direct-chill casting comprising at least one an induction furnace; at least one in-line filter operable to remove impurities in molten metal; at least one gas source coupled to a feed port associated with the gas; and at least one device for solidifying metal by casting. A method of cooling an induction furnace comprising introducing a gas into a gap between an induction coil and a melt-containing vessel positioned inside the induction coil; and circulating the gas through the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Almex USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Ravindra V. Tilak
  • Patent number: 8968470
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a graphite crucible for electromagnetic induction-based silicon melting and an apparatus for silicon melting/refining using the same, which performs a melting operation by a combination of indirect melting and direct melting. The crucible is formed of a graphite material and includes a cylindrical body having an open upper part through which a silicon raw material is charged into the crucible, and an outer wall surrounded by an induction coil, wherein a plurality of slits are vertically formed through the outer wall and an inner wall of the crucible such that an electromagnetic force created by an electric current flowing in the induction coil acts toward an inner center of the crucible to prevent a silicon melt from contacting the inner wall of the crucible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Energy Research
    Inventors: Bo Yun Jang, Young Soo Ahn, Joon Soo Kim, Sang Hyun Park, Dong Kook Kim, Gwon Jong Yu
  • Patent number: 8912472
    Abstract: An apparatus for hardening a spring having a helical or beehive shape. The apparatus has a rotation support system and an induction heating system. The rotation support system is designed to support the spring while the spring is heated by the induction heating system. The induction heating system has an induction coil system having a coil system. The coil system has a spaced region designed to receive the spring and to heat the spring while the spring is supported on the rotation support system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Barnes Group Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Kurylo, Mehieddine Rababeh
  • Patent number: 8791399
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to accurately detect a state of an object to be heated in a cooking vessel and effectively avoid cooking failure. An induction heating section (13) inductively heats a cooking vessel (11). A vibration detecting section (14) detects a vibration of the cooking vessel (11) via a top plate (12). A vibration waveform extracting section (15) extracts a vibration waveform of a frequency component having a frequency equal to a predetermined multiplication product of an induction heating frequency, from a waveform of the vibration detected by the vibration detecting section (14). A determining section (16) determines a state of an object to be heated, based on the vibration waveform extracted by the vibration waveform extracting section (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Sachio Nagamitsu, Makiko Noda
  • Publication number: 20140061186
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is an induction cooking device comprising at least one inductor positioned under a thermally strengthened glass plate, the composition of which glass is not of lithium aluminosilicate type, characterized in that the glass has the following characteristics: its thickness is at most 4.5 mm, the c/a ratio of the glass before strengthening is at most 3.0 after Vickers indentation under a load of 1 kg, c being the length of the radial cracks and a being the half-diagonal of the Vickers impression, the ?/(e.E.?) ratio is at least 20 K.mm?1, or even 30 K.mm?1, ? being the maximum stress generated at the core of the glass by the thermal strengthening in Pa, e being the thickness of the glass in mm, E being the Young's modulus in Pa and ? being the linear thermal expansion coefficient of the glass in K?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: EUROKERA S.N.C.
    Inventors: Mathilde Laurent, Rene Gy, Stephanie Pelletier, Gaelle Ferriz, Emmanuel Lecomte
  • Publication number: 20130264335
    Abstract: To provide an induction heating apparatus that employs a batch-type heating system for heating a large-diameter wafer and can perform uniform heating with a high precision, an induction heating apparatus (10) that heats an inductive-heating target member using a magnetic flux generated from a solenoid-type induction heating coil (18) and heats a wafer (40) using the heat generated from the inductive-heating target member, wherein a plurality of inductive-heating target members 14 (14a, 14b, and 14c) of which principal surface is arranged perpendicularly to a core axis direction of the induction heating coil (18) are interspersed. In the induction heating apparatus (10) described above, a susceptor (12) may be configured by housing the inductive-heating target member (14) in a single holder (16) made of a member having magnetic permeability and heat conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoki Uchida
  • Patent number: 8552347
    Abstract: A method and a device (1) for bonding a metal fairing (6) to protect a leading edge of an aircraft airfoil (7), the metal fairing (6) is designed to be bonded against the airfoil (7) with the help of an adhesive (9). The bonding device (1) is remarkable in that it includes a rigid yoke (2) having inserted therein induction heater elements (30) for heating the metal fairing (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Eurocopter
    Inventors: Patrick Boschet, Thomas Navarre, Bruno Lorcet
  • Publication number: 20130256301
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is an induction cooking device comprising at least one inductor positioned under a thermally or chemically strengthened glass plate, the composition of the glass being of lithium aluminosilicate type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: EUROKERA S.N.C.
    Inventors: Mathilde Laurent, Rene Gy, Stephanie Pelletier, Gaelle Ferriz
  • Patent number: 8455293
    Abstract: A method for processing solar cells comprising: providing a vertical furnace to receive an array of mutually spaced circular semiconductor wafers for integrated circuit processing; composing a process chamber loading configuration for solar cell substrates, wherein a size of the solar cell substrates that extends along a first surface to be processed is smaller than a corresponding size of the circular semiconductor wafers, such that multiple arrays of mutually spaced solar cell substrates can be accommodated in the process chamber, loading the solar cell substrates into the process chamber; subjecting the solar cell substrates to a process in the process chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: ASM International N.V.
    Inventors: Chris G. M. de Ridder, Klaas P. Boonstra, Adriaan Garssen, Frank Huussen
  • Patent number: 8362407
    Abstract: An apparatus for small particle and nanoparticle synthesis. A durable particle generator capable of high temperature particle synthesis. The particle generator is configured as to minimize susceptor degradation associated with harsh reaction conditions, for example, using encased susceptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Calvin Thomas Coffey, Andrey V Filippov, Clinton Damon Osterhout, Martin Andrew Sala, Carlton Maurice Truesdale
  • Patent number: 8350194
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus performing cooking with a cooking container disposed at any desired position on a cooking plate, and a heating device thereof. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking plate to receive a cooking container thereon, and at least one working coil disposed under the cooking plate to heat the cooking container, the at least one working coil including a first portion and a second portion having a different winding structure of a conducting wire which forms the working coil so that a winding density of the conducting wire at one of the first portion and the second portion is relatively higher than the other of the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Ho Lee, Seok Weon Hong, Seong Deog Jang, Hyang Ki Kim, Dae Rae Kim, Kil Young Lee, Min Jae Kang, Se Min Lee, Won Sick Jung
  • Publication number: 20120187112
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass-ceramic plate intended for example to cover or receive at least one heating element, in particular intended to serve as a cooking plate, said plate having a coating comprising at least two contrasted zones. The invention also relates to the method and device for producing the plate and cooking apparatus including said plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: EUROKERA S.N.C.
    Inventors: Franck DEMOL, Pablo VILATO
  • Patent number: 7989736
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat treatment system for semiconductor devices. The heat treatment system is used in a heat treatment process for semiconductor devices, such as a crystallization process for an amorphous silicon thin film or a dopant activation process for a poly-crystalline silicon thin film formed on a surface of a glass substrate of a flat display panel including a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic light emitting device (OLED).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Viatron Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Wang Jun Park, Jung Bae Kim, Young Jae Ahn, Hyoung June Kim, Dong Hoon Shin
  • Patent number: 7814767
    Abstract: An induction furnace capable of drawing large diameter preforms of up to 130 mm is described. The induction furnace has top and bottom chimneys surrounding the entire preform during operation of the furnace with an inert conditioning gas which is introduced into the top chimney and flows downward through the furnace body and bottom chimney without significant turbulence. A distributor ring inside the top chimney redirects flow from a circumferential direction to a downward direction. The top chimney also includes a resilient seal to releasably hold the top of the preform. The bottom chimney has a smoothly decreasing cross-sectional area preventing turbulence at the furnace exit. The furnace insulation is preferably a rigid self-supporting graphite cylinder. A method of drawing large diameter preforms either to an optical fiber or to a preform of smaller diameter using such a furnace is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Prysmian Cavi E Sistemi Energia S.R.L.
    Inventors: Giacomo Stefano Roba, Massimo Nutini, Franco Veronelli
  • Patent number: 7700896
    Abstract: An image heating member includes a first region having a Curie temperature higher than a preset temperature, and a second region having a Curie temperature lower than the Curie temperature of the first region. A width of the first region in a conveying direction of a recording material is equal to or larger than a width of the recording material of a maximum size to be fed. The second region is provided outside the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koki Watanabe, Shouhei Takeda, Shinichiro Wakahara, Jiro Shirakata, Koji Takematsu, Koichiro Nishimura
  • Patent number: 7690294
    Abstract: An improved system and methods useful for the cooking of one or more food items by the application of a non-ambient temperature developed within a temperature retentive element. The temperature retentive element can be sized and shaped to form a cooking box in which cooking at a temperature relative to the non-ambient temperature may proceed and from which the food item, when fully cooked, may be served.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Inventor: Homaro R. Cantu
  • Publication number: 20090321426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass-ceramic plate intended especially for covering heating elements and provided on at least one face with at least one enamel patch and/or at least one coat of paint, with the exception, where appropriate, of functional and/or decorative areas. The invention also relates to the process for manufacturing the plate and to the cooking appliance comprising said plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: EUROKERA S.N.C.
    Inventors: Pablo VILATO, Sergio Moreira
  • Patent number: 7624597
    Abstract: Apparatus for making glass fibers has AC induction coils for AC inductive heating of a spinner for spinning molten glass into molten glass fibers, an enclosure that at least partially surrounds the AC induction coils to protect a human worker, and electrically insulating shielding reducing AC power drain by being positioned between the AC induction coils and the enclosure to reduce inductive heating of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventor: Michael J. Lembo
  • Patent number: 7462804
    Abstract: In order to prevent non-sheet passing portion temperature rise occurred in a non-sheet passing area of an electromagnetic induction heating member 1, leakage of magnetic flux is reduced by setting a Curie temperature of the heating member 1 to be smaller than an acceptable upper limit temperature and setting a thickness of the heating member so that a thickness tk in a Curie temperature arrival area (P1?P2) is larger than a thickness tn in a Curie temperature non-arrival area P2 which is a conveyance area of a material to be heated having a minimum passing size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jiro Shirakata, Shouhei Takeda, Koki Watanabe, Shinichiro Wakahara, Koji Takematsu, Koichiro Nishimura
  • Patent number: 7432479
    Abstract: Heating devices and methods which are particularly useful in vending machines for hot Foods. Foods such as beverages contained in individual containers such as cans are rapidly heated to serving temperature by induction heating for delivery to a customer. Various types of foods with food by varying the power and timing of the inductive heating. The type of food is identified by machine-readable indicia on the container which are automatically scanned prior to heating. The food containers may be agitated before, during and/or after heating to mix the contents and distribute heat evenly. The containers are heated in a vertical orientation to safely heat the food without overheating or damage to the container. A power management protocol turns off non-essential components of the vending machine while the inductive heater is energized to permit the vending machine to operate on a standard 120 VAC, 15 A electrical circuit without overload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Pepsico, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose G. Avendano, William W. Segiet, Leslie L. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20080173640
    Abstract: Heating apparatus, particularly for heating materials contained within drums or similar containers, has a metal base plate 12 with an induction heating coil 16 beneath the plate. The container 24 to be heated is placed on the base, and may be surrounded by a cylindrical jacket 28 with a further induction coil 34 in the jacket wall. On energising the coils, induction currents flow in the metal base plate (and in the jacket wall) to produce heat which is transmitted to the container and its contents. In another embodiment, the base plate may just receive heat energy from a jacket coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: Mark William Newton
  • Patent number: 7378623
    Abstract: A dual wall cookware article is formed by bonding a ferromagnetic metal base plate to an assembly that includes an inner vessel, a thermally conductive layer and an outer vessel frame. The outer vessel frame has upright walls that surround a bottom having plural perforations. The bonding process causes the softer thermally conductive material to flow through the perforations and bond ferromagnetic metal base to the outer vessel frame and the inner vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Meyer Intellectual Properties Limited
    Inventor: Roberto Tarenga
  • Patent number: 7323668
    Abstract: A workpiece carrier for the inductive heating of workpieces contains ceramic materials at least at bearing surfaces which come into contact with the workpieces. The ceramic materials are distinguished by a high dimensional stability, low thermal and electrical conductivity and a high resistance to thermal shocks. A process for producing a ceramic material for a workpiece carrier obtains a suitable ceramic material by infiltrating a porous carbon skeleton with silicon. Processes for inductive heating and inductive hardening of workpieces with the workpiece carrier are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: SGL Carbon AG
    Inventor: Bodo Benitsch
  • Patent number: 7274008
    Abstract: An induction hob comprising a hotplate, beneath which at least one induction mechanism is situated in a housing. The housing comprises a base and lateral walls that project vertically and are connected to the hotplate. The walls delimit an inner chamber of their corresponding housing containing the induction mechanism. At least one sub-section of the housing base is configured as a one-piece plastic section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Adolfo Arnal Valero, Alejandro Jesus Ferrer Salillas
  • Patent number: 7262391
    Abstract: A heating apparatus, for heating a material P to be heated by heat from a heat generation member which has a predetermined curie temperature characteristic and generates heat by magnetic flux produced by a magnetic flux generation device. The apparatus includes a discrimination device for discriminating whether or not the curie temperature characteristic of the heat generation member is a predetermined characteristic and a control device for terminating the supply of electric power to the magnetic flux generation device when the discrimination device determines that the curie temperature characteristic is not the predetermined characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroto Nishihara, Manabu Yamauchi, Kenji Fukushi, Yasuyuki Aiko, Hidehiko Kinoshita, Tomoichiro Ohta, Takamitsu Hirayama
  • Patent number: 7205513
    Abstract: A coated member includes a substrate and a coating layer over the substrate where the coating layer includes at least one of ferromagnetic and magnetic particles dispersed in a binder. The member, which is suitable for use in an electrostatographic printing process, can be in the form of a fuser member, a fixing member, a pressure roller, or a release agent donor member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: David H. Pan, Gerald A. Domoto, Donald M. Bott, Jeremy C. De Jong, Nicholas P. Kladias
  • Patent number: 7205515
    Abstract: In an image forming apparatus according to the present invention, a shield plate 202 which is made of a specific material and has a specific thickness is provided between an exciting coil and at least one of a first and a second magnetic field intensity measuring point P1, P2, which prevents a magnetic field of a specific magnetic field intensity or higher from leaking to the outside of the image forming apparatus or alleviates the effect of the magnetic field on the circuits in the apparatus or optionally installed devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kikuchi, Kazushige Morihara, Satoshi Kinouchi, Osamu Takagi, Shin Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 7157672
    Abstract: A welded low carbon dual phase (ferrite plus martensite) and/or low carbon martensitic stainless steel PIPE having requisite yield strength and corrosion and/or erosion resistance is shown. Pipe can be manufactured up to a maximum outside diameter from finished plate or coil by utilizing a high speed-forming mill rather than using the traditional costly seamless pierced billet methods, or utilizing U-O-E or break press. An ERW technique is also used rather than utilizing the traditional laser, tungsten inert gas, gas metal arc, plasma arc, submerged arc or double submerged arc welding methods; or the parameters and procedures for ERW traditionally used to weld carbon steel pipe. Welded pipe dimensions and mechanical properties can be achieved which comply with the heat treatment process and the continuous roll forming mill's capability to produce the yield strengths and dimensional tolerances required to meet the service criteria of the pipe's intended application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Gandy Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: John Gandy
  • Patent number: 7122768
    Abstract: A heating roller (21) includes a heat generating layer (22) that generates heat by electromagnetic induction, a heat insulating layer (23), and a supporting layer (24), which are provided inwardly in this order. The supporting layer (24) is formed of a material having a specific resistance of 1×10?5 ?m or higher. Therefore, even when the heat generating layer (22) has a thickness smaller than a skin depth, i.e. a thickness defined by a flow of an induction current, so that magnetic flux penetrates the heat generating layer (22) and even reaches the supporting layer (24), heat generation of the supporting layer (24) under an eddy current can be suppressed. Thus, the heat generating layer (22) can be decreased in thermal capacity, and heat generation of the supporting layer (24) is suppressed, so that only the heat generating layer (22) can be heated efficiently. As a result, a warm-up time can be reduced. Further, breakage by heat of, for example, bearings supporting the heating roller (21) can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Imai, Masaaki Nakano, Syuuiti Watanabe, Keisuke Fujimoto, Masaomi Inoue, Noboru Katakabe
  • Patent number: 7030345
    Abstract: A heating apparatus, for heating a material P to be heated by heat from a heat generation member which has a predetermined curie temperature characteristic and generates heat by magnetic flux produced by a magnetic flux generation device. The apparatus includes a discrimination device for discriminating whether or not the curie temperature characteristic of the heat generation member is a predetermined characteristic and a control device for terminating the supply of electric power to the magnetic flux generation device when the discrimination device determines that the curie temperature characteristic is not the predetermined characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroto Nishihara, Manabu Yamauchi, Kenji Fukushi, Yasuyuki Aiko, Hidehiko Kinoshita, Tomoichiro Ohta, Takamitsu Hirayama
  • Patent number: 7021084
    Abstract: An energy-efficient inductive heater operable to heat a rotary glass fiber discharging spinner. The heater includes shielding disposed between the induction coil and the metal guard plates of the heater. The shielding may comprise any electrically insulative or dielectric material that is capable of withstanding the high operating temperatures occurring in a glass making environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Certainteed Corporation
    Inventor: Michael J. Lembo
  • Patent number: 7011874
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a ceramic substrate that can provide a substantially uniform temperature distribution to a surface of the ceramic substrate where a semiconductor wafer is treated. A ceramic substrate for a semiconductor-producing/examining device according to the present invention is a ceramic substrate having a conductor formed on a surface of the ceramic substrate or inside the ceramic substrate, wherein said substrate is containing oxygen and having a disc form, the diameter thereof exceeding 250 mm and a thickness thereof being 25 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Ito, Yasuji Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 6936799
    Abstract: An induction heating cooker capable of accurately discriminating whether the material of a cooking container placed in the induction heating cooker is magnetic or non-magnetic, using a phase change in a resonant capacitor voltage of an inverter circuit and a switching pulse signal of the inverter circuit, irrespective of the load of the cooking container, and a method for operating the induction heating cooker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eui Sung Kim, Seung Hee Ryu, Byeong Wook Park, Dong Myung Shin
  • Patent number: 6932872
    Abstract: A heating apparatus which is installed in a low pressure CVD system or annealing equipment for use in semiconductor integrated circuit manufacturing processes for heat-treating wafers on which IC's are to be formed, wherein wafers are uniformly heated, the temperature of wafers is rapidly raised and lowered, and wafers are processed in high volume, wherein the apparatus comprises a cylindrical body made of glass-like carbon placed inside a reactor, and a high-frequency induction coil which is placed outside the reactor and is for causing the cylindrical body made of glass-like carbon to produce heat and thereby heating wafers in the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventor: Maki Hamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6903314
    Abstract: A work plate arrangement (1) including a work plate (2) and a hot plate (3), the hot plate (3) being inserted in a recess (4) of the work plate (2). In order to provide a work plate arrangement (1) which also enables a wok to be used for cooking purposes in a simple manner, the hot plate (3) is provided with a shell (5) which is made of a glass ceramic material and which protrudes into the recess (4) of the work plate (2), the shell being used to receive a wok and having a heating device arranged thereunder (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignees: Teka Küchentechnik GmbH, Schott Glas
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Korfer, Martin Taplan, Helga Gotz
  • Patent number: 6858823
    Abstract: The invention concerns a heater made of a material (5) responsive to induction and capable of sustaining high temperatures. It further comprises at least an insulating thickness with low thermal conductivity, in particular a low temperature insulation (3) and a high temperature insulation (4), said thickness being fixed at the back of the material. A field winding (2) is adjacent to the insulating thickness and separated from the material (5) by the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Hydro-Quebec
    Inventors: Normand Bedard, Michel Dostie
  • Patent number: 6855917
    Abstract: A die liner for use in a die having a die body wherein the die body is configured to form a workpiece. The die liner is a discrete structure that is configured to be used in conjunction with the die body. The die liner defines a forming surface for forming the workpiece and is configured to have at least one characteristic that is different than a corresponding characteristic of the die body such that the die liner increases the durability of the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Marc R. Matsen, Ronald W. Brown, John R. Fischer, Brad L. Kirkwood
  • Patent number: 6693264
    Abstract: Gastight and vacuum-tight chamber intended to be used in a device for heating a product advancing inside the chamber by electromagnetic induction, characterized in that it comprises a gastight and vacuum-tight sheath made of an electrically insulating, gastight and vacuum-tight material, the inner faces of the sheath being protected by a heat shield consisting of a matrix of tiles made of a thermally insulating material and of a plurality of tubes cooled by the flow of a fluid, the latter being trapped in the matrix of tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignees: Celes, Usinor
    Inventors: Marc Anderhuber, Jean-Philippe Chaignot, Claude Couffet, Jean Hellegouarc'h, Philippe Roehr, René Pierret, Patrick Hug, Jean-Camille Uring, Gérard Griffay, Alain Daubigny
  • Patent number: 6660980
    Abstract: A top plate is provided for use in a cooking device having an induction heater alone or an infrared heater in addition, which comprises a transparent crystallized glass plate, a light-shading film on a bottom surface of the glass plate and an ornamental film formed on the top surface of the glass plate. The light-shading film is a porous layer of inorganic pigment powder dispersed in glass matrix. The light-shading film has small apertures at a portion corresponding to the infrared heater. Alternatively, it has a decreased thickness at the portion. In another alternative, a luster film is used in place of the inorganic pigment layer at the portion corresponding to the infrared heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Nagata, Narutoshi Shimatani, Shingo Nakane, Naohide Yamada
  • Publication number: 20030039796
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a ceramic substrate that can provide a substantially uniform temperature distribution to a surface of the ceramic substrate where a semiconductor wafer is treated. A ceramic substrate for a semiconductor-producing/examining device according to the present invention is a ceramic substrate having a conductor formed on a surface of the ceramic substrate or inside the ceramic substrate, wherein said substrate is containing oxygen and having a disc form, the diameter thereof exceeding 250 mm and a thickness thereof being 25 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Yasutaka Ito, Yasuji Hiramatsu
  • Publication number: 20030006231
    Abstract: A top plate is provided for use in a cooking device having an induction heater alone or an infrared heater in addition, which comprises a transparent crystallized glass plate, a light-shading film on a bottom surface of the glass plate and an ornamental film formed on the top surface of the glass plate. The light-shading film is a porous layer of inorganic pigment powder dispersed in glass matrix. The light-shading film has small apertures at a portion corresponding to the infrared heater. Alternatively, it has a decreased thickness at the portion. In another alternative, a luster film is used in place of the inorganic pigment layer at the portion corresponding to the infrared heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Applicant: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Nagata, Narutoshi Shimatani, Shingo Nakane, Naohide Yamada
  • Patent number: 6501057
    Abstract: A food carrier having inner and outer walls with insulation therebetween and ledges on the interior walls for receipt of a heated food container. A heating unit is provided which is adapted for placement on the ledges in the same manner as the food containers. The heating unit can be provided with a heating element that can be heated inductively, in an oven, or by other suitable heating. The heating element can be formed of a solid to solid phase change material or a solid to liquid phase change material or other heat retentive compositions or compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Cambro Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Charles W. Jarvis
  • Patent number: 6478843
    Abstract: An anti-adhesion coating for welding and/or soldering devices and electric contacts for reducing the adhesion of metallic contaminations on their surfaces includes a diamond-like carbon layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V
    Inventors: Ralf Wittdorf, Jochen Brand
  • Patent number: 5994681
    Abstract: A method and apparatus has a body of graphite and a magnetic field source operatively connected with the body of graphite so that a magnetic field of the magnetic field source penetrates at least a portion of a surface of the body of graphite. The portion of the surface is crystalline graphite. At least one of the magnetic field source and the body of graphite is movable relative to the other for movement of the at least one of the magnetic field source and the body of graphite relative to the other to cause the magnetic field in the surface portion of the body of graphite to vary to induce eddy currents in the body of graphite and heat the body of graphite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Larkden Pty. Limited
    Inventor: Robert Lloyd
  • Patent number: 5973303
    Abstract: An induction cooktop is formed of a light construction of a stone surface. The surface of the induction cooktop can also be used as a robust work surface top. The cooktop includes a uniformly flat, sufficiently thin stone plate (1) being laid on an equally flat, reinforcement plate (2) for mechanical stability. Induction coils (3 or 3a) are positioned in or under the reinforcement plate for inductive heating of the cooking pots. This arrangement is additionally stabilized through a frame (4) and a substructure (7) and is closed off at the edge through a border or a trim (8) or embedded in a work surface top (6) surrounding the cooktop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Inventor: Kolja Kuse