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7433737 Implantable medical device with polymer-polymer interfaces and methods of manufacture and use  
An implantable stimulator that includes a housing, a first plastic component, and a second plastic component, where the first and second plastic components form a polymer-polymer interface. A light...
7433639 Fixing device  
In a fixing apparatus using an induction heating type of heating apparatus, there are provided an excitation apparatus that generates magnetic flux, an opposed core located opposite the excitation...
7432481 Induction heating method and unit  
It is an object of the present invention to prevent temperature decrease in a border portion of each of heating coils and to enable to eliminate an influence given by the change in a load state. In...
7432480 Induction dryer  
In an induction heater, preheated, pressurized air is further heated in the heating cabinet and also drawn into the coil tube via a suction fan. The simultaneous pulling and pushing of the...
7432479 Method and apparatus for inductive heating of a food container  
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...
7432478 Inductive heating apparatus with machine readable device  
Heating devices and methods which are particularly useful in vending machines for hot products. Products such as foods, including beverages, contained in individual containers such as cans are...
7432477 Set-back control for both HVAC and water heater via a single programmable thermostat  
A system and method of using a set-back or programmable thermostat for heating or cooling systems to also controlling a fast-recovery water heater such as a power-vented fossil fuel powered water...
7432476 Substrate heat treatment apparatus  
A substrate heat treatment apparatus for heat-treating a substrate includes a bake plate having projections on an upper surface thereof, a seal unit disposed peripherally of the upper surface of...
7432475 Vertical heat treatment device and method controlling the same  
A vertical heat processing apparatus includes a process chamber ( 5 ) defining a process field (A 1 ) configured to accommodate a plurality of target substrates (W) supported at intervals in a...
7432474 Heating device  
A heating device includes a substantially cylindrical shaft joined to a joint surface of a plate-shaped ceramic substrate opposite to a heating surface, the ceramic substrate including a resistance...
7432473 Electrofusion machine with improved functions  
A portable electrofusion machine includes: a power supply circuit having a triac configured to have a proper regulation for dropping a commercial voltage to a voltage adapted for a fitting; and a...
7432472 Flooring board with an embedded electrically influenced sheet  
A flooring board with a tongue and a groove, including a covering layer, a base plate, and an embedded foil between the covering layer and the base plate. The embedded foil is provided with...
7432471 Laser beam hardening tool  
A laser beam hardening tool is comprised of an engagement portion for freely engaging with a tool holding portion of a machine tool, a beam guide path which is a passage of supplied laser beam, and...
7432470 Surface cleaning and sterilization  
Methods and apparatus are provided for igniting, modulating, and sustaining a plasma for various plasma processes and treatments. Such treatments include cleaning and sterilizing parts. In some...
7432469 Arc spraying torch head  
The invention provides an arc spraying torch head including: a pair of spray material guides attached to a head body so as to face forward and guiding a flexible wire-like spray material inserted...
7432468 Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method  
A microwave plasma processing apparatus 100 allows microwaves, passed through a plurality of slots 37 , to be transmitted through a plurality of dielectric parts 31 supported by beams 26 ,...
7432467 Plasma processing apparatus  
A plasma processing apparatus performs a desired plasma processing on a target substrate by using a plasma generated from a processing gas by forming a high frequency electric field in an evacuable...
7432466 Method of electrical resistance spot welding  
A method of resistance welding comprising the steps of contacting a metal sheet with an electrode having an initial contact surface area at a force to provide a pressure to the metal sheet applying...
7431613 Electronic charging cup assembly  
The present invention provides an electronic charging cup assembly, including an electronic charging cup and charging cup holder. The electronic charging cup is provided with an embedded cell...
7431585 Apparatus and method for heating substrates  
An apparatus for processing substrates is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a housing and a plurality of stacked cell structures in the housing. An actuator is adapted to move...
7429721 Heating apparatus using electromagnetic wave  
A heating apparatus using an electromagnetic wave is disclosed, by which cut-of performance of an electromagnetic wave is enhanced by increasing an electromagnetic wave absorption bandwidth having...
7429720 Electric heating pipe and electric heating apparatus using it  
The present invention relates to an electric radiating pipe capable of enhancing a heating efficiency in such a manner that a mixture of a porous operation medium and a volatile operation fluid is...
7429719 Self-regulating heater with a semiconductor heating element and method of heating  
A self-regulating heater including a semiconductor for converting electrical energy to heat. A temperature sensitive element is used to bias the semiconductor as a function of temperature. The...
7429718 Heating and cooling of substrate support  
A substrate support assembly and method for controlling the temperature of a substrate within a process chamber are provided. A substrate support assembly includes an thermally conductive body...
7429717 Multizone heater for furnace  
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for heating a semiconductor processing chamber. One embodiment of the present invention provides a furnace for heating a semiconductor...
7429716 Modular welding system  
A modular welding system for performing quick, easy and high quality welds. The modular welding system comprises a basic component system and a modular fixture component system. The basic component...
7429715 Modular plasma arc torch  
A modular plasma arc torch is provided that comprises a torch head and a torch lead, and a quick disconnect that is operatively engaged between the torch head and the torch lead. Accordingly, the...
7429714 Modular ICP torch assembly  
A modular inductively coupled plasma torch assembly is described. A rear connector unit is positioned and detachably held at a rear end of a tubular plasma chamber to provide a flow of material...
7429713 Method for improving single sided resistance spot welds  
A method of improving a single-sided resistance spot weld includes forming an adhesive bond between a sheet and a tube to thereby form a two-ply structure by which the sheet metal and the tube wall...
7429712 Gas system for welding-type devices  
A welding-type device and gas system for use therewith are disclosed. The gas system of the welding-type device includes a canister that is constructed to contain a shielding gas therein and is...
7429711 Metal forming apparatus and process with resistance heating  
An apparatus for forming a metal article includes a station which receives and supports a workpiece. The station has a source of electrical current and a source of a fluid. The station further...
7429034 Apparatus and method for thermal cutting of a workpiece  
An apparatus for thermal cutting of workpieces includes a cutting means for separating a workpiece into a finished part and a residual part, a workpiece support, and support elements for supporting...
7428901 Cooking stove  
A cooking stove that prevents the execution of a process such as ignition of a burner when a touch switch changes from a non-sensing state to a sensing state. In STEP 201 , when a first touch...
7428862 Cladded axial motor/pump piston and method of producing same  
A method of producing a piston that involves providing a piston body formed of a first material, the piston body having a cylindrical portion having a diameter, a rounded end, and a neck connecting...
7428785 Hair dryer  
A hair dryer in which the direction of a palm of a user gripping the hair dryer is same as the direction of wind blown from the hair dryer. A blowing pipe is coupled to a case and has an air outlet...
7428444 Method for under-sizing electrodes for polygonal orbit electric discharge machining  
A system, method, and computer program for designing an electrode for electric discharge machining, comprising identifying a cavity in a three-dimensional design; calculating a direct negative...
7427730 Sound wave therapy application system  
A system including a method and apparatus for applying sound wave therapy to a mammal utilizing a silicone layer at or near the skin to enhance the therapeutic affect.
7427729 Image heating device and image forming device  
An image heating apparatus is provided that enables the entire width of a heat-producing medium to be heated uniformly and an excessive rise in temperature to be prevented, without making the...
7427728 Zone control heater plate for track lithography systems  
A substrate heater comprising a bake plate having an upper surface, a lower surface and a peripheral side surface extending between the upper and lower surfaces, the bake plate including at least...
7427727 Fixing apparatus and an image formation apparatus  
A fixing apparatus and an image formation apparatus are disclosed. The fixing apparatus includes two or more heaters with temperature detecting function that generate heat with electric current and...
7427726 Grounding assembly for welding wire feeder  
A portable wire feeder for providing welding wire and welding current to a welding operation includes an input electrically connected to a power source. An output is electrically connected to the...
7427371 Method of producing anti-glare film  
An antiglare film producing method of film production by surface embossing to polymer film is provided. The polymer film includes a support of triacetyl cellulose, and an anti-reflection layer...
7427359 Self-filling wet electrochemical cells by laser processing  
A method of preparing high capacity hydrous ruthenium oxide micro-ultracapacitors. A laser direct-write process deposits a film of hydrous ruthenium oxide in sulfuric acid under ambient temperature...
7427329 Temperature control for single substrate semiconductor processing reactor  
A reactor for heat treatment of a substrate having a process chamber within a substrate enclosing structure, and a support structure configured to position a substrate at a predetermined spacing...
7426022 Liquid crystal module brightness measurement apparatus and brightness measurement apparatus  
A brightness measurement apparatus which includes a placement unit on which an object to be measured is placed, a measurement unit for measuring brightness or chromaticity from an upper surface of...
7425692 Thermal processing system having slot eductors  
In a system for thermally processing materials, at least one slot eductor is disposed in a wall or roof surface of the furnace chamber to provide circulation of gas within the furnace chamber.
7425691 Coil unit and fixing apparatus  
A fixing apparatus includes a mold (holding member) formed by injection molding to hold a coil so that the coil maintains a predetermined positional relation with respect to a heating roller, and...
7425690 Hob with illumination and method for illuminating a hob  
A cooking hob has a cooking hob plate made of glass-ceramic and in which several individual heating units are provided that have a regular hexagonal shape and adjoin each other. Elongate...
7425689 Inline physical shape profiling for predictive temperature correction during baking of wafers in a semiconductor photolithography process  
The post exposure bake cycle in a chemically amplified resist process is more precisely controlled by measuring the distance from multiple locations on the bottom of each processed wafer to a...
7425688 Heating assembly for a tumble dryer  
A heating assembly for heating a hot air stream flowing in a flow passage of a tumble dryer. The heating assembly is configured for installation in the flow passage and comprises at least one...