Patents in subclass Electric Heating/Automatic Regulating Or Control Means

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Number	Patent title	Issue Date
07342205	Apparatus and method for controlling an electric heating assembly In apparatus and a method for providing electronic control of an electric heating assembly, a radiant electric heater (10, 110) is arranged at a lower surface (22, 124) of a glass-ceramic cooking plate (12, 112), the plate having an upper...	03/11/2008
07337019	Integration of fault detection with run-to-run control Semiconductor wafers are processed in conjunction with a manufacturing execution system using a run-to-run controller and a fault detection system. A recipe is received from the manufacturing execution system by the run-to-run controller...	02/26/2008
07291813	Controller for electric article for human body A controller for an electric article includes a voltage-stabilizing circuit for supplying voltage stable DC power, a microprocessor, a temperature-detecting circuit, a protecting circuit, a control circuit, and a switch circuit. The...	11/06/2007
07279660	Apparatus for brewing beverages An electrically heated water kettle comprises a vessel for holding a liquid for extraction of tea, coffee or other food material. The vessel includes a partially open immersible container sized to allow the passage of water between the...	10/09/2007
07274007	Control system for operating automotive vehicle components There is disclosed a control system for operating automotive vehicle components. The control system typically includes at least a control module programmed with instructions for controlling a heater, a ventilator or both.	09/25/2007
07268325	Method of making flexible sheet heater A method of making a flexible sheet heater includes the steps of (i) bonding an electrically conductive fabric and an support member formed of a PET film and a layer of acrylic together, ii) stamp-cutting the electrically conductive...	09/11/2007
07258892	Methods and systems for controlling temperature during microfeature workpiece processing, e.g., CVD deposition The present disclosure provides methods and systems for controlling temperature. The method has particular utility in connection with controlling temperature in a deposition process, e.g., in depositing a heat-reflective material via CVD....	08/21/2007
07247820	Heat sink and information processing device A heat sink that is disposed on a heating element and absorbs the heat generated by the heating element includes: a contact surface to which recessed grooves are formed and the region of which excluding the recessed grooves is in contact...	07/24/2007
07235900	Switching apparatus and method for varying a phase line impedance of an electric power transport line section The switching apparatus and method are provided for varying the impedance of a phase line of a segment of an electrical power line. The phase line includes n conductors electrically insulated from each other and short-circuited among each...	06/26/2007
07211152	Heating element CVD system and connection structure between heating element and electric power supply mechanism in the heating element CVD system A heating element CVD system wherein one or a plurality of connection terminal holders is placed in the processing container, and each of the connection terminal holders holds a plurality of connection terminals. Each of the connection...	05/01/2007
07208701	Method of steam cooking A method of cooking food with steam in an automatic household oven comprises receiving a user inputted cooking temperature, receiving a user inputted steam level, and implementing a preprogrammed steam cooking cycle based on the user...	04/24/2007
07196290	Heat sealer with platen surface temperature sensor and load sensor A heat sealer having a heated platen, a cylinder for reciprocating the platen, a die positioned to be engaged by the platen and a shuttle supporting the die to move the die from a platen-engaging position to a non-engaging position, and a...	03/27/2007
07193187	Feedback control system and method for maintaining constant resistance operation of electrically heated elements The present invention relates to a system and method for controlling electrical heating of an element to maintain a constant electrical resistance, by adjusting electrical power supplied to such element according to an adaptive feedback...	03/20/2007
07189947	Oven temperature control A control system for controlling an appliance at a predetermined temperature. The control system comprises a sensor capable of providing a temperature signal representative of a temperature in the appliance and a controller capable of...	03/13/2007
07154068	Method and system for a vehicle battery temperature control A system for heating a vehicle battery and a method for using the same. The system and method enable energy flow from the battery to a heater to heat the battery after determining a shut-down condition.	12/26/2006
07148453	Control unit with thermal protection and an electrical heating device comprising the control unit An overheating protection system for a control unit includes an interrupter element, which, in its initial position defined with respect to a circuit board, electrically connects the opposite facing ends of at least one track on the...	12/12/2006
07127358	Method and system for run-to-run control A method and system of controlling a process from run-to-run for semiconductor manufacturing. The method of control utilizes a process model to establish a relationship between process control input data and process control output data....	10/24/2006
07067776	Monitoring device for flexible heating elements The invention concerns a controlling and monitoring device for avoiding damage through overheating in the case of flexible, textile surface heating elements which include at least two opposed contact conductors (3.1, 3.2) made of...	06/27/2006
07065431	System and method for controlling temperature of a liquid residing within a tank A system for controlling a temperature of a liquid residing within a tank comprises a temperature sensor, a temperature control element, memory, and logic. The temperature sensor is configured to detect the temperature of the liquid...	06/20/2006
07053341	Method and apparatus for drum level control for drum-type boilers A method for controlling the level of a drum in a drum-type boiler includes adjusting a gain of a drum level PID (such as a Proportional Integral Derivative control) in accordance with a signal representative of a set of tuning constants,...	05/30/2006
07009152	Control device for electric blanket A control device for an electric blanket includes a voltage drop rectifier circuit connected to an AC power source, a control gate circuit, a zero-across detecting circuit connected to the AC power source, a central processing circuit...	03/07/2006
07005618	Clothes dryer apparatus and method An electric clothes dryer heater system including a heater element and a controller operationally coupled to the heater is provided. The controller is configured to provide an AC sine wave to a heater element of an electric clothes dryer,...	02/28/2006
06998585	Control unit for a household appliance A control unit for a household appliance, preferably a cooking device, containing a control device and regulating devices. The control device has a removable control element and a blocking device. The regulating devices have a change-over...	02/14/2006
06998583	Electric cooking apparatus and method of controlling the same An electric cooking apparatus and a method of controlling the same are disclosed. The electric cooking apparatus includes heating units, a switching unit, a current detecting unit and a control unit. The heating units each having a...	02/14/2006
06977359	Method and device for vacuum treatment A vacuum-processing method carries out, in a vacuum-processing vessel (4), a process wherein a condition of an interior of the vacuum processing vessel (4) changes as the number of processed objects (W) increases, such as a film-forming...	12/20/2005
06927367	Automatic temperature control system and method A system and method are provided for automatically warming a grip surface, such as handlebars, of a vehicle in which the grip surface and a rider's hand are exposed to outdoor environmental conditions. The system has an electrical power...	08/09/2005
06906537	System for controlling the temperature of an aircraft airfoil component An airfoil temperature control arrangement includes a resistive heater element. A plurality of detectors allow a controller to gather resistance information at various intervals along the resistive heater element. Determining the...	06/14/2005
06903310	Independent control of a flavor enhancement chamber and a food preparation chamber for a food preparation device A combination for preparing a food product and method of using the combination are disclosed. The combination includes a housing supporting a cooking chamber, which communicates with a flavor enhancement chamber. The cooking chamber and...	06/07/2005
06869538	Method and apparatus for controlling a medical fluid heater A method, system and apparatus for performing peritoneal dialysis are provided. To this end, in part, a method of controlling a medical fluid heater is provided. The method includes the steps of determining a first heater control output...	03/22/2005
06870141	Method for driving appliances and household appliance with energy management A method for driving appliances and a household appliance for operating two household appliances includes connecting a first household appliance to an electrical wall outlet and disposing an appliance plug receptacle inside the first...	03/22/2005
06864463	Substrate processing apparatus and semiconductor device producing method Emissivity of a substrate is measured at least before the substrate is heated, heating operation of the substrate is controlled under a heating condition corresponding to the emissivity, and the substrate is processed.	03/08/2005
06841762	Cooking utensil When left and right feed switches are pressed simultaneously for three seconds at the step S1, a special mode selection screen 1 is changed such that the name of each operating mode is displayed at a display portion corresponding to the...	01/11/2005
06794618	Method for electrical heating of furnaces for heat treatment of metallic workpieces In order to refine a method for electric heating of furnaces for heat treating metallic workpieces, especially vacuum furnaces usable for plasma carburizing or nitriding, in which the heater elements of a furnace are supplied with a...	09/21/2004
06781096	Apparatus and method for pattern-based control of a system A generic, self-tuning control system deployable in a wide variety of systems is achieved from a digital system effectuating a matrix chain. Each matrix in the chain yields an output based upon two or more inputs. The outputs of the...	08/24/2004
06766835	Tank monitor system A hot water tank monitoring system is designed to shut off the water supply to the hot water tank and to shut off either the electrical supply or the gas supply to the heating unit of the hot water tank in response to sensing of...	07/27/2004
06750433	Oven display and user interface A user interface for an oven including at least one heating element is described. The interface includes a reconfigurable display for indicating a plurality of oven control options and a plurality of selectors adjacent said display for...	06/15/2004
06746237	Method and device for heat treating substrates Method and device for the heat treatment of substrates, wherein the substrates are positioned in the vicinity of a heated, essentially flat furnace body extending over the surface of the substrate. In order to provide a reproducible...	06/08/2004
06740854	Device for satellites including power supply means and associated with heating means A device for satellites is associated with heaters that are turned on when the device is turned off and turned off when the device is turned on. The device includes a power supply, a system for turning the device on and off and a system...	05/25/2004
06734403	Cooking oven incorporating accurate temperature control and method for doing the same An oven and a method for controlling the ambient temperature in an oven comprising a baking cavity that is preheated with respect to a user-selected temperature set point. The baking cavity can include a rack for supporting a pan that...	05/11/2004
06735496	System and method of monitoring multiple control loops in a heater system A monitoring system includes a sensor that detects operating conditions in a plurality of control loops of a heater system and generates signals corresponding to the detected operating conditions. The monitoring system also includes a...	05/11/2004
06727477	Temperature controller A temperature controller includes temperature-adjusting device and a heating device. A plurality of magnet pieces and magnet attractive pads are respectively provided to terminal faces of the temperature-adjusting device and the heating...	04/27/2004
06713729	Electric load control system and vehicle air-conditioning system having the same In a vehicle air-conditioning system, a supply of electric power to a first electric heater and a supply of electric power to a second electric heater are duty controlled at the same duty ratio in such a manner that the supply of the...	03/30/2004
06710308	Automatic cook sequencing system for multiple ovens A system used to program and coordinate the cooking operations for two or more ovens such that the cooking operations are completed at the same time, independent of particular setting variations. In accordance with a preferred embodiment...	03/23/2004
06694927	Cold water draw bypass valve and variable firing boiler control A first sensor provides a demand for heat signal to a condensing boiler or water heater for control of the variable firing rate. A second sensor controls a bypass valve to allow a portion of water leaving the primary heat exchanger to...	02/24/2004
06677558	Key input apparatus in electronic oven and control method thereof Disclosed are a key input apparatus in an electronic oven and a control method thereof enabling to reduce a size of a circuit as well as provide a simple design of the key input control part. A key input apparatus in an electronic oven...	01/13/2004
06660982	Programmable cooking systems A programmable cooking system comprising a plurality of programmable cooking devices and at least one data key. Each data key is provided with a data memory for storing program data corresponding to sequences of cooking operations, and...	12/09/2003
06653606	Automatic condensation prevention/removal system A condensation control system to remove or prevent condensation on a surface, such as a mirror. The condensation control system has a first terminal that is adapted to be directly connected to an AC power source and a second terminal. In...	11/25/2003
06600875	Water flow heater Water flow heater with a first heater element (20) for supplying a fixed power, a second, controllable heater element (30), a temperature sensor (40, 50) for measuring the temperature of heated water, and a control unit (22, 32, 80) for...	07/29/2003
06577926	Method of detecting and controlling in-situ faults in rapid thermal processing systems Faults occurring in the operation of a rapid thermal process system are detected and dynamically controlled in-situ. A data set is generated which represents the power applied to heating elements which are spatially arranged in a...	06/10/2003
06563087	Automated soldering system An automated soldering system with an intelligent power supply that can automatically configure the power output to interchangeable soldering cartridges, where the soldering cartridges include readable information to allow the power...	05/13/2003

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