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7473868 Fail safe HVAC temperature and medium presence sensor  
A system and method is presented for a fail-safe sensor for an HVAC system. The sensor comprises a temperature detector operable to measure a temperature of a component or a medium present at the...
7469840 Controller for a fuel fired water heating application  
A controller is provided for controlling the operation of a gas-fired water heating appliance. In one embodiment of the present invention, a controller is provided that comprises a switching means...
7454308 System for detection of waterlogging in steam heating coils  
A system is disclosed for detecting the occurrence and extent of waterlogging in steam heating coils which consists of a series of two or more sensors disposed to measure temperature at strategic...
7449662 Air heating apparatus  
An embodiment of an air heating apparatus includes a mass to store heat energy and a heater to provide the heat energy to the mass.
7442902 Adaptive temperature controller  
The adaptive temperature controller includes an ambient temperature sensor, a device for measuring resistance, an electrically-conductive material, a power supply, and a device for controlling...
7435929 Methods for monitoring or controlling the ratio of hydrogen to water vapor in metal heat treating atmospheres  
Methods for monitoring a heat treating atmosphere supply a preselected gas atmosphere at a preselected temperature to a heat treating furnace. The preselected temperature is not greater than a...
7423243 Heating system and method  
A fluid heating system includes a fluid receptacle having a fluid reservoir, and a heating control system configured to heat fluid retained within the fluid reservoir. The heating control system...
7423240 Pulse width modulated defroster  
A window defroster system that includes a heater grid and a controller. The controller includes a pulse width modulator configured to provide a driving signal to the heater grid. The driving signal...
7418957 Vehicle control method and vehicle control apparatus  
A vehicle control apparatus and methodology relate to an exhaust gas sensor and sensor heater associated with an exhaust passage of a vehicle engine. The exhaust gas sensor is selectively heated to...
7417209 Recording disk drive with reduced noise thermal flyheight control  
A system and method for preventing crosstalk noise from being superimposed on a read signal due to noise from a heater line for a slider in a recording disk drive is disclosed. A heater line pair...
7417208 Power supply device  
The power supply device comprises first wiring that connects an alternator that is driven by the engine and a constant voltage electrical load that is driven at 12V, a heat accumulator that...
7411163 Device for providing a melt  
The invention relates to a device ( 1 ) for providing a melt, in particular a plastic melt. Said device ( 1 ) comprises a feed unit ( 2 ) for material components, at least one purification unit ( 4...
7411162 Hot wire control apparatus and method  
Control system and apparatus for controlling current input to an electrical resistance element such as a seal wire. The system and apparatus of the present invention is a closed loop feedback...
7408134 Programmable switch  
A sensor circuit provides a signal to a microcontroller to indicate parameters of an environmental condition to which the sensor circuit is exposed, such as temperature. The sensor circuit and...
7408133 Method of thermally coupling a flow tube or like component to a thermal sensor and sensor systems formed thereby  
A method of thermally coupling a flow tube or like component to a thermal sensor comprises bonding the component to the thermal sensor such that thermally conductive portions formed on the...
7408132 Temperature sensor for power supply  
A temperature sensor, such as a thermistor, senses the temperature inside a power source connector, or other portion, of a power supply. This sensed temperature may then be used to determine if the...
7404880 Sensor element  
A layered sensor element used in a gas measuring sensor for measuring a physical property of a measuring gas, preferably for determining the temperature of the measuring gas or the concentration of...
7404670 Analytical furnace with predictive temperature control  
An analytical furnace includes a predictive temperature control which is trained to model crucible temperature during analysis by employing a pair of temperature sensors, with one sensor being...
7402780 Thermostat for a heat pump or conventional heating system  
A thermostat is provided comprising a first connector for connecting to an air conditioner, a second connector for connecting to either a conventional heater or a heat pump reversing valve, and a...
7390992 Heat blanket  
The heat blanket ( 10 ) comprises an operative unit ( 20 ) and a control/power supply unit ( 40 ) which can be electrically connected on one side to the power mains and on the other side to the...
7385161 Method of estimating the temperature of an oxygen sensor heating element  
The resistance of an oxygen sensor heating element is estimated by modeling the effects of physical and electrical heating on the resistance of the heating element lead-in conductors, and...
7372005 Water storage device having a powered anode  
A water heater having a powered electrode and a method of controlling the water heater. The water heater includes a tank to hold water, a heating element, an electrode, and a control circuit. The...
7372002 Fluid heating device and cleaning device using the same  
A washing water inlet for receiving washing water is provided on an upper surface at one end of a case main body in a fluid heating device, and a washing water outlet for feeding heated washing...
7358464 Method for temperature measurement in a household appliance  
A method for temperature measurement in a household appliance includes generating a high-frequency electromagnetic excitation wave of a predefined transmit frequency. The transmit frequency is...
7358463 Switching power supply and method for stopping supply of electricity when electricity of switching power supply exceeds rated electricity  
A switching power supply includes a sensor for detecting that the output level of the switching power supply has exceeded a rated output level, and a memory that stores data for estimating...
7351937 Control circuits for hot melt adhesive heater circuits and applicator heads  
An electronic control circuit, for use in connection a hot melt adhesive dispensing system having a relatively large applicator head, has a plurality of heater circuits and a plurality of...
7345260 Heater and method of manufacturing the same  
A heater including a plate-shaped substrate having a heating surface for heating an object and a heater element provided in the substrate or on its surface. A central axis C 2 of a circumscribed...
7345259 Circuit arrangement and method for preventing overheating of a cooking appliance  
The invention relates to a method and a circuit arrangement for preventing overheating of a cooking appliance. The arrangement includes a power circuit with a heating element and a control circuit...
7342329 Power supply for electrical domestic appliances and domestic appliances for co-action with such a power supply  
The invention relates to a power supply for electrical domestic appliances, comprising: at least one connection to the mains electricity supply, and at least one connector for releasable electrical...
7340626 Image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus includes a main power supply section, an auxiliary power supply section, a plurality of sensors, and a power control section. The sensors are disposed at a plurality of...
7339141 System and method for monitoring heat seal devices  
An apparatus for monitoring the operation of a heating element moving periodically along a predefined path includes first and second sensors positioned adjacent the path of the heating element. The...
7337019 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...
7332692 Redundant control circuit for hot melt adhesive assembly heater circuits and temperature sensors  
A redundant control circuit comprises a pair of heater circuits for heating a hot melt adhesive hose assembly to a predetermined temperature level, and a pair of temperature sensors which are used...
7329841 Method for operating an oven, and an associated device  
Method and control device for operating an oven. The control device comprises an operating panel which is substantially flat and sealed. One or more touch-sensitive regions of the panel define...
7329840 Heater lamp control apparatus and method to detect an inputted AC voltage and providing a pulse signal to correspond thereto  
A heater lamp control apparatus and method of detecting an input AC voltage and providing a pulse signal corresponding thereto, includes an AC voltage phase detection unit to detect a phase of the...
7326888 Cooking apparatus, cooking system and cooking control method using the same  
Disclosed herein is a cooking apparatus and cooking system which allows a user to change cooking information that is suitable to the preferences of the user and the amount of food when cooking food...
7319208 Controller and glow plug for controlling energization modes  
There is provided a control device for a glow plug, capable of controlling the energization of a resistance heater of the glow plug by a resistance control process while attaining good resistance...
7307246 System and method of detecting temperature of a cooking utensil over a radiant cooktop  
A system for detecting temperature of a cooking utensil over a radiant cooktop includes a cooktop having an upper surface and a lower surface and a radiant heating element adapted to heat the...
7304275 Cooking apparatus, cooking system, and cooking control method utilizing bar code  
A cooking apparatus, cooking system, and cooking control method using a bar code, in which automatic cooking of food is performed when the bar code attached to a package of the food is lost or...
7304273 Heating device and fixing device  
A CPU detects a temperature of a central part of a heating roller. If the detected temperature does not exceed 180° C., the CPU drives a central coil or a side-end coil for 0.4 second in...
7304272 Systems and methods for adjusting parameters of a temperature sensor for settling time reduction  
A system for adjusting parameters of a temperature sensor for settling time reduction is disclosed. The system includes an input for receiving a signal for triggering an adjustment of one or more...
7301129 Control circuit for semiconductor device having overheating protection function  
A control circuit includes a drive circuit which applies a drive voltage to a semiconductor device having an overheating protection function according to an externally supplied signal; and a...
7297907 Means and method of maintaining a constant temperature in the magnetic assembly of a magnetic resonance device  
The present invention discloses a novel active insulation device and method for thermally shielding an external body from temperature fluctuations of a contained body. The method comprising...
7291814 Grip heater control apparatus  
A grip heater control apparatus ( 7 ) capable of increasing the opportunities to enable a heater ( 2 ) to warm a grip ( 1 ) while suppressing a voltage drop of a battery ( 10 ), the grip heater...
7291813 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...
7289745 Image forming apparatus with power supply system  
An image forming apparatus of the present invention may comprises a power supply system which supplies powers to an image forming unit, a fixing unit, and a general control unit in such a manner...
7282676 Integrating preconcentrator heat controller  
A method and apparatus for controlling the electric resistance heating of a metallic chemical preconcentrator screen, for example, used in portable trace explosives detectors. The length of the...
7278587 Thermal treatment apparatus and thermal treatment method  
A thermal treatment apparatus and method of thermal treatment are provided wherein the apparatus includes a treatment chamber used to thermally treat an object material held therein, fluid passages...
7274007 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...
7268325 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)...