Self-regulating heater employing reactive components

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4849611
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06810134

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Novel electrical heater which are self-regulating as a result of appropriate combination of a constant current or constant voltage power source with a resistive heating component and a temperature-sensitive component. Preferred heaters comprise a plurality of heating units, each of which heating units comprises a reactive component, a resistive heating component, and a temperature-responsive component. Self-regulation of the heater may be achieved in a number of different ways, including the use of employing a reactive component and a temperature-responsive component which form a combination exhibiting an impedance which changes with temperature. The temperature-responsive component can for example change in dielectric constant, or in permeability or in shape, or can effect changes in the frequencies inputted to the reactive component.

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  • TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION;TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD., A CORPORATION OF BERMUDA;TYCO INTERNATIONAL (PA), INC., A CORPORATION OF NEVADA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kennedy, Brian Palo Alto, CA 68 1092
Sandberg, Chester Palo Alto, CA 1 419
Whitney, Wells Menlo Park, CA 7 447

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