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US4160897A
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Ceramic heating element with restivity adjusted to a certain value
Assignee: Niterra Co Ltd
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Filing: 1978-06-13
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Granted: 1979-07-10
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Expires: 1998-06-13
Abstract
Abstract In a ceramic heating element comprising a ceramic substrate having on a surface thereof a resistor pattern of an electrically conductive material and a ceramic electrically insulating layer disposed on the surface of the ceramic substrate with the resistor pattern thereon, the improvement wherein the ceramic electrically insulating layer includes an opening, the resistor pattern exposed by the opening in the ceramic electrically insulating layer being electrically shorted and/or an electrical short-circuiting path previously provided in the resistor pattern being cut whereby the resistivity of the resistor pattern is adjusted to within a particular range, and a heat resistant electrically insulating coating filling the opening in the ceramic electrically insulating layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoichi Makino
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 16:41
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05B; H05B3/00; H05B3/10; H05B3/16; H01; H01C; H01C17/00; H01C17/22; H01C17/24
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
104 words
In a ceramic heating element comprising a ceramic substrate having on a surface thereof a resistor pattern of an electrically conductive material and a ceramic electrically insulating layer disposed on the surface of the ceramic substrate with the resistor pattern thereon, the improvement wherein the ceramic electrically insulating layer includes an opening through which a part of the resistor pattern is exposed, the effective length of the resistor pattern being changed through said opening, whereby the resistivity of the resistor pattern is adjusted to within a particular range, and a heat resistant electrically insulating coating filling the opening in the ceramic electrically insulating layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
104 words
In a ceramic heating element comprising a ceramic substrate having on a surface thereof a resistor pattern of an electrically conductive material and a ceramic electrically insulating layer disposed on the surface of the ceramic substrate with the resistor pattern thereon, the improvement wherein the ceramic electrically insulating layer includes an opening through which a part of the resistor pattern is exposed, the effective length of the resistor pattern being changed through said opening, whereby the resistivity of the resistor pattern is adjusted to within a particular range, and a heat resistant electrically insulating coating filling the opening in the ceramic electrically insulating layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The ceramic heating element according to claim 1, wherein said heat resistant electrically insulating coating is a coating of a ceramic material, a glassy material, a glaze or a heat resistant cement.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
The ceramic heating element according to claim 8, wherein said electrical short-circuiting path electrically shorting part of said resistor pattern exposed in said opening is a metalized surface produced through baking or by printing an electrically conductive paint.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
The ceramic heating element according to claim 1, wherein part of said resistor pattern exposed in the opening includes an electrical short-circuiting path forming a reserve circuit corresponding to the maximum minus error of resistivity.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The ceramic heating element according to claim 1, wherein part of said resistor pattern exposed in the opening is electrically shorted and a previously provided electrical short-circuiting path exposed in the opening is cut.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
The ceramic heating element according to claim 3, wherein part of said resistor pattern exposed in the opening is electrically shorted and the previously provided electrical short-circuiting path exposed in the opening is cut.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
The ceramic heating element according to claim 4, wherein part of said resistor pattern exposed in the opening is electrically shorted and a previously provided electrical short-circuiting path exposed in the opening is cut.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
The ceramic heating element according to claim 1, wherein the resistor pattern exposed through said opening is electrically shorted to change the effective length of the resistor pattern.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
The ceramic heating element according to claim 1, wherein a previously existing electrical short-circuiting path in the resistor pattern exposed through said opening is cut in order to change the effective length of the resistor pattern.
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