US4486651A
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Ceramic heater
Assignee: Soken Inc
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Filing: 1983-01-24
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Granted: 1984-12-04
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Expires: 2003-01-24
Abstract
Abstract A ceramic heater comprising a supporting member made of an electrically insulating ceramic and a heater element made of a ceramic having excellent oxidization resistance, thermal shock resistance and high bending strength at a high temperature is disclosed. The heater element is formed by sintering a mixture composed of MoSi 2 and 10 to 70 mol % of Si 3 N 4 . By adding 3 to 10 mol % of at least one material selected from the group consisting of Al 2 O 3 , a mixture of Al 2 O 3 and MgO and MgAl 2 O 4 to the above mixture, a heater element having a sufficient sintering degree can be obtained even by atmospheric sintering.
Inventors
- 👤 Kinya Atsumi
- 👤 Novuei Ito
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 10:27
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/622; C04B35/64; C04B35/645; C04B35/515; C04B35/58; C04B35/58085; C04B35/58092; C04B35/584; F; F23; F23Q; F23Q7/00; F23Q7/001; H; H05; H05B; H05B3/00; H05B3/10; H05B3/12; H05B3/14; H05B3/141; H05B2203/00; H05B2203/018
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
146 words
A ceramic heater comprising: a supporting member made of an insulating ceramic; a heater element made of an electrically conductive ceramic which is supported by said supporting member, said heater element comprising a pair of elements which are separately disposed on the outer surface of said supporting member; and an electric current supply means for supplying an electric current to said heater element, said electric current supplying means comprising a pair of metallic wire elements which are embedded within said supporting member, and one end of each said metallic wire elements is connected to each of said heater elements while the other end thereof is connected to a battery outside supporting member; said heater element being made of a non-oxidized sintered body of a mixture including 90 to 30 mol % of MoSi 2 and 10 to 70 mol % of Si 3 N 4 .
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
146 words
A ceramic heater comprising: a supporting member made of an insulating ceramic; a heater element made of an electrically conductive ceramic which is supported by said supporting member, said heater element comprising a pair of elements which are separately disposed on the outer surface of said supporting member; and an electric current supply means for supplying an electric current to said heater element, said electric current supplying means comprising a pair of metallic wire elements which are embedded within said supporting member, and one end of each said metallic wire elements is connected to each of said heater elements while the other end thereof is connected to a battery outside supporting member; said heater element being made of a non-oxidized sintered body of a mixture including 90 to 30 mol % of MoSi 2 and 10 to 70 mol % of Si 3 N 4 .
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A ceramic heater according to claim 1, wherein: said heater element is supported on a surface of said supporting member so as to contact with the atmosphere to be heated.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
96 words
A ceramic heater according to claim 1, wherein: said supporting member is composed of a pair of insulating ceramic plates which are integrally fixed to each other with said metallic wire elements sandwiched therebetween, by sintering; each of said heater elements is made of an electrically conductive ceramic plate and integrally fixed to an outer surface of each of said insulating ceramic plates by sintering; and one end of each of said metallic wire elements penetrates each of said insulating ceramic plates in the thickness direction thereof and is connected to each of said heater elements.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
48 words
A ceramic heater according to claim 1, wherein: said mixture further includes 3 to 10 mol % of at least one material selected from the group consisting of Al 2 O 3 , a mixture of Al 2 O 3 and MgO, and MgAl 2 O 4 .
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
57 words
A ceramic heater according to claim 1, wherein: said supporting member is made of a sintered body of the material selected from the group consisting of Si 3 N 4 , Al 2 O 3 and a mixture of 10 to 70 mol% of Si 3 N 4 with the remainder being Al 2 O 3 .
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