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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2021
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jacob R. Lindley, Webster Groves, MO (US);
Mark D. Everly, St. Charles, MO (US);
Michael A. Jones, St. Louis, MO (US);
Dennis P. Long, Monroe City, MO (US);
Scott H. Boehmer, Hannibal, MO (US);
Philip S. Schmidt, Decorah, IA (US);
WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A termination assembly for a heater assembly includes a plurality of resistive heaters arranged in discrete power phases, each resistive heater comprising a resistive heating element surrounded by dielectric material and a sheath. The termination assembly includes a plurality of electrically nonconductive members. Each electrically nonconductive member includes a plurality of apertures configured to receive power pins of the plurality of resistive heaters. The termination assembly includes a plurality of connectors configured to connect the power pins to the electrically nonconductive members. Each electrically nonconductive member includes a number of the plurality of connectors corresponding to a number of power pins being terminated. The termination assembly includes an electrical circuit embedded in or disposed on at least one of the plurality of electrically nonconductive members.