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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2020
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Stanton Hopkins Breitlow, St. Louis, MO (US);
James Hentges, St. Louis, MO (US);
William Bohlinger, Winona, MN (US);
Matthew Yender, St. Louis, MO (US);
Keith Ness, St. Louis, MO (US);
Kurt Peterson, St. Louis, MO (US);
Eric Meech, St. Louis, MO (US);
Brittany Phillips, Saint Louis, MO (US);
Larry Walters, St. Louis, MO (US);
Geoffrey Rozek, St. Louis, MO (US);
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A method includes selecting a state model control, as an operational state of the heater, from among a plurality of state model controls, measuring an electrical characteristic of the heater, where the electrical characteristic includes at least one of an electric current and a voltage, and controlling power to the heater based on the selected operational state and based on the measured electrical characteristic.