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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Simon N Balderson, Reading, GB;
Assignee:
Thorn EMI plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
338 / ; 338306 ;
Abstract
A heater comprises a substrate having an electrically-insulative ceramic coating and a heater track deposited on the coating and electrically connected to a power supply via ends. The heater track consists of a composite material having predetermined proportions of a metal and a material capable of undergoing a reversible change in volume at a predetermined phase transition temperature. The change in volume changes the proportions of metal to material and thus changes the resistivity of the composite material, so that the heater can be used as a self-regulating thermal cut-out device by limiting its own heat output to the phase transition temperature.