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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:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
May. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sander Slegt, Leeu, NL;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219441 ; 21944811 ; 2194661 ; 219543 ; 338307 ;
Abstract
A heating element 2 comprises a substantially planar substrate 4 having a heating track or tracks 8 and a thermal sensor 10, in the form of a track or discrete component, disposed on one side of the substrate 4. The thermal sensor 10 is separated from the heating track 8 by a locally thinner portion 12 of the substrate 4. The sensor 10 may be located in, or surrounded by, the thinner portion 12.