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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:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219553 ; 219216 ; 399329 ; 501 984 ; 501 98 ;
Abstract
A ceramic heater includes a substrate (1) consisting of an aluminum nitride sintered body, and a heating element (2) and a feed electrode (3), mainly composed of silver or a silver alloy, formed on a surface of the substrate (1). The aluminum nitride sintered body contains a group IIa or IIIa element in the periodic table or a compound thereof and silicon or a silicon compound of 0.01 to 0.5 percent by weight in terms of the silicon element, and preferably further contains a group VIII transition element or a compound thereof by 0.01 to 1 percent by weight in terms of the element.