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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2006
Cheng-hang Chi, Midlothian, VA (US);
Nicole L. Blankenbeckler, Richmond, VA (US);
Mehrdad Mehdizadeh, Avondale, PA (US);
Ronald Jack Riegert, Newark, DE (US);
Cheng-Hang Chi, Midlothian, VA (US);
Nicole L. Blankenbeckler, Richmond, VA (US);
Mehrdad Mehdizadeh, Avondale, PA (US);
Ronald Jack Riegert, Newark, DE (US);
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A susceptor assembly includes a generally planar susceptor having an electric field director structure mechanically connected thereto. The field director structure includes at least one, but more preferably, a plurality of two or more vanes mechanically connected to the susceptor. Each vane has a surface at least a portion of which is electrically conductive. The vane(s) are most preferably disposed substantially orthogonal to the planar susceptor. The connection may be either a fixed or a flexible articulating connection. In use, such as in the presence of a standing electromagnetic wave generated within a microwave oven, only an attenuated electric field component of the electromagnetic wave exists in a plane tangent to the surface of the vane in the vicinity of the conductive portion of the vane.