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Heater backed with a ceramic substrate

US4733056A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 15, 1986
Grant dateMar 22, 1988
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Expiry dateAug 15, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01N3/027
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A heater backed with a ceramic substrate having a ceramic substrate as a base plate and heating element formed thereon, which comprises a conductor for retaining ionized elements, said conductor branching from a terminal lead portion of the minus side connected to the heater element under an applied electric current and extending at the back side of the base plate, along the heating element pattern at least partly thereof. A protecting layer may be provided on the surface of said conductor. The conductor is connected with the lead portion through a conducting through hole.

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