IP Library Granted Patent US 9,321,689
Granted Patent B2
US 9,321,689 · App. 13/057,926 · Granted Apr 26, 2016

Molded object, heating device and method for producing a molded object

Inventors: Jan Ihle (Grambach, AT); Werner Kahr (Deutschlandsberg, AT); Bernhard Steinberger (Seiersberg, AT)
Assignee: EPCOS AG
C04B35/4682C04B37/001F02M53/06H01C7/025B28B7/24C04B2235/3262C04B2235/656C04B2235/6567C04B2235/77C04B2237/32C04B2237/34C04B2237/343C04B2237/346C04B2237/348F02M31/16
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Patent No.
US 9,321,689
App. No.
13/057,926
Granted
Apr 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mold ( 30 ), which has a first region ( 10 ) comprising an electroceramic material and a second region ( 20 ) comprising a structural ceramic material, is provided. A heating device with this mold is also specified. Furthermore, a method for producing a mold is provided.

Claims (12)

1. A mold for heating a medium, comprising:

a first region, which has an electroceramic material with a positive temperature coefficient of an electrical resistance and having a perovskite structure and a Curie temperature, which comprises a range from −30° C. to 340° C.;

a second region, which has a structural ceramic material; and

between the first region and the second region, an interfacial region, in which the electroceramic material and the structural ceramic material are sintered to one another, wherein the first region surrounds the second region in a form-fitting engagement for defining said mold as a hollow mold,

wherein the first region is adapted to be heated by applying a voltage to electrical contact areas of the first region, and

wherein the second region is present between the first region and the medium to be heated.

2. The mold of claim 1 , wherein the electroceramic material has the structure Ba 1-x-y M x D y Ti 1-a-b N a Mn b O 3 , where x=0 to 0.5, y=0 to 0.01, a=0 to 0.01, b=0 to 0.01, M comprises a divalent cation, D comprises a trivalent or tetravalent donor, and N comprises a pentavalent or hexavalent cation.

3. The mold of claim 1 , wherein the electroceramic material has a resistivity at 25° C. which lies in a range from 3 Ωcm to 100,000 Ωcm.

4. The mold of claim 1 , wherein the structural ceramic material comprises an oxide ceramic.

5. The mold of claim 4 , wherein the oxide ceramic is chosen from a group which comprises ZrO 2 , Al 2 O 3 and MgO.

6. The mold of claim 1 , wherein the first region, the second region and the interfacial region have coefficients of thermal expansion that differ from one another by less than 2*10 −6 /K.

7. The mold of claim 1 , wherein the interfacial region inhibits the diffusion of constituents of the electroceramic material and of the structural ceramic material.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 8, 2023
From: EPCOS AG
To: TDK ELECTRONICS AG
Reel/Frame 062998/0643 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2011
From: IHLE, JAN; KAHR, WERNER; STEINBERGER, BERNHARD
To: EPCOS AG
Reel/Frame 026173/0048 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2008 036 836 · Aug 7, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110186711A1 · Aug 4, 2011