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Granted Patent B2
US 12,610,433 · App. 18/107,297 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Dielectric heating device

Inventor: Tadashi Aizawa (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
H05B6/48B41J11/00218
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Patent No.
US 12,610,433
App. No.
18/107,297
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dielectric heating device includes a first electrode and a second electrode that face an object to be heated and to which an AC voltage is applied, and a coil that is electrically coupled in series to the first electrode. A linear distance between one end and the other end of the coil is equal to or smaller than a linear distance between the one end and a central portion of the coil in a magnetic path direction of the coil.

Claims (18)

1 . A dielectric heating device comprising:

a first electrode and a second electrode that face an object to be heated and to which an AC voltage is applied; and

a coil that is electrically coupled in series to the first electrode, wherein

a linear distance between one end and another end of the coil is equal to or smaller than a linear distance between the one end and a central portion of the coil in a magnetic path direction of the coil,

the first electrode is in an oval shape and extends along a first direction in a plan view, and a bottom of the first electrode has a curved convex surface, and

the second electrode is in an oval-ring shape and surrounds the first electrode in the plan view.

2 . The dielectric heating device according to claim 1 , wherein

the coil is formed in an annular shape such that an annular magnetic path is formed in the coil.

3 . The dielectric heating device according to claim 1 , wherein

the coil is covered with the first electrode when projected onto a plane perpendicular to a direction in which the object to be heated and the first electrode face each other.

4 . The dielectric heating device according to claim 1 , wherein

a linear distance between the first electrode and the one end of the coil is equal to or smaller than a linear distance between the first electrode and the central portion of the coil.

5 . The dielectric heating device according to claim 1 , wherein

the coil includes a core.

6 . The dielectric heating device according to claim 5 , wherein

the core is made of resin or ceramics.

7 . The dielectric heating device according to claim 5 , wherein

the core has a hollow portion along the magnetic path direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2023
From: AIZAWA, TADASHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-018662 · Feb 9, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230254949A1 · Aug 10, 2023
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