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US 7,800,029 · App. 11/687,900 · Granted Sep 21, 2010

Heating device

Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,800,029
App. No.
11/687,900
Granted
Sep 21, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heating device includes a high-frequency electrode embedded substantially in parallel with a heating surface of a ceramics base in the vicinity of the heating surface. A conducting hole toward this high-frequency electrode is formed in a back face of the ceramics base. This high-frequency electrode has a trapezoidal cone-like concave section toward the conducting hole at a region opposed to the conducting hole.

Claims (16)

1. A heating device comprising:

a ceramic base having a heating surface for heating an object and an opposed surface, wherein a hole is formed in said opposed surface and extends toward said heating surface; and

a mesh electrode embedded in said ceramic base and extending substantially parallel to said heating surface, wherein a portion of said mesh electrode proximate said hole has a trapezoidal concave shape extending away from said heating surface.

2. The heating device according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between a part other than the trapezoidal concave portion of the mesh electrode and the heating surface is 1.2 mm or less.

3. The heating device according to claim 1 , wherein the trapezoidal concave portion has a bottom face having a diameter of 3 mm- 5 mm, a depth of 1 mm- 3 mm, a maximum diameter of 7 mm or less, and a side wall having an inclination angle larger than 30° and smaller than 75°.

4. A heating device comprising:

a ceramic base having a heating surface for heating an object and an opposed surface, wherein a hole is formed in said opposed surface and extends toward said heating surface; and

an electrode embedded in said ceramic base, said electrode having a first portion that extends substantially parallel to said heating surface at a first distance from said heating surface, and a second portion proximate said hole that extends substantially parallel to said heating surface at a second distance from said heating surface, wherein said second distance is greater than said first distance.

5. The heating device according to claim 4 , wherein said first distance is 1.2 mm or less.

6. The heating device according to claim 4 , wherein said second portion of said electrode has a trapezoidal concave shape with a bottom face having a diameter of 3 mm- 5 mm, a depth of 1 mm- 3 mm, a maximum diameter of 7 mm or less, and a side wall having an inclination angle larger than 30° and smaller than 75°.

7. A heating device comprising:

a ceramic base having a heating surface for heating an object and an opposed surface, wherein a hole is formed in said opposed surface and extends toward said heating surface;

an electrode embedded in said ceramic base and extending substantially parallel to said heating surface, wherein a portion of said mesh electrode proximate said hole has a trapezoidal concave shape extending away from said heating surface;

a stress relaxation member bonded to a surface of said ceramic base within said hole via a joining layer; and

a power supply member joined to said stress relaxation member.

8. The heating device according to claim 7 , wherein the trapezoidal concave portion has a bottom face having a diameter of 3 mm- 5 mm, a depth of 1 mm- 3 mm, a maximum diameter of 7 mm or less, and a side wall having an inclination angle larger than 30° and smaller than 75°.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2007
From: NISHIOKA, MASAO
To: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 019030/0700 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-084104 · Mar 24, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070221662A1 · Sep 27, 2007