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Self-regulating heater with integral induction coil and method of manufacture thereof

  • US 5,087,804 A
  • Filed: 12/28/1990
  • Issued: 02/11/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A self-regulating heater, comprising:

  • a body comprising electrically non-conductive material;

    an internal induction coil embedded within the body;

    lossy heating particles dispersed within the body, the lossy heating particles producing heat when subjected to an alternating magnetic field produced by the internal induction coil, the lossy heating particles having a Curie transition temperature approximately equal to an auto-regulation temperature at which the body is heated; and

    connection means for supplying power to the internal induction coil so that the induction coil can produce an alternating magnetic field of sufficient intensity to cause the lossy heating particles to heat the body to the auto-regulation temperature.

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