A board, including a first pad area, a second pad area, a first micro heater, a second micro heater, a first heater terminal pad, a second heater terminal pad, and a third heater terminal pad, is provided. The first pad area and the second pad area respectively include at least one pad. The first micro heater and the second micro heater are respectively disposed corresponding to the first pad area and the second pad area. The first heater terminal pad and the second heater terminal pad form a loop with the first micro heater by being electrically connected to an outside, so that the first micro heater generates heat. The second heater terminal pad and the third heater terminal pad form another loop with the second micro heater by being electrically connected to the outside, so that the second micro heater generates heat. A circuit board and a fixture are also provided.

An electric grill with a cooking surface for cooking food, which cooking surface has at least two adjacent heating zones is disclosed. Each heating zone of the grill is assigned a first electrical heating element 8 for heating the cooking surface in this heating zone, H.sub.1, H.sub.2. A second heating element 9 is arranged in a subset of the heating zones (H.sub.1) for increasing the heating power in this heating zone (H.sub.1) with a power input that at least matches that of a first heating element 8 of another heating zone (H.sub.2). The grill 1 has a heating element switchover feature, such that, when a second heating element 9 is switched on in a heating zone H.sub.1 with two heating elements 8, 9, a power corresponding to the power input of the second heating element 9 that is switched on or to be switched on is switched off on first heating elements 8 in one or more other heating zones H.sub.1, or switching on such power is blocked.

A method including receiving a model of a composite structure having an inconsistency. The model includes a pre-calculated heating model that specifies areas of the inconsistency for which corresponding different amounts of heating are applied to an uncured composite material that is applied to the inconsistency. A design for heating elements of varying density across the areas is generated from the model. The design is configured to cause the heating elements in a first sub-area of a heat blanket system to generate a first amount of heat in a third area in the areas, and to cause the heating elements in a second sub-area of the heat blanket system to generate a second, different amount of heat in a fourth area of the areas. The heating elements are printed according to the design on a blanket to manufacture the heat blanket system.

Embodiments of the invention are directed to an apparatus that includes a moveable gripper element that includes a flexible inner sleeve. A mechanical energy source mechanism is communicatively coupled to the moveable gripper element, and the flexible sleeve defines an opening. The mechanical energy source mechanism transfers to the moveable gripper element a gripping force configured to move the moveable outer sleeve, reduce a size of the adjustable opening, and bring the flexible inner sleeve into an initial level of thermal contact with a container positioned within the adjustable opening. The mechanical energy source mechanism is configured to, subsequent to establishing the initial level of thermal contact, make adjustments to the gripping force, wherein the adjustment to gripping force increase thermal contact points at an interface between the flexible inner sleeve and the container; and displace air from the interface between the flexible inner sleeve and the container.

Embodiments of the invention are directed to an apparatus that includes a moveable gripper element including a flexible inner sleeve. A mechanical energy source mechanism is communicatively coupled to the moveable gripper element, and a sensor network is communicatively coupled to the moveable gripper. A controller is communicatively coupled to the mechanical energy source mechanism and the sensor network. The flexible inner sleeve defines an adjustable opening. The controller controls the mechanical energy source mechanism to transfer to the moveable gripper element a gripping force configured to move the moveable outer sleeve, reduce a size of the adjustable opening, and bring the flexible inner sleeve into an initial level of thermal contact with a container positioned within the adjustable opening. The controller is configured to, subsequent to establishing the initial level of thermal contact, control the mechanical energy source mechanism to make adjustments to the gripping force.

An apparatus (100) for heating a fluid is proposed. The apparatus comprises at least one electrically conductive pipeline (112) and/or at least one electrically conductive pipeline segment (114) for receiving the fluid, and at least one single-phase AC power source and/or at least one single-phase AC voltage source (126), each pipeline (112) and/or each pipeline segment (114) being assigned a sin-gle-phase AC power source and/or a single-phase AC voltage source (126) which is connected to the respective pipeline (112) and/or to the respective pipeline segment (114), the respective single-phase AC power source and/or single-phase AC voltage source (126) being designed to generate an electrical current in the respective pipeline (112) and/or in the respective pipeline segment (114), which warms up the respective pipeline (112) and/or the respective pipeline segment (114) by Joulean heat, which is produced when the electrical current passes through conducting pipe material, for heating the fluid, the single-phase AC power source and/or the single-phase AC voltage source (126) being connected to the pipeline (112) and/or the pipeline segment (114) in an electrically conducting manner in such a way that the alternating current generated flows into the pipeline (112) and/or the pipeline segment (114) via a forward conductor (128) and flows back to the AC power source and/or AC voltage source (126) via a return conductor (130).

A heat blanket system including a blanket including a first sub-area and a second sub-area. The heat blanket system also includes heating elements printed on the blanket. First spacings between first ones of the heating elements in the first sub-area varies relative to second spacings between second ones of the heating elements in the second sub-area. The first spacings and the second spacings vary according to a design. The design is configured for use on a uniquely defined rework area on a uniquely defined composite material object including a third area including a heat sink region and a fourth area including a non-heat sink region. The first sub-area is sized and dimensioned to be placed over the third area. The second sub-area is sized and dimensioned to be placed over the fourth area.

An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-forming substrate; and a heater assembly configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate, the heater assembly including an array of heating elements, a plurality of the heating elements of the array each including at least one circuit-breaker component, and each of the circuit-breaker components being individually activatable to selectively deactivate an area of the heater assembly prior to heating such that, upon heating, the aerosol-generating article selectively heats a portion of the aerosol-forming substrate corresponding to a non-deactivated part of the heater assembly. A device for the aerosol-generating article, and an aerosol-generating system, are also provided.

Disclosed is an article for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The article includes a carrier having plural thermally-conductive portions, on which are locatable respective discrete quantities of smokable material. Between the portions of the carrier, the carrier is shaped to form a thermal barrier for inhibiting heat conduction from one or more of the portions of the carrier towards another of the portions of the carrier in use.

A glass with a function of regulation in sections includes a glass body and a conductive component. The glass body includes a glass substrate and a functional component attached to the glass substrate and divided into sections capable of being individually regulated. The conductive component is coupled to each section of the functional component. The conductive component includes a flexible printed circuit and a conductive adhesive. The flexible printed circuit includes a conductive trace electrically connected to each section of the functional component via the conductive adhesive to allow an individual regulation of each section of the functional component. The glass with a function of regulation in sections is capable of regulating a function of a target section of the functional component according to a user's instruction and an environmental parameter.