Induction heating using induction coils in series-parallel circuits

Title: Induction heating using induction coils in series-parallel circuits

A part is inductively heated by multiple, self-regulating induction coil circuits having susceptors, coupled together in parallel and in series with an AC power supply. Each of the circuits includes a tuning capacitor that tunes the circuit to resonate at the frequency of AC power supply.

Inventors:: Matsen, Marc Rollo; Geren, William Preston; Miller, Robert James; Negley, Mark Alan; Dykstra, William Chet

Issue Date:: 2017-11-14

OSTI Identifier:: 1408889

Assignee:: THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, IL) GFO

Patent Number(s):: 9,820,339

Application Number:: 13/248,134

Contract Number:: FG36-08GO18135

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2011 Sep 29

Research Org:: The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING; 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION

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