US 12,082,312 B2
Electrical heaters for exhaust aftertreatment systems and assemblies
Thomas Adam Collins, Bradford, NY (US)
Assigned to Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US)
Appl. No. 18/287,128
Filed by CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 26, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/026362
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/235459, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/279,366, filed on Nov. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/183,573, filed on May 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0206019 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. H05B 3/03 (2006.01); H05B 3/06 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); F01N 3/027 (2006.01); F01N 3/20 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 3/06 (2013.01) [B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); F01N 3/0275 (2013.01); F01N 3/2026 (2013.01); F01N 2240/16 (2013.01); H05B 3/03 (2013.01); H05B 2203/003 (2013.01); H05B 2203/022 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical heater assembly comprising:
a heater body comprising a plurality of slots forming a serpentine current-carrying path through the heater body, each slot comprising:
a first end portion extending from an outer periphery of the heater body, the first end portion including a first width;
a second end portion terminating within the heater body, the second end portion including a second width; and
a receptacle portion located between the first end portion and the second end portion, the receptacle portion including a third width greater than the first width and the second width.