Fail safe heater assembly

A heating assembly for operative union with a heat sink and/or work piece, the heating assembly comprising:

• a. a heater characterized by a resistive heating element and a dielectric substrate, said resistive heating element supported upon said dielectric substrate, said heater including leads for operative union with a current source;
• and,
• b. a resistive sensor, substantially coextensive with said resistive heating element of said heater and united with said heater so as to define a composite heating assembly, said resistive sensor characterized by a first resistive sensor portion having a first resistive element and a second resistive sensor portion having a second resistive element, said first resistive element including leads for operative union with a real time monitoring system, said second resistive element including leads for operative union with the real time monitoring system, comparative resistance monitoring of each of said resistive elements of said resistive sensor thereby effectuated in furtherance of detection of a change in a conductive interface for, between and among said heater and the heat sink and/or work piece.

A heating assembly for operative union with a heat sink and/or work piece, the heating assembly comprising:

• a. a heater characterized by a resistive heating element and a dielectric substrate, said resistive heating element supported upon said dielectric substrate, said heater including leads for operative union with a current source;
• and,
• b. a resistive sensor, substantially coextensive with said resistive heating element of said heater and united with said heater so as to define a composite heating assembly, said resistive sensor characterized by a first resistive sensor portion having a resistive material delimiting a first resistive pattern and a second resistive sensor portion having a resistive material delimiting a second resistive pattern, said first resistive pattern and said second resistive pattern conductively united so as to delimit a resistive element/circuit, said resistive element including leads for operative union with a real time monitoring system in furtherance of detection of a change in a conductive interface for, between and among said heater and the heat sink and/or work piece.