I.r.c.a. S.p.a. Industria Resistenze Corazzate E Affini

Mauro Berioli

Federico Zoppas

Roberto Oboe

Paolo Magnone

Michele Peterle

Antonio De Moliner

Francesco Giusto

Angelo Morello

Device () for a system for detecting a contact between a user and a steering wheel () of a vehicle, and for heating the steering wheel (). The device includes an electrically insulating support (); a first track () for heating the steering wheel (), a second track () for detecting the contact, and a third track () for avoiding the detection of false contacts. The first track (), the second track () and the third track () are electrically conductive, distinct from one another and arranged on the same surface of the electrically insulating support (), wherein the third track () is arranged between the first track () and the second track ().

Heating and detecting device for detecting a contact between a user and a steering wheel of a vehicle, and for heating the steering wheel

An induction heater for a cooking surface. The induction heater includes an electrically insulating layer, at least one inductor defining a winding adapted to heat at least one cooking utensil, at least one sensor adapted to detect whether the at least one cooking utensil is placed above the cooking surface, and at least one magnetic flux concentrator. The at least one inductor and the at least one sensor are arranged on the electrically insulating layer. That layer is interposed between the at least one inductor and the at least one magnetic flux concentrator.

Induction heater for a cooktop

A device () for detecting the contact between a user and a steering wheel () of a vehicle, the device () comprising: an electrically insulating support (); a first electrically conductive track () fastened to the support () and comprising a plurality of first peaks () alternated with a plurality of first troughs () along a direction (D), wherein the first track () is distributed over the support so that the surface of the first track () adapted to come into contact with a user's hand decreases along said direction (D).

Steering wheel sensor

A heating and capacitive sensing device for a steering wheel of a motor vehicle. The device includes a support made from an electrically insulating flexible material to which at least an electrically conductive first track and at least an electrically conductive second track are fixed. An electronic control unit including a capacitance reading module is electrically connected to the at least one second track. The electronic control unit is configured to control the at least one first track and at least one second track, so that the at least one first track is suited to generate heat for heating the steering wheel, and at least one second track is configured to operate as a capacitive sensor means by sending capacitance values to the electronic control unit.

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Vittorio Veneto, Italy

Mauro Berioli