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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Gentherm Gmbh, Odelzhausen, DE;
Inventors:
Jack Barfuss, Windsor, CA;
Grzegorz Kawa, Windsor, CA;
Syed Rafat Iqbal, LaSalle, CA;
Bruno Orlando, Windsor, CA;
Vincent Libbrecht, Windsor, CA;
Assignee:
Gentherm GmbH, Odelzhausen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 1/02 (2006.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/56 (2006.01); H05B 3/34 (2006.01); B62D 1/04 (2006.01); B62D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/0236 (2013.01); B60N 2/002 (2013.01); B60N 2/5678 (2013.01); B60N 2/5685 (2013.01); B62D 1/046 (2013.01); B62D 1/065 (2013.01); H05B 1/02 (2013.01); H05B 3/34 (2013.01); H05B 2214/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A combination heater and sensor comprising: (a) a heating layer, a sensing layer, or both; (b) one or more power application portions, one or more sensing application portions, or both; wherein the heating layer and the sensing layer are located within the same plane; and wherein the heating layer is a nonwoven layer that is comprised of a plurality of metallized fibers that are randomly oriented forming the heating layer so that upon application of power the heating layer provides heat.