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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Gentherm Gmbh, Odelzhausen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Gentherm GmbH, Odelzhausen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 1/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/56 (2006.01); B62D 1/06 (2006.01); B62D 1/04 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/5685 (2013.01); B60N 2/002 (2013.01); B60R 21/01532 (2014.10); B62D 1/046 (2013.01); B62D 1/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system comprising: a heater located within a steering wheel and a heater located within a vehicle seat; wherein the steering wheel is a first plate and the vehicle seat is a second plate and a shift in a signal is monitored from the first plate, the second plate, or both so that a presence and absence of an occupant is detected, and wherein the heater in the steering wheel and the heater in the vehicle seat are a sensor.