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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2013
Applicant:
W.e.t. Automotive Systems, Ltd., Windsor, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
GENTHERM GMBH, Odelzhausen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/34 (2006.01); H05B 3/00 (2006.01); B23P 11/00 (2006.01); H01C 17/065 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/0004 (2013.01); B23P 11/00 (2013.01); H01C 17/0652 (2013.01); H01C 17/06586 (2013.01); H05B 3/342 (2013.01); H05B 2203/029 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
A heater comprising: (a) a non-woven heating layer having: a forward surface, a rearward surface, and a plurality of edges around a periphery of the heating layer; (b) two or more connections to a power source; wherein the heating layer is made up of a plurality of individual fibers that are randomly oriented; and wherein substantially all of the non-woven heating layer produces heat when power is to the non-woven heating layer.