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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2018
Harley-davidson Motor Company Group, Llc, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Andrew Alfred Knitt, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Robert Kenneth Alexander, Jackson, WI (US);
Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for heating a handgrip of a vehicle. One system includes a first handgrip including a first heating element and a first temperature sensor and a second handgrip including a second heating element and a second temperature sensor. The system further includes a polarity switching circuit configured to provide power, when active in a first polarity, to the second temperature sensor and provide power, when in a second polarity, to the second heating element. The system includes an electronic processor configured to receive, when the polarity switching circuit is active in the first polarity, a temperature signal from the second temperature sensor, compare the temperature signal to a predetermined threshold, and set, in response to the temperature signal failing to exceed the predetermined temperature threshold, the polarity switching circuit to the second polarity.