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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:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Takaaki Hyoudou, Kyoto, JP;
Tomohisa Hayakawa, Shiga, JP;
Kazumi Nagayama, Shiga, JP;
Yuki Sonoda, Shiga, JP;
Hiroshi Isono, Shiga, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/04 (2006.01); H05B 3/34 (2006.01); B62D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/065 (2013.01); H05B 3/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steering wheel heater includes: a base material that is wound around a steering wheel; a heater wire that generates heat by an electric current flowing through the heater wire; and a sewing thread that is used to sew the heater wire to one surface of the base material. A plurality of through holes that have a diameter smaller than a sewing pitch of stitches of the sewing thread used to sew the heater wire are formed in the base material.