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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
May. 04, 2018
I.r.c.a. S.p.a. Industria Resistenze Corazzate E Affini, Vittorio Veneto, IT;
Federico Zoppas, Treviso, IT;
Mauro Berioli, Vittorio Veneto, IT;
Roberto Oboe, Vicenza, IT;
Michele Peterle, San Pietro di Feletto, IT;
Paolo Magnone, Vicenza, IT;
I.R.C.A. S.P.A. INDUSTRIA RESISTENZE CORAZZATE E AFFINI, Vittorio Veneto, IT;
Abstract
A heating and capacitive sensing device for a steering wheel of a motor vehicle. The device includes a support made from an electrically insulating flexible material to which at least an electrically conductive first track and at least an electrically conductive second track are fixed. An electronic control unit including a capacitance reading module is electrically connected to the at least one second track. The electronic control unit is configured to control the at least one first track and at least one second track, so that the at least one first track is suited to generate heat for heating the steering wheel, and at least one second track is configured to operate as a capacitive sensor means by sending capacitance values to the electronic control unit.