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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2020
Applicant:
Gentherm Inc., Northville, MI (US);
Inventors:
Shane Greenwood, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Casey Saenz, Famington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Gentherm GmbH, Odelzhausen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/56 (2006.01); B62D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/0236 (2013.01); H05B 1/0238 (2013.01); B60N 2/5678 (2013.01); B62D 1/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heater control system includes a heater driver, a current sensor, a slope calculator, and a mode selector. The heater driver is configured to control current to a heater. The current sensor is configured to sense current supplied to the heater. The slope calculator is configured to calculate a slope of the current supplied to the heater. The mode selector is configured to adjust current supplied to the heater by the heated driver based on the slope of the current.