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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2022
Applicant:
Gentherm Incorporated, Northville, MI (US);
Inventors:
Adam Joseph Steinman, Ferndale, MI (US);
James Francis Gallagher, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Assignee:
GENTHERM INCORPORATED, Novi, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/56 (2006.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/5678 (2013.01); B60N 2/5657 (2013.01); H05B 1/0238 (2013.01); H05B 2203/029 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method that includes supplying an amount of power to a thermal system to effect a temperate change of a touch surface; determining a rate of the temperature change of the touch surface; comparing the determined rate of the temperature change to a predetermined rate threshold; and changing the amount of power supplied to the thermal system after the comparing step based on whether the determined rate of temperature change is less than or greater than the predetermined rate threshold.