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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2005
Yasuo Oishi, Niiza, JP;
Katsuya Okamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Oishi, Niiza, JP;
Katsuya Okamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Honda Access Corp., Saitma, JP;
Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A grip heater control apparatus enabling a driver to visually identifying the electrified condition of a heater and to control the temperature of the heater easily during vehicle driving and enabling the configuration for the temperature control and the visual identification to be space-saving. A single light emitter () is provided as an indicator along with heater temperature operators () at an end of a grip (). The indication control unit includes a unit for executing an operating state indication control process including a process of variably setting a first predetermined cycle, which is a blinking cycle of the light emitter (), according to target electric energy set by a target electric energy setting unit in response to an operation of the heater temperature operator () when operated and a process of blinking the light emitter () in the set first predetermined cycle.