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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2007
Roman Ferber, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Mordechai Lev, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Shianp Jyh Chung, Taipei, TW;
Roman Ferber, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Mordechai Lev, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Shianp Jyh Chung, Taipei, TW;
FKA Distributing Co., Commerce Township, MI (US);
Abstract
A massage apparatus is provided with a housing, and a substrate mounted for rotation to the housing and driven by a motor. A massage node and a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) heater are mounted to the substrate. A pair of contacts and a pair of brushes maintain electrical engagement of the PTC heater with the housing during rotation of the substrate. Another embodiment provides an infrared light emitting diode (LED) beneath the massage node in electrical communication with the housing due to the contacts and brushes. Another embodiment provides a method for imparting a heated massage effect by providing a massage apparatus with a message mechanism, a PTC heater and a plurality of infrared LEDs. A massage effect is imparted and a warm-up operation is initiated of the PTC heater and the LEDs. The warm-up operation of the PTC heater is discontinued upon the massage mechanism reaching a predefined temperature.