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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
May. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Koji Yoshimoto, Nara, JP;
Norio Abe, Nara, JP;
Kazuaki Hioki, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Ogino, Nara, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 7/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A planar heating device and a seat equipped with the device include: first and second warming heaters connected in parallel with electric power source; thermistor; thermostat connected in series with second warming heater; a heating part, i.e., first warming heater, that heats thermistor and thermostat; and controller to control temperatures of first and second warming heaters in accordance with temperature information from thermistor. For a period until thermostat turns off, quick-heating property is improved by energizing first and second warming heaters.