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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
May. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Brian S. Modrzejewski, Keller, TX (US);
Carlos Fenny, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/34 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61F 7/02 (2006.01); A41D 1/04 (2006.01); A41D 31/00 (2006.01); A41D 13/005 (2006.01); F41H 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/342 (2013.01); A41D 1/04 (2013.01); A41D 13/0051 (2013.01); A41D 31/00 (2013.01); A61F 7/007 (2013.01); F41H 1/02 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0071 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0234 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heater system includes a bag forming a cavity, a fluid bladder carried within the cavity and forming a fluidly sealed chamber. The fluid bladder being configured to store electrorheological fluid within a fluidly sealed chamber. The heater system further including an electrical wire in fluid communication with the electrorheological fluid and a heater blanket carried within the cavity. The method includes altering the electrorheological fluid with a current and providing heat with a heater blanket.