IP Library Granted Patent US 8,814,262
Granted Patent B2
US 8,814,262 · App. 13/259,520 · Granted Aug 26, 2014

Vehicle seat heater

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Patent No.
US 8,814,262
App. No.
13/259,520
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle seat heater, which is to be fitted to a vehicle seat, includes a base sheet and a heater wire laid in the base sheet. The heater wire is laid in the base sheet so as not to orthogonally intersect its predicted wrinkle lines R. As a result, disconnections of the heater wire caused by repeated deformations of the vehicle seat heater can be suppressed.

Claims (5)

1. A vehicle seat heater which is to be fitted to a vehicle seat, comprising:

a base sheet having a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, the first portion and the third portion arranged in a front-back direction of the vehicle seat, the second portion defined by a bridge between the first portion and the third portion, the bridge having a maximum widthwise dimension less than a width of the first and third portions; and

a heater wire laid in the base sheet, wherein

the heater wire is laid in the second portion of the base sheet so as not to orthogonally intersect a widthwise line of the second portion of the base sheet extending in a direction orthogonal to the front-back direction, and

a portion of the vehicle seat heater where the widthwise line is present is positioned between two reinforcing sheets in the second portion attached to the base sheet, thereby making it lower in rigidity than its surrounding portions.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066703/0278 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 21, 2024
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066644/0600 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2011
From: ABE, NORIO; FUJIWARA, YOSHIMITSU; HIOKI, KAZUAKI; NISHIKAWA, MASANORI; NAGAYAMA, KAZUMI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027402/0775 →