IP Library Granted Patent US 11,325,511
Granted Patent B2
US 11,325,511 · App. 16/481,357 · Granted May 10, 2022

Seat heater

Inventors: Tomohisa Hayakawa (Shiga, JP); Takaaki Hyoudou (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
B60N2/5685B60N2/5657H05B3/20H05B2203/003H05B2203/029
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Patent No.
US 11,325,511
App. No.
16/481,357
Granted
May 10, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A seat heater mounted to a seat includes: a heating wire; a base material provided with the heating wire and having air permeability; an excessive temperature rise prevention element that prevents an excessive temperature rise of the heating wire; and an auxiliary heating wire that heats the excessive temperature rise prevention element, in which air permeability in an auxiliary heater area provided with the auxiliary heating wire is lower than air permeability in a heater area provided with the heating wire, so that heat dissipation in the auxiliary heater area is suppressed to enable a temperature of the excessive temperature rise prevention element to rise efficiently to follow the temperature rise of the heater area.

Claims (23)

1. A seat heater mounted to a seat,

the seat heater comprising:

a heating wire;

a base material;

an excessive temperature rise prevention element; and

an auxiliary heating wire,

wherein the base material is provided with the heating wire and has air permeability, the excessive temperature rise prevention element prevents an excessive temperature rise of the heating wire, and the auxiliary heating wire heats the excessive temperature rise prevention element,

wherein the base material includes a heater area and an auxiliary heater area, and

wherein the heating wire is disposed in the heater area, and the excessive temperature rise prevention element and the auxiliary heating wire are disposed in the auxiliary heater area, and

wherein the base material in the heater area includes an air vent hole and the base material in the auxiliary heater area includes no air hole.

2. The seat heater according to claim 1 , wherein the base material in the auxiliary heater area is provided with a sheet having air permeability lower than the air permeability of the base material in the heat area.

3. The seat heater according to claim 1 , wherein the excessive temperature rise prevention element and the auxiliary heater area with a covering material having air permeability lower than the air permeability of the base material in the heat area.

4. A seat heater mounted to a seat, the seat heater comprising:

a heating wire;

a base material;

an excessive temperature rise prevention element; and

an auxiliary heating wire,

wherein the base material is provided with the heating wire and has air permeability, the excessive temperature rise prevention element prevents an excessive temperature rise of the heating wire, and the auxiliary heating wire heats the excessive temperature rise prevention element,

wherein the base material includes a heater area and an auxiliary heater area,

wherein the heating wire is disposed in the heater area, and the excessive temperature rise prevention element and the auxiliary heating wire are disposed in the auxiliary heater area, and

wherein the base material to have a mesh structure with the auxiliary heater area having meshes smaller than meshes in the heater area.

5. The seat heater according to claim 4 , wherein the base material in the auxiliary heater area is provided with a sheet having air permeability lower than the air permeability of the base material in the heat area.

6. The seat heater according to claim 4 , wherein the excessive temperature rise prevention element and the auxiliary heater area are covered with a covering material having air permeability lower than the air permeability of the base material in the heat area.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066703/0177 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2019
From: HAYAKAWA, TOMOHISA; HYOUDOU, TAKAAKI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051327/0336 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-016514 · Feb 1, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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