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Granted Patent B1
US 11,920,800 · App. 18/209,216 · Granted Mar 5, 2024

Electric space heater

Inventor: Yun Zhou (Niles, IL)
Assignee: MZY LLC
F24D13/02H05B3/22
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,920,800
App. No.
18/209,216
Granted
Mar 5, 2024
Kind
B1
Abstract

An electric space heater having foldable panels is disclosed. A foldable panel may comprise a plural plate-like members and a flexible non-conductive material. The plural plate-like members including (i) a first plate-like member, a second plate-like member, a third plate-like member. The first plate-like member may have a heating element having a first radiation emitting surface and a second interior surface, and (b) a board adhesively bonded to said second interior surface; the second plate-like member may have (a) a heating element having a first radiation emitting surface and a second interior surface, and (b) a board adhesively bonded to said second interior surface; the third plate-like member may have (a) a heating element having a first radiation emitting surface and a second interior surface, and (b) a board adhesively bonded to said second interior surface.

Claims (59)

1. A foldable panel comprising:

an electronic controls stem wherein the electronic controls stem comprises an accelerometer,

a plural plate-like members, said plural plate-like members including

(i) a first plate-like member having

(a) a heating element having a first radiation emitting surface and a second interior surface, and

(b) a board adhesively bonded to said second interior surface,

(ii) a second plate-like member having

(a) a heating element having a first radiation emitting surface and a second interior surface, and

(b) a board adhesively bonded to said second interior surface,

(iii) a third plate-like member having

(a) a heating element having a first radiation emitting surface and a second interior surface, and

(b) a board adhesively bonded to said second interior surface,

a flexible non-conductive material attached to a surface of each of said plural plate-like members from a top to a bottom so as to interconnect said plural plate-like members such that said plural plate-like members are foldable, from an unfolded condition, into a folded condition by folding said second plate-like member relative to said first plate-like member about said first side of said first plate-like member; and

a first folding margin member being connected to each of said first plate-like member and said second plate-like member via said flexible non-conductive material,

wherein when said plural plate-like members are in the unfolded condition, and said first folding margin member is between said first side of said first plate-like member and said first side of said second plate-like member.

2. The foldable panel according to claim 1 further comprising a fourth plate-like member having

(a) a heating element having a first radiation emitting surface and a second interior surface, and

(b) a board adhesively bonded to said second interior surface.

3. The foldable panel according to claim 2 , further comprising a fifth plate-like member having

(a) a heating element having a first radiation emitting surface and a second interior surface, and

(b) a board adhesively bonded to said second interior surface.

4. The foldable panel according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a second folding margin member connected to said second plate-like member and said third plate-like member via said flexible non-conductive material.

5. The foldable panel according to claim 3 , wherein said plural plate-like members are each rectangular in shape such that said plural plate-like members, by being interconnected by said flexible non-conductive material, define a quadrangular configuration.

6. The foldable panel according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a third folding margin member connected to said third plate-like member and said fourth plate-like member via said flexible non-conductive material.

7. The foldable panel according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a fourth folding margin member connected to said fourth plate-like member and said fifth plate-like member via said flexible non-conductive material.

8. The foldable panel according to claim 3 , further comprising a backing material attached to the board of the first plate-like member; the board of the second plate-like member; and the board of the third plate-like member.

9. The foldable panel according to claim 8 , wherein the backing material is further attached to the board of the fourth plate-like member.

10. The foldable panel according to claim 9 , wherein the backing material further is attached to the board of the fifth plate-like member.

11. A foldable panel comprising:

an electronic control system, wherein the electronic control system comprise an accelerometer;

a plural plate-like members, said plural plate-like members including

(i) a first plate-like member having

(a) a heating element having a first radiation emitting surface and a second interior surface, and

(b) a board adhesively bonded to said second interior surface,

(ii) a second plate-like member having

(a) a heating element having a first radiation emitting surface and a second interior surface, and

a flexible non-conductive material attached to a surface of each of said plural plate-like members so as to interconnect said plural plate-like members such that said plural plate-like members are foldable, from an unfolded condition, into a folded condition by folding said second plate-like member relative to said first plate-like member about said first side of said first plate-like member;

a backing material attached to the board of the first plate-like member; the board of the second plate-like member; and

a first folding margin member being connected to each of said first plate-like member and said second plate-like member via said flexible non-conductive material from a top to a bottom, wherein when said plural plate-like members are in the unfolded condition, and said first folding margin member is between said first side of said first plate-like member and said first side of said second plate-like member.

12. The foldable panel according to claim 11 further comprising a third plate-like member having

(a) a heating element having a first radiation emitting surface and a second interior surface, and

(b) a board adhesively bonded to said second interior surface.

13. The foldable panel according to claim 12 , further comprising a fourth plate-like member having

(a) a heating element having a first radiation emitting surface and a second interior surface, and

(b) a board adhesively bonded to said second interior surface.

14. The foldable panel according to claim 13 , further comprising a fifth plate-like member having

(a) a heating element having a first radiation emitting surface and a second interior surface, and

(b) a board adhesively bonded to said second interior surface.

15. The foldable panel according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a second folding margin member connected to said second plate-like member and said third plate-like member via said flexible non-conductive material.

16. The foldable panel according to claim 13 , further comprising:

a third folding margin member connected to said third plate-like member and said fourth plate-like member via said flexible non-conductive material.

17. The foldable panel according to claim 14 , further comprising:

a fourth folding margin member connected to said fourth plate-like member and said fifth plate-like member via said flexible non-conductive material.

18. The foldable panel according to claim 13 , wherein the fourth plate-like member is configured to connect to the second plate-like member.

19. The foldable panel according to claim 17 further comprising a fifth folding margin member connected to said fourth plate-like member and said 2nd plate-like member via said flexible non-conductive material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2023
From: ZHOU, YUN
To: MZY LLC
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