Patent · US Expired

Controllably heated clothing

US4404460A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 12, 1982
Grant dateSep 13, 1983
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 12, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B2203/036
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Heated clothing includes: (a) multiple clothing sections adapted to cover different portions of the human body, (b) electrical wires carried by such sections and including bus wires and heater wires, and (c) circuitry for controlling battery powered electrical current flow to such wires, and including switch structure connected in series with one or more of the heater wires for interrupting current flow thereto without requiring disconnection of bus wires.

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