Patent · US Expired

Heater, heater-equipped steering wheel, and method of manufacturing such steering wheel

US6414270B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 20, 2001
Grant dateJul 2, 2002
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Expiry dateSep 20, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/20834
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A heater for a steering wheel includes a heater main body arranged on a rim of the steering wheel and formed like a net. The heater main body comprises a plurality of heater wires for generating heat upon energization and side edges arranged along longitudinal edges of the heater main body and fixed at an inner periphery of the rim.

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