Patent · US Expired

Temperature compensation warming fabric

US6686561B2 · kind B2 · utility

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31Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 31, 2002
Grant dateFeb 3, 2004
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2022

Classification

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

Abstract

Disclosed is a warming blanket system having a fabric comprising a heating element, a data temperature mechanism configured to provide ambient air temperature data, a user input configured to provide user heat output preference data for a given normal ambient temperature, and a control system configured to input said air temperature and user heat output preference data and adjust heat output to said heating element based upon a deviation of a measured ambient temperature from said normal ambient temperature.

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