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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8101887 | Heated steering wheel cover The heated steering wheel cover includes a resilient, flexible, substantially annular member having an open bottom portion enabling the substantially annular member to be removably fitted over a vehicle's steering wheel. A heating element is disposed inside of the s... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7741581 | Heatable steering wheel A heatable steering wheel includes a steering wheel blank, a heating mat wrapped around the steering wheel blank, a first, visible hard sheathing whose surface is refinished after having been installed, a second, visible softer sheathing, both of the sheathings abut... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7671299 | Internal handlebar heater A heating assembly used for providing heat to the hands of a person using equipment with handlebars. The heating assembly is installed internal to the handlebars and provides heat to the handlebar grips normally installed on equipment of this type. This system works... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7378615 | Steering wheel heating apparatus A steering wheel heating apparatus includes a steering wheel that includes an annular member and a pair of supports that are attached to and extend inwardly from the annular member. Each of the supports is attached to a steering column of a vehicle. A covering is re... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373090 | Modulator driver circuit with selectable on-chip termination A method and apparatus to accommodate differing output loads without sacrificing impedance matching in an optical modulator driver. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7329835 | Three dimensionally deformable heating element, steering-wheel heater and method for producing a steering-wheel heater A three-dimensional heating element particularly intended for use in a steering-wheel. The three-dimensional heating element includes a heating composite having a heating element bonded between two films, one or both of which includes a heat shrinkable material. A c... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7291814 | Grip heater control apparatus A grip heater control apparatus (7) capable of increasing the opportunities to enable a heater (2) to warm a grip (1) while suppressing a voltage drop of a battery (10), the grip heater control apparatus comprising a heater (2) for... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7274007 | Control system for operating automotive vehicle components There is disclosed a control system for operating automotive vehicle components. The control system typically includes at least a control module programmed with instructions for controlling a heater, a ventilator or both. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7214906 | Heated hand grip control An apparatus for the independent control of the amount of heat produced by a right and a left side heated hand grip includes a control panel with various input buttons and a pair of LEDS that each indicates a relative power setting of one of the heated hand grips. A... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210372 | Leathered steering wheel In a leathered steering wheel, a leather layer is so arranged as to cover a covered layer of a ring part, and the leather layer is formed by stitching, along the circumferential direction of the ring part, a plurality of leather materials to one another, and the end... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7193179 | Channeled under floor heating element A channeled under floor heating element incorporating channeled areas for accepting heat and sensor wires. The inventive channeled under floor heating element includes an arrangement of seam structures defining channels housing substantially discrete elongate heatin... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193191 | Under floor heating element An under floor heating element incorporating a scrim having one or more pairs of heating and/or sensor wires arranged in a continuous pattern such that pair members are disposed in crossing relation to one another. The pair members may be cut and joined to establish... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189943 | Heated motorcycle handgrips A heated motorcycle handgrip is securable to a motorcycle handlebar and includes a grip housing that has a first end adapted to receive the handlebar, and a second end opposite the first end. The grip housing includes a heating element that is operable to provide a ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189944 | Warming mattress and mattress pad A warming mattress and mattress pad incorporating an insert layer or sheet with a scrim having one or more pairs of heating and/or sensor wires arranged in a continuous pattern such that pair members are disposed in crossing relation to one another. The pair members... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7180032 | Channeled warming mattress and mattress pad A warming mattress and mattress pad incorporating channeled areas for accepting heat and sensor wires. The inventive mattress and mattress pad includes an arrangement of seam structures defining channels housing substantially discrete elongate heating and sensing el... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7151062 | Thermal textile A textile made at least in part with conductive yarns for the purpose of generating heat from an electrical power source. The textile has conducting yarns, or “heaters”, with conductivity and spacing tailored to the electrical source to be used and the heat to b... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7145102 | Heated handle and method of forming same There is disclosed a heated handle (e.g. a steering wheel) and a method for forming the handle. The handle typically includes a core, an outer cover layer and a heater, which is preferably disposed at least partially between the outer cover layer and the core. The h... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138612 | Electrical connection of flexible conductive strands in a flexible body A flexible body has a conductive resistance pathway which includes conductive resistance flexible strands of material connected in series between two supply bus flexible strands of material, and a temperature dependent variable resistance pathway with temperature de... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7119304 | Heated hand grip A rechargeable, reusable heated hand grip for use on a ski pole, shovel or other cold weather hand-held tool or object is provided. The hand grip includes a bushing for receiving the end of a tubular object and retaining the object within a bore in the central core ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7109862 | Method and device for detecting the contact of hands on a steering wheel A method and a device are described for detecting the contact between hands and a steering wheel, which assures that the driver of a vehicle has his hands on the steering wheel. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7091450 | Two-circuit grip heater A grip heater has a tubular insulator that is designed to slip over a handlebar and has two interposed pairs of helical recesses. Each pair of helical recesses is formed by two parallel helical grooves and accommodates a heating element; the heating elements can hav... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7064299 | Electrical connection of flexible conductive strands in a flexible body A flexible body has a conductive resistance pathway which includes conductive resistance flexible strands of material connected in series between two supply bus flexible strands of material, and a temperature dependent variable resistance pathway with temperature de... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7064292 | Grip heater control apparatus A grip heater control apparatus enabling a driver to visually identifying the electrified condition of a heater and to control the temperature of the heater easily during vehicle driving and enabling the configuration for the temperature control and the visual ident... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7049557 | Regulated flexible heater A flexible body has a conductive resistance pathway which includes conductive resistance flexible strands of material connected in series between two supply bus flexible strands of material, and a temperature dependent variable resistance pathway with temperature de... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7041943 | Electrical heating element for heating units of seats and steering wheels An electrical heating element for heating units of seats and steering wheels is provided. The heating element comprises at least one conductor having at least one core-coated wire that serves as a heat conductor and/or as a contact conductor and/or as a lead for tem... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038170 | Channeled warming blanket A warming blanket incorporating channeled areas for accepting heat and sensor wires. The inventive blanket includes an arrangement of seam structures defining channels housing substantially discrete elongate heating and sensing elements arranged in a substantially s... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034251 | Warming blanket A warming blanket incorporating an insert layer or sheet with a scrim having one or more pairs of heating and/or sensor wires arranged in a continuous pattern such that pair members are disposed in crossing relation to one another. The pair members may be cut and jo... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7019261 | Apparatus and method for a steering wheel with a preformed heating element A heated steering wheel with a preformed heating member, having an inner rim portion; a cushion layer disposed about the inner rim portion; and a preformed heating element disposed about the cushion layer; wherein the cushion layer is applied using a molding process... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7010997 | Motorcycle grip with grip heater and method of making same A two-wheeler or motorcycle grip has an electric heating element whose supply line is arranged or wound in a spiral shape in the area of the motorcycle grip. The winding axis of the supply line is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the motorcycle gri... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6998576 | Electrically heated hand grip The electrically heated hand grip includes a hand grip, a heating member disposed within the hand grip, an end cap assembly removably attached to the hand grip, and an electrical switch coupled to a power source for controlling the supply of current to the heating m... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994813 | Method of foam-coating cables and foaming tool A method of foam-embedding cables, in particular for foam-embedding a steering wheel skeleton which is equipped with cables, comprises the following steps: the cable is positioned in a foaming mold; a portion of the cable, which is not to be embedded in foam, is pos... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6984807 | Heated motorcycle handgrips A heated motorcycle handgrip is securable to a motorcycle handlebar and includes a grip housing that has a first end adapted to receive the handlebar, and a second end opposite the first end. The grip housing includes a heating element that is operable to provide a ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6979806 | Regulated flexible heater A flexible body has a conductive resistance pathway which includes conductive resistance flexible strands of material connected in series between two supply bus flexible strands of material, and a temperature dependent variable resistance pathway with temperature de... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6977619 | Vehicle handle assembly with antenna A door handle assembly for a vehicle includes a handle portion and an antenna positioned within the handle portion. The handle portion is movable or actuatable to open the door of the vehicle. The antenna receives a signal from a remote signaling device and communic... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6927367 | Automatic temperature control system and method A system and method are provided for automatically warming a grip surface, such as handlebars, of a vehicle in which the grip surface and a rider's hand are exposed to outdoor environmental conditions. The system has an electrical power source; a resistive heating e... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6907643 | Vehicle door handle A vehicle door handle assembly for opening a door of a vehicle includes a base which is mountable at the door of the vehicle and a handle portion which is operable to open the door via movement of the handle portion relative to the base. The handle portion includes ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6844524 | Heated cycle grip with temperature control An electrically powered resistance heating handgrip includes a control circuit located within a hollow core that fits coaxially within the open end of a handlebar of a motorcycle or snowmobile. The control circuit is mounted on a thin, narrow, elongated printed circ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6815642 | Apparatus and method for heating a steering wheel A method of making a heated steering wheel comprises depositing an electrically conductive layer on at least a portion of a steering wheel substrate to produce thereon a heating element for receiving an electrical current and providing a source of heat. Also disclos... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6762394 | Heated steering wheel The invention relates to a heated steering wheel having a steering wheel rim with a heating device arranged on the steering wheel rim. A shell has two or more shell parts that each extend at least part of the way around the periphery of the steering wheel rim in rad... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6740856 | Preformed heating element and method of making In one embodiment of the present disclosure a preformed heating member is disclosed, the preformed heating element comprising: a first layer having a conductive layer for receiving an electrical current and providing a source of heat, the conductive layer being disp... | 05/25/2004 |
