Heater device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10913328-B2
Application number	US-201616071916-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2016
Priority date	Jan 25, 2016
Publication date	Feb 9, 2021
Grant date	Feb 9, 2021

Abstract

The heater device is provided with a heater main body, and radiates radiant heat from the heater main body toward an object. The heater main body includes a sheet-like heat generating layer that generates heat and radiates the radiant heat, and a sheet-like heat insulating layer that is disposed on the side opposite to the object of the heat generating layer. The heat insulating layer has a sheet-like first layer having voids and a sheet-like second layer having voids arranged side by side in a thickness direction of the heat insulating layer with respect to the first layer. A porosity of the second layer is higher than that of the first layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heater device for radiating radiant heat toward an object, comprising:
a heater main body including a sheet-like heat generating layer that generates heat and radiates the radiant heat, and a sheet-like heat insulating layer being disposed on a side opposite to the object with respect to the heat generating layer, wherein
the heat insulating layer has a sheet-like first layer having voids, and a sheet-like second layer having voids and being disposed side by side in a thick direction of the heat insulating layer with respect to the first layer,
a porosity of the second layer is higher than that of the first layer,
the second layer is disposed on a side of the heat generating layer with respect to the first layer,
the heat insulating layer has a third layer having voids,
the third layer is disposed on a side of the heat generating layer with respect to the second layer, and has a larger elastic modulus than the second layer, and
the third layer having a lower porosity than that of the second layer.

2. The heater device according to claim 1 , wherein the third layer has a higher porosity than the first layer.

3. The heater device according to claim 1 , wherein the second layer has a larger elastic modulus than the first layer.

4. The heater device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first layer is composed of a cloth made of a plurality of fibers,
the second layer is composed of a woven fabric in which a plurality of fibers are woven, and
a predetermined fiber among the plurality of fibers constituting the second layer is in a state in which the undulation in the thickness direction of the second layer is large as compared with the plurality of fibers constituting the first layer.

5. The heater device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a detection layer being configured to detect a contact of the object to a surface on the object side of the heater main body, wherein
the detection layer is disposed on a side opposite to the object of the heat generating layer.

6. The heater device according to claim 5 , wherein
the detection layer is disposed on a side opposite to the object of the heat insulating layer.

7. The heater device according to claim 1 , wherein the layers constituting the heat insulating layer are fixed to each other.

8. A heater device for radiating radiant heat toward an object, comprising:
a heater main body including a sheet-like heat generating layer that generates heat and radiates the radiant heat, and a sheet-like heat insulating layer being disposed on a side opposite to the object with respect to the heat generating layer, wherein
the heat insulating layer has a sheet-like first layer having voids, and a sheet-like second layer having voids and being disposed side by side in a thick direction of the heat insulating layer with respect to the first layer,
a porosity of the second layer is higher than that of the first layer,
the second layer is disposed on a side of the heat generating layer with respect to the first layer,
the heat insulating layer has a third layer having voids,
the third layer is disposed on a side of the heat generating layer with respect to the second layer, and has a larger elastic modulus than the second layer,
the first layer is composed of a cloth made of a plurality of fibers,
the second layer is composed of a woven fabric in which a plurality of fibers are woven, and
a predetermined fiber among the plurality of fibers constituting the second layer is in a state in which the undulation in the thickness direction of the second layer is large as compared with the plurality of fibers constituting the first layer.

9. The heater device according to claim 8 , wherein
the third layer has a lower porosity than the second layer.

10. The heater device according to claim 8 , wherein
the third layer has a higher porosity than the first layer.

11. The heater device according to claim 8 , wherein
the second layer has a larger elastic modulus than the first layer.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Tanaka Yusuke
• Ishikawa Kimitake
• Oide Hiroyasu
• Seki Hideki

Classifications

• F24C7/043

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