Heater device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11382430-B2
Application number	US-201916509637-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2019
Priority date	Feb 8, 2017
Publication date	Jul 12, 2022
Grant date	Jul 12, 2022

Abstract

A heater device for warming a user has a heater panel including a planar heating element which generates heat by energization, a first heat radiation surface formed on one surface side of the heating element, and a second heat radiation surface formed on the other surface side of the heating element. The temperature of the first heat radiation surface is higher than the temperature of the second heat radiation surface. In the heater panel, the first heat radiation surface is configured as a non-contact heater that warms the user in a non-contact manner, and the second heat radiation surface is configured as a contact heater that warms the user in a contact manner.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A heater device for warming a user, comprising
a heater panel including a planar heating element which generates heat by energization, a first heat radiation surface formed on one surface side of the heating element, and a second heat radiation surface formed on the other surface side of the heating element, wherein
the heater panel is provided on and attached to a front seat so as to function as a table used by the user seated on a rear seat,
the heater panel has a plate member disposed on the second heat radiation surface side of the heater panel,
the plate member is configured as a top plate of the table,
the temperature of the first heat radiation surface is higher than the temperature of the second heat radiation surface via the plate member,
in the heater panel, the first heat radiation surface is configured as a non-contact heater that warms the user seated on the rear seat in a non-contact manner, and the second heat radiation surface on the plate member side is configured as a contact heater that warms the user seated on the rear seat in a contact manner, and
the heater panel warms one portion of the rear seat away from the front seat in a stored, lower limit position and warms another portion of the rear seat away from the front seat in an extended, upper limit position.

2. The heater device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second heat radiation surface is formed by a surface opposite to the heating element side of the plate member.

3. The heater device according to claim 2 , wherein
in the heater panel, the first heat radiation surface radiates radiant heat toward a lower body of the user seated on the seat.

4. The heater device according to claim 3 , further comprising,
a slide rail which is disposed on a back surface of a seatback of the front seat of the seats so as to move the heater panel in a top and bottom direction along the back surface of the seatback.

5. The heater device according to claim 4 , further comprising,
a blowout port disposed above an upper limit position of the movable range of the heater panel on the back surface of the seatback of the front seat so as to blow out the temperature-adjusted and conditioned air toward the second heat radiation surface of the heater panel, wherein
a corner portion on the second heat radiation surface side at an end portion positioned on the seat side of the heater panel has a rounded shape.

6. The heater device according to claim 4 , further comprising,
a rotation mechanism configured to rotatably support an end portion on a lower end side of the slide rail to the front seat, wherein
an end portion on the upper end side of the slide rail is movable toward the seat side by the rotation mechanism.

7. The heater device according to claim 2 , wherein
in the heater panel, the first heat radiation surface radiates radiant heat toward a lower body of the user seated on the seat, and the heater panel is arranged such that the second heat radiation surface functions as an armrest on which the user seated on the seat places the user's arm,
the plate member is configured as a top plate of the armrest.

8. The heater device according to claim 7 , further comprising,
a moving mechanism configured to move the heater panel between a first position and a second position, wherein in the second position, the second heat radiation surface radiates the radiant heat toward a lower body of the user seated on the seat, and the second heat radiation surface functions as the armrest on which the arm of the user seated on the seat is placed.

9. The heater device according to claim 1 , wherein
the heater panel includes a heat insulating material disposed between the heater element and the second heat radiation surface.

10. The heater device according to claim 1 , wherein
the heater device is mounted on a moving body.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

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

Classifications

• F24H3/022 Primary

  using electric energy supply · CPC title

• F24H9/06

  Arrangement of mountings or supports · CPC title

• H05B3/20

  Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional [2D] plane, e.g. plate-heater (H05B3/62, H05B3/68, H05B3/78, H05B3/84 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/79

  Adaptations for additional use of the arm-rests · CPC title

• B60H1/00

  Heating, cooling or ventilating devices · CPC title