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US 11,760,434 B2Granted
Recreational vehicles with heated components
AssigneePolaris Industries Inc.
InventorsBenjamin S. Fuchs, Austin Holt, Corey A. Simonetta, Jr., Cynthia L. Houeiss, Joel M. Notaro, Marcus A. Wetterlund, Michael W. Rafferty
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Abstract
A vehicle including a system for transferring energy between on-board vehicle components and/or between on-board and external components. The vehicle is configured to heat various components through induction to provide comfort to the rider and/or to transfer energy for charging one or more vehicle components.
Claims6
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a controller, user input indicating a temperature setting;
- receiving from an ambient temperature sensor and an ambient humidity sensor, sensor information corresponding to an ambient temperature and the ambient humidity;
- determining, based on the temperature setting and the sensor information, an amount of current to provide to a first energy transfer device, wherein the first energy transfer device is operatively coupled to a frame of a recreational vehicle;
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- providing, based on the amount of current and by the controller, a current to the first energy transfer device, wherein the first energy transfer device is configured to wirelessly provide power to a second energy transfer device, and wherein the second energy transfer device is configured to provide the power to a load;
- wherein the first energy transfer device is a first inductive coil, wherein the second energy transfer device is a second inductive coil, and wherein the first inductive coil is configured to wirelessly provide the power to the second inductive coil based on inducing a second current;
- wherein the recreational vehicle comprises a steering assembly having a handgrip or steering wheel, and wherein the first inductive coil and the second inductive coil are located on an interior portion of the handgrip or steering wheel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.