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US 12,507,322 B2Granted
Systems and methods for facilitating heating of an item
AssigneeAppear Inc.
InventorPrashant Rurs
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Abstract
A heating pad, a portable electric heater and/or an article of manufacture. The heating pad comprising: a first heating fabric comprising graphene; a nanotube-based film having a first surface coupled to the first heating fabric; a second heating fabric coupled to a second opposing surface of the nanotube-based film; and a flexible circuit disposed between the first heating fabric and the nanotube-based film, the flexible circuit configured to facilitate an increase in temperature by at least the first and second heating fabrics.
Claims75
A heating pad that is portable, comprising:
- a plurality of material layers arranged in a stack, the plurality of material layers comprising:
- a first heating fabric comprising graphene;
- a nanotube-based film having a first surface coupled to the first heating fabric;
- a second heating fabric coupled to a second opposing surface of the nanotube-based film;
- and
- a flexible circuit disposed between the first heating fabric and the nanotube-based film, the flexible circuit configured to facilitate an increase in temperature by at least the first and second heating fabrics;
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- a flexible output device at least partially encompassing the stack and configured to (1) output information to a user of the heating pad and (2) protect one or more edges of the heating pad from damage;
- wherein the flexible circuit comprises a first flexible sensor and is configured to adjust a current level based on sensor data generated by the first flexible sensor, the first flexible sensor comprising (i) a pressure sensor configured to sense an amount of pressure being applied to the heating pad by an external object and or (ii) a location sensor configured to sense a geographic location of the heating pad and or a height of the heating pad above sea level.
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A portable electric heater, comprising:
- a controller configured to control a temperature setting of the portable electric heater;
- a heating pad communicatively coupled to the controller and comprising a plurality of material layers arranged in a stack, the plurality of material layers comprising:
- a first heating fabric comprising graphene;
- a nanotube-based film having a first surface coupled to the first heating fabric;
- a second heating fabric coupled to a second opposing surface of the nanotube-based film;
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- a flexible circuit disposed between the first heating fabric and the nanotube-based film, the flexible circuit configured to facilitate an increase in temperature by at least the first and second heating fabrics;
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- a flexible output device at least partially encompassing the stack and configured to (1) output information to a user of the heating pad and (2) protect one or more edges of the heating pad from damage;
- wherein the flexible circuit comprises a first flexible sensor and is further configured to adjust a current level based on sensor data generated by the first flexible sensor, the first flexible sensor comprising (i) a pressure sensor configured to sense an amount of pressure being applied to the heating pad by an external object and or (ii) a location sensor configured to sense a geographic location of the heating pad and or a height of the heating pad above sea level.
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A product, comprising:
- a main body with a pocket;
- a heating pad disposed in the pocket and comprising:
- a first heating fabric comprising graphene;
- a nanotube-based film having a first surface coupled to the first heating fabric;
- a second heating fabric coupled to a second opposing surface of the nanotube-based film;
- and
- a flexible circuit disposed between the first heating fabric and the nanotube-based film, the flexible circuit configured to facilitate an increase in temperature by at least the first and second heating fabrics;
- and
- a flexible output device at least partially encompassing the stack and configured to (1) output information to a user of the heating pad and (2) protect one or more edges of the heating pad from damage;
- wherein the flexible circuit comprises a first flexible sensor and is configured to adjust a current level based on sensor data generated by the first flexible sensor, the first flexible sensor comprising (i) a pressure sensor configured to sense an amount of pressure being applied to the heating pad by an external object and or (ii) a location sensor configured to sense a geographic location of the heating pad and or a height of the heating pad above sea level.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.