Induced eddy current heating apparatuses and associated methods

A method for generating induced eddy current heating, the method comprising:

• receiving an alternating current electrical signal having a predetermined frequency range, a predetermined voltage range and a predetermined current range from a current source at a conductor wire overlaid in a predetermined path on a flexible substrate of an induced eddy current heating apparatus;
• generating a magnetic field in a region around the conductor wire in response to the alternating current electrical signal;
• inductively receiving energy from the magnetic field at a susceptor wire of the induced eddy current heating apparatus, wherein the susceptor wire extends back and forth through the first and second major surfaces of the flexible substrate and back and forth across the conductor wire on the first major surface to sew the conductor wire to the flexible substrate;
• generating eddy currents in the susceptor wire in response to the inductively received energy;
• and
• radiating heat from the susceptor wire in response to the eddy currents.

A method of manufacturing an induced eddy current heating apparatus, the method comprising:

• obtaining a flexible substrate having a predetermined dimension, a first major surface and a second major surface;
• overlaying a conductor wire in a predetermined path on the first major surface of the flexible substrate;
• and
• sewing the conductor wire to the first major surface of the flexible substrate using a susceptor wire by extending the susceptor wire back and forth through the first and second major surfaces of the flexible substrate and back and forth across the conductor wire on the first major substrate.