Structural element with heater for a vehicle, manufacturing method and operating method
AssigneeLeonardo S.P.A.
InventorsAntonio Brelati, Rosario Del Giudice, Ida Ricco, Francesco Nonis
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Abstract
A structural element of a means of transport comprising a resistive heater for defrosting operations, wherein the resistor has conduction terminals coupled to respective terminals of a voltage generator adapted to cause a current flux through the resistor. The resistor includes one or more conductive paths of partially reduced graphene oxide or partially oxidized graphene configured to generate, when travelled by the current flux, heat by Joule effect.
Claims18
A structural element of a transport device adapted to operate at temperatures below the water freezing point, housing a resistive heater having conduction terminals configured to be coupled to a voltage generator adapted to cause a current flux through the resistive heater,
- characterized in that said resistive heater comprises one or more conductive paths of partially reduced graphene oxide, or partially oxidized graphene, extending between, and electrically coupled to, said conduction terminals, said conductive paths being configured to generate, when the current flux passes through them, heat by Joule effect thus carrying out a defrosting operation of a region of the structural element.
A method of manufacturing a structural element of a transport device adapted to operate at temperatures below the water freezing point, comprising:
- forming a resistive heater at a region of said structural element;
- and
- forming conduction terminals of the resistive heater configured to be electrically coupled to a voltage generator adapted to cause a current flux through the resistive heater,
- forming said resistive heater further comprises:
- forming one or more conductive paths of partially reduced graphene oxide or partially oxidized graphene;
- and
- electrically coupling said one or more conductive paths to the conduction terminals,
- wherein said conductive paths are configured to generate, when the current flux passes through them, heat by Joule effect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.