Carbon veil heater and method of making

12) A heater comprising:

• a. a resistive substrate that produces heat upon an application of power;
• b. one or more power application portions connected to the resistive substrate;
• c. one or more attachment devices that connect the one or more power application portions to the resistive substrate;
• d. a closing layer including:
• i. a closing backing;
• ii. a backing adhesive that extends over the one or more power application portions and connects the closing layer to the resistive substrate and the one or more power application portions;
• iii. one or more holes that extend through the closing layer so that a portion of the resistive substrate is exposed through the hole;
• and
• e. a thermistor;
• wherein the thermistor, the one or more power application portions, or both extend through the one or more holes in the closing layer.

16) A method comprising:

• a. applying a substrate adhesive to a resistive substrate that produces heat upon an application of power, and
• b. preventing the substrate adhesive from fully penetrating through the resistive substrate so that the resistive substrate includes a side with the substrate adhesive and a side that is free of the substrate adhesive,
• c. applying one or more power application portions over the side of the resistive substrate that is free of the substrate adhesive;
• d. applying a closing layer over the one or more power application portions, the closing layer including:
• i. a closing backing and
• ii. a backing adhesive that includes a portion that extends into the closing backing and a portion that extends from one or more sides of the closing backing so that one side of the closing backing is free of the backing adhesive and one or more sides is covered by a layer of the backing adhesive;
• e. laminating the closing layer and the resistive substrate so that the backing adhesive and the substrate adhesive connect and form one contiguous layer.