Back to results
US 2020/0370331 A1Published application
Apparatus for heating a door latch
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsPrashant Dubey, LaRon Michelle Brown, David Manuel Rogers, Kosta Papanikolaou, Livianu Dorin Puscas
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An apparatus includes a latch assembly, having a housing and a latch carried in the housing, a heating feature, and a rechargeable battery connected to the heating feature. That heating feature includes a thermoelectric cooler controller and a resistive heating element. The resistance heating element may be a heater film molded to a face of the housing.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a latch assembly including a housing and a latch carried in said housing;
- a heating feature at least partially carried on said housing;
- and
- a rechargeable battery connected to said heating feature.
1 more element
An apparatus, comprising:
- a latch assembly including a housing and a latch carried in said housing;
- and
- a heating feature including a thermoelectric cooler controller and a resistive heating element wherein said resistive heating element is carried on said housing.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a latch assembly including a housing and a latch carried in said housing;
- and
- a heating feature including a thermoelectric cooler controller and a resistive heating element wherein said resistive heating element is carried on a face of said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.