Method of manufacturing a heat mat
OwnerJeffery T. BONK, Katherine PALMERinventors
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Abstract
A heat mat is configured to provide conductive heat to an occupant in a vehicle. The heat mat includes a mat foundation, a conductive layer coupled to the mat foundation, and a conductor harness configured to couple the conductive layer to a power source. The heat mat is configured to be installed on a vehicle component. A method includes assembling the mat foundation, the conductive layer, and the conductive harness together.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing a heat mat for a vehicle seat, the method comprising
- conveying a carrier sheet along a conveyor to a coating station,
- applying a conductive-particle based fluid on the carrier sheet,
- forming the coated carrier sheet into a conductive pad for the heat mat,
- attaching a conductor harness to the conductive pad, the conductor harness including a positive conductor bar arranged on a first side of the conductive pad and a negative conductor bar on an opposite second side of the conductive pad, and
- applying a protective sheet over at least a portion of the conductor harness to locate the conductive-particle based fluid and the first and second conductive bars between the carrier sheet and the protective sheet and to provide the heat mat for the vehicle seat.
The method of claim 4, wherein the plurality of sections further includes left and right side bolster sections that are spaced apart from the front and upper sections and the conductor assembly further includes additional conductor bars coupled to the left and right side bolster sections and to a respective one of the positive and negative conductor bars.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.