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US 2026/0166959 A1Published application
Vehicle with wireless foot warming system
AssigneeFca US LLC
InventorsGary M.C. Starnes, Aniket Wankhede, Sangamitra Reddy Gattikoppula, Anesh Basheer
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Abstract
In at least some implementations, a vehicle includes a cabin having a seat and a footwell associated with the seat, and an inductive heating source. The inductive heating source has an electrical supply and one or more coils located in the footwell and connected to the electrical supply. When an alternating current is provided to the one or more coils, the one or more coils emit one or more magnetic fields adapted to enable inductive heating of a heating element in the one or more magnetic fields.
Claims15
A vehicle, comprising:
- a cabin having a seat and a footwell associated with the seat;
- and
- an inductive heating source having an electrical supply and one or more coils located in the footwell and connected to the electrical supply, wherein, when an alternating current is provided to the one or more coils, the one or more coils emit one or more magnetic fields adapted to enable inductive heating of a heating element in the one or more magnetic fields.
A floor mat for a vehicle, comprising:
- an upper layer of material that defines an upper surface of the floor mat adapted to receive a foot of a vehicle passenger may be received;
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- one or more coils of wire adapted to be connected to a source of alternating current and to emit one or more magnetic fields adapted to enable inductive heating of a heating element in the one or more magnetic fields, wherein the one or more coils are received beneath the upper surface of the floor mat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.