HEATER DEVICE
    1.
    发明申请
    HEATER DEVICE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180297449A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-18

    申请号:US15566488

    申请日:2016-03-17

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: B60H1/22 H05B1/02

    摘要: A heater device includes: a distance specifying portion that specifies a distance between a sensing subject, i.e., an occupant and a heater main body as a sensed distance; and a moving mechanism that moves the heater main body. The heater device further includes a heater position control portion that controls the moving mechanism such that the distance between the sensing subject, i.e., the occupant and the heater main body is adjusted to a target distance based on the sensed distance, which is specified by the distance specifying portion.

    HEATING APPARATUS
    2.
    发明申请
    HEATING APPARATUS 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20170349029A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-07

    申请号:US15543293

    申请日:2016-02-02

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: B60H1/22

    摘要: A heating apparatus has a heater body and a heater case. The heater body has a heat generator and emits heat supplied from the heat generator: The heat generator generates the heat when being energized. The heater case houses the heater body and is arranged on a side of an air-bag device for a vehicle adjacent to a vehicle compartment. The heater case is attached to an interior member located in the vehicle compartment or is a part of the interior member. The heater case has an expansion permissive portion that permits the air-bag device to expand into the vehicle compartment. The heat generator includes a portion located at a position corresponding to the expansion permissive portion. The heater body has a low strength portion that has a low strength as compared to the portion of the heat generator and that is located outside the expansion permissive portion.

    CONTROL SYSTEM FOR RADIANT HEATER DEVICE
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170182868A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-29

    申请号:US15116860

    申请日:2015-02-03

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: B60H1/22 B60R21/013

    摘要: A control system for a radiant heater device includes a radiant heater device, a heater ECU that controls an energization and a deenergization of a heat generation unit, and an integrated ECU that transmits an operation prohibition command for prohibiting the energization of the heat generation unit and an operation permission command for permitting the energization of the heat generation unit to the heater ECU. The integrated ECU transmits the operation prohibition command when receiving a collision signal indicative of a vehicle collision or a prediction of the vehicle collision, and transmits the operation permission command when not receiving the collision signal. The heater ECU performs the deenergization control when a non-reception state in which the operation permission command is not received from the integrated ECU is continued for a predetermined time or more. As a result, the energization can be interrupted before an occupant is adversely affected.

    HEATER CONTROL DEVICE
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190126723A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-02

    申请号:US16233170

    申请日:2018-12-27

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    摘要: A heater control device controls an electric heater which includes a plurality of heat generating portions. The heater control device determines whether a total energization current value, which is a current value to be supplied to the electric heater when all of the plurality of heat generating portions are energizable, exceeds a predetermined current limit value. The heater control device is configured to, when it is determined that the total energization current value exceeds the current limit value, energize the electric heater while switching, among any or all of the plurality of heat generating portions, those to be turned to a non-energizable off state.

    HEATER DEVICE
    6.
    发明申请
    HEATER DEVICE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20170320376A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-09

    申请号:US15526899

    申请日:2015-12-04

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    摘要: A heater is installed indoors and heated to a target temperature. The heater is controlled by a controller. The controller has a regular control module which heats the heater to reach the target temperature. In addition, the controller has a suppressive control module which heats the heater to a suppressed temperature lower than the target temperature by electric power suppressed so that surface moisture adhering on the surface of the heater is decreased. When an activation of the heater is ordered, the heater is heated by the suppressive control module, after that, the heater is heated by the regular control module. The surface moisture is decreased by the suppressed temperature. Therefore, generating rapid boiling and/or rapid evaporation of the surface moisture by the target temperature may be suppressed.

    RADIANT HEATER
    7.
    发明申请
    RADIANT HEATER 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20170129310A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-11

    申请号:US15318927

    申请日:2015-04-24

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: B60H1/22 H05B3/24 F24H3/00

    摘要: A heating part of this radiant heater has a plurality of heating wires. The plurality of heating wires are connected in parallel such that a plurality of parallel groups may be formed by electrodes. Further, the plurality of parallel groups are connected in series by the electrodes. The heating parts are set to reach a radiation temperature for emitting the heat radiation which makes a human to feel warmth. The heating parts have a thermal resistance in a longitudinal direction which is set, when an object contacts on the surface, a temperature of the part where the object touches falls to a suppressed temperature lower than the radiation temperature. The temperature of the heating part increases rapidly in response to electric supply. When there is a contact with an object, the temperature of the heating part decreases rapidly.

    HEATING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170080779A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-23

    申请号:US15309214

    申请日:2015-05-26

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: B60H1/22 B60H1/00

    摘要: A heating system for a vehicle includes: a heater for non-contact heating that emits radiation heat by heat supplied from its heat generating part, which generates heat upon energization, to give warmth to an occupant in a state where a body of the occupant is not in contact with the heater; a heater for contact heating that generates heat upon energization to give warmth to the occupant in a state where the body of the occupant is in contact with the heater; and a control device that controls operations of the heater for contact heating and the heater for non-contact heating. The control device adjusts a heating output provided by the heater for contact heating and a heating output provided by the heater for non-contact heating, and controls the operations to be switchable between: a non-contact heating priority mode to make larger the heating output of the heater for non-contact heating than the heating output of the heater for contact heating; and a contact heating priority mode to make larger the heating output of the heater for contact heating than the heating output of the heater for non-contact heating. As a consequence of the above, the occupant can enjoy a sense of heating that is not stereotypical, and achieve energy saving.