A system for monitoring performance of an aircraft windshield includes a sensor comprising a sensory contact and an evaluation unit. The sensory contact is in physical contact with one or more components of the windshield, and generates a signal representative of the performance of the component(s) of the windshield. An electrical connector is secured to the surface of the windshield facing the interior of the aircraft. The signal from the sensory contact passes through the connector to the evaluation unit. The evaluation unit acts on the signal to determine the performance of the component(s) of the windshield, wherein the evaluation unit is spaced from and out of physical contact with the windshield and the electrical connector, and is in electrical contact with the electrical connector.

The present invention relates to a ceramic heater with improved reliability, comprising: a heater body provided with a high-frequency electrode made of a mesh type metal material, and an electrode rod connecting member that contacts the bottom surface of the high-frequency electrode; and a heater support that is mounted below the heater body and supports the heater body, wherein the high-frequency electrode comprises a first electrode member having a wire type mesh structure and a second electrode member having a sheet type mesh structure.

An optical device and use thereof are provided. The optical device includes: at least one lens element, a lens barrel and at least one heating element, wherein the lens barrel has an installation cavity, the lens element is installed in the installation cavity, and the heating element is arranged to contact a surface of the lens element near an object side in a manner capable of being powered-on to generate heat; or, the heating element has at least two terminals, and at least two conductive elements are fixed at positions in contact and electrical connection with the corresponding terminals, respectively. According to the above technical solution, the heating element can generate heat, to heat the lens element so as to accelerate the dissipation of moisture attached to the surface, has an active defogging and defrosting function, and can prevent against fogging or frosting.

A heating device includes a PCB (10), at least one heating element (30, 31, 32), bus bars (60a, 60b, 60c) and a terminal pin (40) and a terminal plate (70). At least a portion of the PCB (10) extends out of a PCB housing (20). The terminal pin (40) is disposed in a connector housing (50) disposed at least partially outside the PCB housing (20). At least one of the connector housing (50) and the portion of the PCB (10) extending out of the PCB housing (20) includes at least one support element (52) to support the connector housing (50) in a pre-determined position with respect to the PCB (10).

An electric heating pad for warming a patient. The electric heating pad may be a heated underbody support, heated mattress or heated mattress overlay. An embodiment of the heating pad includes a flexible sheet-like heating element including an upper edge, a lower edge, and at least two side edges. The heating pad may also include a shell covering the heating element and comprising at least two sheets of flexible material (e.g., two sheets may be one sheet folded over to form at least two sheets). The two sheets of flexible material may be coupled together about the edges of the heating element by a weld. The material of the two sheets may include urethane. In some embodiments, a catalyst to accelerate hydrogen peroxide decomposition is coated on or impregnated into an element within the shell, or on the interior surface of the shell.

An electric heater includes a substrate (an insulating material capable of forming a conductor pattern on a surface of an insulating substrate), a first plane heating element formed on one surface of the substrate, and a second plane heating element formed on one surface of the substrate to be located outside the first plane heating element. The first plane heating element includes a first pattern portion connecting a start point with an end point located in a first zone, a pair of first electrodes located outside the first zone, and a pair of first connectors connecting the first pattern portion with the first electrodes. The second plane heating element includes a second pattern portion located in a second zone surrounding the first zone and connecting a start point with an end point, and at least some of the first connectors are located in the second zone.

The present disclosure relates to a heater in which a capacitive power control pattern is implemented, and an apparatus therefor. A heater comprising: first and second base materials that are separated in the vertical direction so as to have an internal space therebetween; a heater electrode pattern provided in the internal space; and a plurality of sheet-type heating elements provided in the internal space so as to be electrically connected to the heater electrode pattern, comprises a capacitance pattern for causing a change in capacitance in the region between the sheet-type heating elements according to a hovering movement above the second base material, wherein heater power to be supplied to the sheet-type heating elements through the heater electrode pattern can be controlled according to the hovering movement recognized in response to the change in capacitance.

A heating device for a vehicle seat, the heating device includes a carrier element, and an electrically conductive thread arrangement that is fixed on the carrier element. The electrically conductive thread arrangement includes a plurality of thread sections, each of which has a plurality of thread loops. The plurality of thread sections are arranged side by side in an overlapping manner such that the plurality of thread sections cross each other several times.

An occupant support surface heater includes a foundation, a cover, an optional comfort layer, an activation layer, and at least one bus bar secured between the foundation and the cover. The foundation may include a foam pad and the comfort layer includes a conductive material mat that is contiguous with the foundation. The activation layer includes thermally conductive material in the form of an inorganic or organic nanotube structure to provide efficient thermal diffusion and heat delivery for the occupant support. The occupant support surface heater may be used to heat an occupant in the occupant support or to provide heat at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined period of time in order to destroy live viruses or live bacteria at a surface of the unoccupied occupant support.

A thermal insulation structure for a vehicle window device is provided with a heater is disposed on a vehicle interior side, a heat-receiving component that is provided between the window and the heater, and that, by receiving heat from the heater, imparts radiant heat to the window, and a thermal insulation layer that is provided at a surface of the heater on an opposite side from the heat-receiving component, wherein the thermal insulation layer is formed by mutually superimposing a plurality of thermal insulation materials, and of the plurality of thermal insulation materials, a thermal insulation material on a closest side to the heater has greater heat resistance than a thermal insulation material on a furthest side from the heater, and the thermal insulation material on the furthest side from the heater has a lower thermal conductivity than the thermal insulation material on the closest side to the heater.