A fabric-based item may adapt to and adjust the biometric state of an individual that is wearing or touching the fabric-based item. The fabric-based item may be a cover for a seat in a vehicle, an article of clothing, a wrist band, or other suitable fabric-based item. The fabric-based item may include one or more sensors that gather biometric information about the individual and one or more environmental control devices that adjust or maintain the environment around the individual based on the biometric information. The sensors may include temperature sensors, humidity sensors, pressure sensors, heart rate sensors, or other sensors that gather biometric information about the user. The environmental control elements may be used to control the temperature, humidity, airflow or other aspect of the environment around the individual based on the biometric state of the individual.

This handle heater comprises a mesh heating body comprising a plurality of heater wire strands woven into mesh, and electrodes disposed at both ends of the mesh heating body. Each of the electrodes comprises a metal foil whereon the mesh heating body is welded, and an insulating protective tape sandwiching, by being folded back along the width direction of the mesh heating body, the front and back surfaces of an electrode base body containing the metal foil and one of the ends of the mesh heating body. The mesh heating body is disposed in such a manner that each end in the length direction thereof follows an edge surface of the corresponding metal foil, and a space is present between the length direction end of the electrode base body and the folded-back portion of the protective tape.

A knit includes a knitted fabric into which a ground yarn is knitted and a heater wire configured to be energized to generate heat to heat a vehicle member. The heater wire is inlaid into the knitted fabric by inlay stitch.

To provide a fabric heater that can be stretchable in all direction and warms up quickly. The aforementioned problem is solved by means of a fabric heater (1) that comprises a piece of fabric (2) that is formed into one piece by twist-braiding the plurality of loop portions (5) with each other, the plurality of loops portions (5) being formed by conductive thread (4), and electrodes (30) that are comprised by electrode thread (31, 35) and by spacing from each other, and the conductive thread (4) has a core (10) formed by a fiber and a conductive layer (11) or a conductive foil (12) that covers the surface of the core (10) or; by means of fabric heater (1) which is formed by the conductive thread (4) comprises a bunch of lines (7) having at least one or more conductive lines (6a).

An electric heating pad for warming a patient includes a heated underbody support or heated mattress. The heated underbody support or mattress includes a heater assembly having a flexible sheet-like heating element, conductive bus bars attached at or near side edges of the heating element, and fabric side edge extensions attached to heating element side edges. The heated underbody support or mattress also includes a layer of polymeric foam positioned under the heater assembly and a shell, including at least two sheets of flexible material, covering at least a portion of the heater assembly and the layer of polymeric foam. When the heater assembly is wrapped around the top surface of the layer of polymeric foam, side edges of the heating element extend partially down the two side walls of the layer of polymeric foam and the conductive bus bars lie adjacent those two side walls.

An interior surface arrangement, preferably for motor vehicles, has a decorative structure including an outer cover layer, a surface heating element and a carrier layer. The surface heating element is integrated, preferably laminated, in the decorative structure adjacent to the outer cover layer.

A spacer fabric has a first flat layer of knitted fabric formed with conductive threads, a second flat layer of knitted fabric and spacer threads connecting the first and second layers of knitted fabric. The conductive threads have an electrically conductive coating and are arranged adjacent to one another over an entire surface in the first layer or in conductive strips extending along a direction of production, and are connected to one another in direct, electrical contact. The conductive threads preferably are formed from a plastic multifilament yarn provided with a coating and have a fineness of less than 250 dtex. The conductive threads in the first layer of knitted fabric form loops with a stitching over at least two wales. The portion of the conductive coating is less than 50% by weight of the conductive threads.

This planar heat-generating knitted fabric 10 comprises a knitted fabric including conductive yarns 400 as a heat-generating portion, wherein the conductive yarn 400 has a core yarn 410, and a conductive sheath yarn 420 wrapped around the core yarn 410, the conductive sheath yarn 420 is a metal wire covered with an insulating resin 422, the knitted fabric is knitted in the form of a multilayer knitted fabric including a front structure 201 and a back structure 202 including insulating yarns 300 as a base, the front and back structures 201 and 202 being linked together by linking yarns 100, the conductive yarns 400 are knitted in at least one of the front and back structures 201 and 202, and the ratio (D1/D2) of a diameter (D1) of the conductive yarn 400 and a diameter (D2) of the insulating yarn is 0.81 to 4.0.

Provided is a planar heat-generating knit in which conductive yarns can be installed freely in the knit, which has excellent stretchability and rapid warming property while having fine shape followability against a complex shape of an object to be heated.

A planar heat-generating knit 10 including a knit including a plurality of conductive yarns 100 as a heat-generating part, wherein the knit is knitted by warp knit; and the conductive yarns 100 each include a core yarn 110 and a conductive sheath yarn 120 wound around said core yarn 110; the conductive sheath yarn 120 is a metal wire 121 coated with an insulating resin 122; and the respective conductive yarns 100 included in the knit are arranged so that a difference between a maximum separation distance and a minimum separation distance between the adjacent conductive yarns 100 is from 0 mm to 14 mm.

A motion-sensor-integrated flat heating sheet and a manufacturing method therefor are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there may be provided a motion-sensor-integrated flat heating sheet that includes: a heating sheet part including a first fabric, a patterned heating layer formed on one surface of the first fabric and constituted with a plurality of carbon nanotubes, and a first electrode electrically connected to the patterned heating layer; and a sensor sheet part comprising a second fabric, a self-assembled monolayer formed on one surface of the second fabric and including functional groups, a carbon nanotube layer formed by adsorbing a plurality of carbon nanotubes onto the self-assembled monolayer, and a second electrode electrically connected to the carbon nanotube layer, wherein the sensor sheet part is attached to the other surface of the first fabric.