A heating blanket for a motorized wheelchair includes: a windproof and waterproof fabric which covers a thermal lining having Velcro fasteners attached to at least one position thereof, has windproof and waterproof functions, and has a zipper and a zipped entrance/exit formed on the front and back sides thereof; at least one heating plate which is inserted into a back side windproof and waterproof fabric via the zipper and is detachably mounted on the thermal lining, wherein the heating plate is woven with carbon yarns so that the heating plate generates heat when electricity is applied; an electric wire, a connection part, an adjustment part, and a connection jack for supplying electricity to the heat plate, wherein the heating blanket is characterized in that the connection jack is connected to the outside to allow the heating plate to be heated.

A sensing element has a signaling yarn and a single core wire that is intersecting with the signaling yarn. A sensing control system includes the sensing element, a sensing control module, and a central control module. The sensing control module is configured to output a scanning signal to the sensing element, receive a sensing signal corresponding to the sensing component, and generate a sensing result according to the sensing signal. The central control module is electrically connected to the sensing control module, and is configured to control a component according to the sensing result. Thereby, the sensing element of the application can be manufactured by a simple process and has a relatively small volume, and achieve the sensing operation in conjunction with the sensing control system.

One variation of a method for fabricating a garment includes: applying a first mask to a first side of a fabric substrate coated with a conductive material; applying a second maskmirrored image of the first maskto a second side of the fabric substrate opposite the first side; applying an etchant to the fabric substrate to remove conductive material outside of the first mask; arranging a conductive interface pad of a component carrier over an electrode defined by remaining conductive material on the fabric substrate, the component carrier including a flexible substrate and a rigid electrical component mounted to the flexible substrate, the conductive interface pad extending from a terminal of the rigid electrical component across a region of the flexible substrate; mechanically fastening the component carrier to the fabric substrate to form a garment insert including an electrical circuit; and incorporating the garment insert into the garment.

A heater mat assembly for a rotor blade spar is provided including a plurality of electrically conductive heater wires extending in a spaced parallel configuration along a path of the rotor blade spar. An electrical current is flowed through the plurality of heater wires to inhibit ice accumulation on a portion of the rotor blade spar. At least one layer of a first insulating material is arranged adjacent a first side of each of the plurality of heater wires such that the at least one layer of the first insulating material is disposed between the plurality of heater wires and an adjacent surface of the rotor blade spar. The first insulating material comprises a thermally and electrically insulating material.

An aerosol-generating system including a cartridge is provided, the cartridge including a liquid storage portion including a housing configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the housing having an opening; and a heater assembly including at least one heater element fixed to the housing and extending across an opening of the housing, wherein a width of the at least one heater element of the heater assembly is smaller than a width of the opening of the housing. The heater element may be spaced from a periphery of the opening, leading to more efficient heating and aerosol production.

Portable multi-layer warmth delivery systems and methods may pertain to an electrically resistive first layer, a structural second layer, and an infrared-redirecting third layer. By passing an electrical current through the electrically resistive first layer, infrared energy is emitted, redirected, and efficiently concentrated in a vicinity.

A wiring sheet includes a pair of electrodes and a pseudo sheet structure including a plurality of conductive linear bodies arranged at intervals, in which the pseudo sheet structure is electrically connected to the electrodes, and the conductive linear bodies and the electrodes are fixed with contact fixing members.

A thermoelectric device including a panel, formed of a thermally insulating material, and having a plurality of thermoelectric elements including compacted conductors inside the insulating material and expanded conductors outside the insulating material wherein the thermoelectric elements run substantially parallel to or at an acute angle relative to the long dimension of the panel. The thermoelectric device may be integrated into a variety of surfaces or enclosures needing heating or cooling with controls and configurations to optimize the application.

A suspension fabric seat includes a fabric seat surface formed from a woven fabric material having heating element fibers. The heating element fibers are in electrical communication with a conductor. A carrier is overmolded onto the seat surface. The carrier and the conductor are disposed in a frame and a connector is mounted to the frame in electrical communication with the conductor.

In a textile device (100) having a flexible textile main structure (110) which is made up of textile threads (101) and which has a top surface (111) and a bottom surface (112), temperature metering independent of ambient conditions is achieved in that the main structure (110) is equipped with at least one electrically conductive heating thread (120) which is connected to a first voltage source and with at least one electrically conductive sensor thread (130) which is connected to a second voltage source and which serves for sensing a temperature or a dampness of the main structure (110), wherein a control circuit which is electrically connected to at least one sensor thread (130) is provided for controlling the intensity of a current flow through the heating threads (120) in response to a measured temperature or dampness in order, for every measured actual value, to introduce a predetermined setpoint value of heat into the main structure (110).