A heater/sensor assembly comprises a sensor assembly and a heater assembly. The sensor assembly comprises a first sheet of an electrically non-conducting material, a first wire attached to a first side of the first sheet, and a second wire arranged parallel to the first wire and attached to a second side of the first sheet that is opposite the first side. The heater assembly comprises a second sheet of the electrically non-conducting material arranged parallel to the first sheet; a third wire attached to a first side of the second sheet facing the second side of the first sheet; and a fourth wire arranged parallel to the third wire and attached to a second side of the second sheet that is opposite the first side of the second sheet. The third and fourth wires are arranged at an angle relative to the first and second wires.

A seat heater includes a seating heater, a protection device of a non-resettable type, a base material, and a protecting heater. The protection device has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The base material is a sheet having a first covering portion covering the first surface and a second covering portion covering the second surface, and is folded so that the first covering portion and the second covering portion face each other. The protecting heater heats the protection device. The protecting heater includes a pair of first heating portions and a second heating portion. The pair of first heating portions are formed as a meandered shape only on a surface, which faces the second covering portion, of the first covering portion. The second heating portion is disposed between the pair of first heating portions, and formed as a meandered shape both on the surface, which faces the second covering portion, of the first covering portion, and on a surface, which faces the first covering portion, of the second covering portion.

An article of vehicle furniture includes one or more adaptive support elements. Each of the adaptive support elements includes a carbon fiber layer operable between support and configurable conditions and a heating element in thermal communication with the carbon fiber layer. The heating element is configured to heat the carbon fiber layer from the support condition to the configurable condition. Each of the adaptive support elements further includes a thermal barrier layer, wherein the heating element is disposed between the thermal barrier layer and the carbon fiber layer.

A system includes a climate control module and a thermal device control module. The climate control module, based on at least one of a user input and a first input from a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of a seat of a vehicle, generates one of (i) a heating command signal indicating an instruction to heat the seat and (ii) a cooling command signal indicating an instruction to cool the seat. The thermal device control module, in response to one of the heating command signal and the cooling command signal, controls at least one of a blower and at least one TED to one of heat and cool the seat based on a second input from at least one sensor that measures at least one of a pressure applied to the seat, a force applied to the seat, and a strain within the seat.

Embodiments related to moisture abatement during a heating operation of a climate control system are disclosed. In some embodiments, the climate control system includes a thermoelectric device (TED) or other thermal condition device having a hot side and a cold side. In certain embodiments, the thermal conditioning device is operated (e.g., by a processor or a condensate switch) to inhibit or prevent the occurrence of condensation, and/or to abate condensation that has already occurred, on the cold side of the thermal conditioning device during the heating operation.

A heater comprising: (a) a resistive substrate that produces heat upon an application of power; (b) a substrate adhesive including a portion that extends into the resistive substrate and a portion that extends from one or more sides of the resistive substrate so that one side of the resistive substrate is free of the substrate adhesive and one or more sides is covered by a layer of the substrate adhesive; (c) one or more power application portions connected to the resistive substrate on the side of the resistive substrate that is free of the substrate adhesive; (d) one or more attachment devices that connect the one or more power application portions to the resistive substrate; (e) a closing layer including: (i) a closing backing and (ii) a backing adhesive that includes a portion that extends into the closing backing and a portion that extends from one or more sides of the closing backing so that one side of the closing backing is free of the backing adhesive and one or more sides is covered by a layer of the backing adhesive; and wherein the closing layer extends over the one or more power application portions so that the backing adhesive covers the one or more power application portions, and wherein the substrate adhesive and the backing adhesive extend together to form a single layer of adhesive.

A temperature adjustment control device includes a heat diffusion layer, a heat flux sensor, and a temperature changing body provided in this order from a surface making contact with a human body. The heat flux sensor is disposed on the temperature changing body and outputs a sensor signal corresponding to a heat flux. The heat diffusion layer is disposed opposite to the temperature changing body through the heat flux sensor. The heat flux sensor outputs the sensor signal corresponding to the heat flux passing through the heat flux sensor in a direction in which the heat diffusion layer, the heat flux sensor, and the temperature changing body are arranged. A control portion controls a start and a stop of the power supply to the temperature changing body based on the sensor signal outputted from the heat flux sensor.

A thermally conductive skin includes a plurality of thermal electric devices disposed between, and in thermal contact with, an upper thermally conductive member and a lower thermally conductive member. The thickness of the thermally conductive skin is less than 25 mm. The thermal electric devices are separated from one another by thermal insulation.

A heat mat is configured to provide conductive heat to an occupant in a vehicle. The heat mat includes a mat foundation, a conductive layer coupled to the mat foundation, and a conductor harness configured to couple the conductive layer to a power source. The heat mat is configured to be installed on a vehicle component. A method includes assembling the mat foundation, the conductive layer, and the conductive harness together.

Provided is a conveyance seat capable of streamlining an operation of attaching a seat heater inside a seat body. A conveyance seat is disposed between a pad material and a skin material inside the seat body, and includes a seat heater attached to a back surface of the skin material. The pad material has pull-in grooves for pulling in a skin end portion of the skin material. The pull-in grooves are provided to partition the pad material into a first pad portion and a second pad portion. The seat heater has a first heater portion disposed on a surface of the first pad portion, a second heater portion disposed on a surface of the second pad portion, and heater connecting portions disposed to straddle the pull-in grooves to connect the first heater portion and the second heater portion. The heater connecting portions are attached to the skin end portion and pulled into the pull-in grooves together with the skin end portion.