US 12,085,711 B2
Heating device
Waldemar Dworakowski, Cracow (PL); and Rafal Dlugosz, Poznan (PL)
Assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/305,274.
Application 18/305,274 is a continuation of application No. 16/713,104, filed on Dec. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,693,234.
Claims priority of application No. 18213511 (EP), filed on Dec. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0258926 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 7/02 (2021.01); H05B 6/06 (2006.01); H05B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0006 (2013.01) [G02B 7/02 (2013.01); H05B 6/06 (2013.01); H05B 6/44 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating device comprising:
a housing configured to retain a camera lens;
a primary induction coil positioned proximate the housing and configured generate a magnetic field in response to receiving electrical power from a power supply;
a controller circuit in electrical contact with the primary induction coil and configured to control the electrical power delivered to the primary induction coil; and
a secondary induction coil configured to receive the magnetic field from the primary induction coil and generate heat to heat the camera lens, at least a portion of the secondary induction coil being encircled by the primary induction coil.