US 12,441,386 B2
Heating and detecting device for detecting a contact between a user and a steering wheel of a vehicle, and for heating the steering wheel
Federico Zoppas, Treviso (IT); and Mauro Berioli, Vittorio Veneto (IT)
Assigned to I.R.C.A. S.P.A. INDUSTRIA RESISTENZE CORAZZATE E AFFINI, Vittorio Veneto (IT)
Appl. No. 17/296,070
Filed by I.R.C.A. S.P.A. INDUSTRIA RESISTENZE CORAZZATE E AFFINI, Vittorio Veneto (IT)
PCT Filed Dec. 4, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/060422
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/115670, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000010784 (IT), filed on Dec. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0009539 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 1/06 (2006.01); B62D 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/06 (2013.01) [B62D 1/046 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating and detecting device for detecting a contact between a user and a steering wheel of a vehicle and for heating the steering wheel, the heating and detecting device comprising:
an electrically insulating support;
a heating track for heating the steering wheel, a sensor track for detecting the contact, and a shielding track for avoiding a detection of false contacts between the user and the steering wheel;
the heating track, the sensor track and the shielding track being electrically conductive, distinct from one another and arranged on a same surface of the electrically insulating support;
wherein the shielding track is arranged between the heating track and the sensor track;
wherein the shielding track is spaced apart both from the heating track and from the sensor track; and
wherein the heating track, the sensor track and the shielding track are made of aluminum or constantan or copper or German silver or steel or Inconel metal or brass.