ELECTRIC LINE

• US 20120013433A1
• Filed: 07/13/2011
• Published: 01/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gentherm GmbH (Gentherm Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Wet Automotive Systems AG (Gentherm Incorporated)
• Inventors: Rauh, Hans-Georg, Krobok, Martin, Weiß, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 8,456,272 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 338/296
• CPC Class Codes: H01C 13/00 Resistors not provided for elsewhere
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/003 using serpentine layout
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/007 using multiple electrically connected resistive elements or resistive zones
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/011 Heaters using laterally extending conductive material as connecting means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/013 Heaters using resistive films or coatings
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/014 Heaters using resistive wires or cables not provided for in H05B3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/017 Manufacturing methods or apparatus for heaters
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/033 Heater including particular mechanical reinforcing means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/34 flexible, e.g. heating nets or webs

Abstract

The present invention concerns an electric line (5) with at least one conducting substrate (51) and at least one substrate holder (52), on and/or in which the conducting substrate (51) is arranged.

It is provided that the conducting substrate (51) has at least one conducting particle (7).

Claims

1. An electric line comprising at least one conducting substrate and at least one substrate holder, characterized in that the conducting substrate (51) has at least one conducting particle.

2. The electric line according to claim 1, characterized in that the conducting substrate includes at least two strandlike conducting particles which are in electrical communication with each other at least at one electrical contact point.

3. The electric line according to claim 2, forming a resistance device, characterized in that the resistance device has at least two resistance zones which have a different electrical conductivity from each other.

4. The electric line according to claim 2, forming a contacting device, a temperature control device, a air conditioning device, a detector device, a cover for a temperature-controlled object, a vehicle interior component, a interior furnishing object, or any combination thereof.

5. The electric line according to claim 3, forming a resistance device that further forms a contacting device, a temperature control device, a air conditioning device, a detector device, a cover for a temperature-controlled object, a vehicle interior component, a interior furnishing object, or any combination thereof.