Patent ID: 9510393
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B60N,H05B,H05K

Claim Text:
1. Apparatus having at least one heating element for heating of surfaces in the internal space within a motor vehicle that can be touched by a user, said apparatus comprising (1) at least one heating conductor (“HC”) forming an electrical heating circuit, (2) at least one carrier material selected from the group consisting of textiles, knitted fabrics, non-wovens, tulle fabrics, foams or foils of plastic and cellular rubber, and (3) a temperature sensing element (“TA”) wherein the heating conductor is held by the carrier material and has at least two HC terminal ends and the temperature sensing element has at least two TA terminal ends, the improvement wherein at least two of the HC and TA terminal ends are electrically connected to first HC terminal areas or first TA terminal areas, respectively, of a printed circuit board (“pcb”), wherein the printed circuit board has second HC terminal areas and second TA terminal areas, wherein the first HC terminal areas and the second HC terminal areas are connected to each other at least in part via first pcb traces and the first TA terminal areas and the second TA terminal areas are connected to each other at least in part via second pcb traces, wherein the first and the second pcb traces are part of the printed circuit board and wherein the printed circuit board has a maximum dimension of 40 mm in each direction and is arranged on, under, or at, the at least one carrier material.