Patent ID: 6316746
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
A defroster assembly for a mirror of a vehicle, said defroster assembly comprising:a transparent planar sheet;an electrical wire having a medial portion coupled to said transparent planar sheet;an adhesive coupled to a face of said planar sheet whereby said planar sheet is adapted for coupling to the mirror of the vehicle; andsaid electrical wire being adapted for coupling to a battery of the vehicle whereby said electrical wire is heated by electrical current passing through said electrical wire whereby said mirror is defrosted by said electrical wire when said electrical current is passed through said electrical wire;said medial portion of said electrical wire forming a grid having a plurality heating elements, each heating element being formed by a pair of parallel lengths of said electrical wire, said heating elements being arranged into a pair of vertically aligned heating element sets; andeach of said heating elements including at least one resistor, said resistor extending between said pair of parallel lengths of said electrical wire for maintaining electrical flow through said heating elements when a distal end of each of said heating elements is cut whereby said grid is adapted for conforming to a shape of the mirror by cutting said distal ends of selectable heating elements of said grid.