Patent ID: 9045158
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: B62D,H05B

Abstract:
1. A deformable heating element for a vehicle steering wheel, adapted to be attached to a steering wheel body by means of an adhesive, said heating element comprising a base material, having a rear-side layer and a front-side layer both formed of a flat fibrous material, and at least one heating conductor, one side of which is laid on, and fastened to, the front-side layer of the base material, the improvement wherein the front-side layer of the base material, on which the heating conductor is laid and fastened, has at least one of a lower compression hardness and a volume density than does this base material in the area of the opposite, rear-side layer thereof and occupies a volume that is in the range of 50% to 100% greater, at the same volume weight, as the rear-side layer, and wherein the heating conductor is embedded in the fibrous material on the front-side layer such that fibers thereof are laid around the heating conductor and at least partially cover the same.