Patent ID: 8530792
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A heated side window assembly for an automobile, said automobile having a sideview mirror mounted generally adjacent said heated side window assembly, said heated side window assembly comprising: a glass sheet; a single continuous, non-intersecting electrical conductor strip mounted to said glass sheet having a pair of ends, said conductor strip outputting radiant heat in response to an electrical current flow therethrough, said conductor strip being positioned such that it only bounds and heats, but does not enter, a region defined by an operator's line of sight to the sideview mirror of the vehicle, the region being less than fifty percent of the glass sheet and located on a front half of the glass sheet; a switch selectively outputting a control signal; a power supply; and a controller electrically coupled between said power supply and said conductor strip, said controller providing electrical current to said conductor strip in response to said control signal, wherein said operator's line of sight region encompasses a first line of sight region and a second line of sight region, said first line of sight region is defined by first and second horizontal planes passing from a first visual reference point to the sideview mirror and first and second vertical planes passing from said first visual reference point to the sideview mirror, said second line of sight region is defined by third and forth horizontal planes passing from a second visual reference point to the sideview mirror and third and forth vertical planes passing from said second visual reference point to the sideview mirror.