Vehicle seat assembly and heater unit to be used therefor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8523279
APP PUB NO 20100289303A1
SERIAL NO

12777628

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Disclosed is a vehicle seat assembly with built-in heater having a configuration to minimize formation of creases. The vehicle seat assembly of the present invention comprises a seat heater. The seat heater is structured as a unit and comprised of a substrate and a heating wire. The heating wire has a first heater section and a second heater section. In the first heater section, a part of the segments bent on the left side extend leftward across the center. In the second heater section, a part of the segments bent on the right side extend rightward across the center. These segments are overlapped when viewed in the vertical direction. This configuration minimizes formation of creases in the middle area.

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NHK SPRING CO LTD3-10 FUKUURA KANAZAWA-KU YOKOHAMA-SHI KANAGAWA 2360004
KURABE INDUSTRIAL CO LTD4830 TAKATSUKA-CHO MINAMI-KU HAMAMATSU-SHI SHIZUOKA-KEN 432-8521

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nagai, Takanori Hamamatsu, JP 16 68
Nakamura, Takeshi Yokohama, JP 571 5819
Yagame, Hiroshi Yokohama, JP 3 6
Yamashita, Akitoshi Yokohama, JP 12 151

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