ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,129, issued on March 3, was assigned to Gentherm GmbH (Odelzhausen, Germany).
"Heating device for vehicle seats, and method for operating same" was invented by Rudiger Spillner (Augsburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating device for a vehicle seat having at least: one first heating element, which is arranged on or close to a first user-facing surface region of the vehicle seat, the structure and operating principle of which is designed for a conductive transfer of heat to a passenger, and a further heating element the operating temperature of which in at least one operating state is greater than the operating temperatu...