Patents by Inventor Jordi Mestre Gausch

Jordi Mestre Gausch has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for the progressive control of heating elements
    Patent number: 6943327
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method particularly applicable to an automotive vehicle seat, through which the control of heating of heating elements is carried out by an electronic circuit, based on the temperature monitored in the heating elements and using Pulse Width Modulation (PWM). The signals applied to the heating elements are progressively adapted to the condition of the different heating elements at all times and throughout their useful life, by variation of the working cycle of the signal applied to the heating elements in the form of a fixed frequency pulse train, and applying said signal after an initial transient state, during which state a maximum voltage has been applied to the heating elements and has been maintained until reaching a desired percentage of an assigned temperature by each of said heating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Antoni Ferre Fabregas, Alberto Garcia Briz, Joan Fontanilles Pinas, Jordi Mestre Gausch, Rudolf Diemer, Stefan Jost
  • METHOD FOR THE PROGRESSIVE CONTROL OF HEATING ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20050167418
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method particularly applicable to an automotive vehicle seat, through which the control of heating of heating elements is carried out by an electronic circuit, based on the temperature monitored in the heating elements and using Pulse Width Modulation (PWM). The signals applied to the heating elements are progressively adapted to the condition of the different heating elements at all times and throughout their useful life, by variation of the working cycle of the signal applied to the heating elements in the form of a fixed frequency pulse train, and applying said signal after an initial transient state, during which state a maximum voltage has been applied to the heating elements and has been maintained until reaching a desired percentage of an assigned temperature by each of said heating elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Antoni Ferre Fabregas, Alberto Garcia Briz, Joan Fontanilles Pinas, Jordi Mestre Gausch, Rudolf Diemer, Stefan Jost