Heater control device, method and program

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9198231
APP PUB NO 20130341318A1
SERIAL NO

14002923

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A heater control device having at least two PTC heaters having PTC elements includes switching units which are provided so as to correspond to the PTC heaters and which switch an energized state and a non-energized state of the PTC elements by being turned ON and OFF, pattern information which defines state combination patterns of the energized state and the non-energized state of the PTC elements with respect to a required power value for the heater unit, and a ratio controlling unit which when the required power for the heater unit is at an intermediate value of the required power values defined in the pattern information, controls a ratio of the energized state to the non-energized state of the PTC elements based on a ratio of ON time to OFF time for which an average power within a certain period matches the required power.

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  • MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kominami, Satoshi Tokyo, JP 68 639
Matsubara, Shiro Tokyo, JP 11 68
Nagasaka, Keiji Tokyo, JP 17 205
Nakano, Koji Tokyo, JP 113 1006
Sato, Hidetaka Tokyo, JP 37 322
Shimizu, Kenji Tokyo, JP 174 1774
Sumito, Kiyotaka Tokyo, JP 1 4

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