How does one heat, sense, and control a gel-filled, carbon fiber backed heated seat for a high-end luxury automobile? Well, the simple answer is to call the Chromalox technical staff. That was the challenge from a high end luxury car manufacturer who wanted to introduce a new type of heated car seat. Given that the gel would give true anatomical fit to the driver and would move in 3D, it was essential the design incorporated a different temperature sensing and control methodology to mitigate past experiences resulting in malfunctions and sometimes burns.

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