MUMBAI, India, April 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202341070766 A) filed by Lucas Tvs Limited, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Oct. 17, 2023, for 'a system and method for controlling positive temperature coefficient heaters in electric vehicles.'

Inventor(s) include Govindan Anantharaman; and Shanmugavel Murugan.

The application for the patent was published on April 25, under issue no. 17/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention offers a system and method for controlling the PTC heater to provide effective heat inside an electric vehicle cabin. The present invention employs a proportional integral derivative controller-based constant power mechanis...