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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2018
Applicant:

Gentherm Incorporated, Northville, MI (US);

Inventors:

David Marquette, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Dusko Petrovski, Washington, MI (US);

Brian D. Comiskey, Coto de Caza, CA (US);

Assignee:

GENTHERM INCORPORATED, Northville, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 21/04 (2006.01); A47C 7/74 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); F24H 3/02 (2006.01); F24H 3/04 (2006.01); F24H 9/20 (2006.01); F25B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 7/74 (2013.01); A47C 21/044 (2013.01); B60H 1/00285 (2013.01); B60H 1/00742 (2013.01); F24H 3/022 (2013.01); F24H 3/0429 (2013.01); F24H 9/2071 (2013.01); F25B 21/02 (2013.01); B60H 2001/003 (2013.01); F25B 2321/0211 (2013.01); F25B 2321/0212 (2013.01);
Abstract

A climate controlled seat, bed or other assembly configured to receive a person includes a blower and two or more thermoelectric devices or other conditioning fluid modules. According to one embodiment of an operational scheme, a control system for the seat or bed is configured to continuously discharge air from the blower through the thermoelectric devices. In one arrangement, the thermoelectric devices are sequenced between an activated and a deactivated position. Consequently, the desired cooling and/or cooling effect can be maintained while reducing energy consumption of the climate control system.


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