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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
May. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Inventors:
David Gallagher, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Francesco Migneco, Salene, MI (US);
Vyachislav Ivanov, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 7/74 (2006.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.01); B60N 2/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/914 (2018.02); A47C 7/74 (2013.01); B60N 2/5685 (2013.01);
Abstract
A seating system includes a seat, individually selectable and controllable thermal units individually positioned at respective locations within the seat corresponding to anatomical locations of a person sitting in the seat, and a controller. The thermal units to generate heat when activated. The controller to individually activate a subset of the thermal units to deliver heat to the anatomical locations of the person sitting in the seat corresponding to the respective locations within the seat of the activated thermal units.