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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2022
Applicant:
Gentherm Incorporated, Northville, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Gentherm Incorporated, Novi, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00285 (2013.01); B60H 1/00478 (2013.01); B60H 1/00742 (2013.01); B60H 1/00828 (2013.01); B60H 1/00878 (2013.01); B60N 2/002 (2013.01); B60N 2/0034 (2023.08); B60N 2/0035 (2023.08); B60N 2/5657 (2013.01); B60N 2/5692 (2013.01); B60H 2001/003 (2013.01); B60N 2210/40 (2023.08);
Abstract
A thermal conditioning system for conditioning a seat surface of a vehicle or other surface. The system includes a thermoelectric Peltier device with a main side and a waste side. A flap adjusts a proportion of an airflow between a main side airflow path and a waste side airflow path based on whether the surface is occupied, the power provided the thermoelectric Peltier device, the flow rates along the airflow paths, the power provided to a blower, and/or other factors.