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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2024
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Francesco Migneco, Southfieid, MI (US);
Hussein Zaarour, Dearborn, MI (US);
Milan Tueskes, Genoa, IT;
Vyachislav Ivanov, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Steven Ziolkowski, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Daniel Josefsson, Falköping, SE;
Brenton L. Riegel, Southfield, MI (US);
William Burmeister, Waterford, MI (US);
Sumanth Muthyala, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brad Duncan, Southfield, MI (US);
LEAR CORPORATION, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method include providing an HVAC to heat or cool a volumetric space, and identifying one or more seats within the volumetric space, each of the one or more seats comprising one or more thermal elements, the one or more thermal elements controlling a temperature of the one or more seats. The system and method further include: determining a thermal comfort setting for each of the one or more seats; determining a current temperature of the volumetric space as measured by one or more sensors; and determining, based on the thermal comfort settings, the current temperature of the volumetric space, a temperature setting for the HVAC, and a temperature setting for the one or more seats, the temperature setting for the HVAC and the temperature setting for the one or more seats achieving the thermal comfort setting for each of the one or more seats.