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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2023
Applicant:
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Inventors:
Steven Ziolkowski, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
David J. Abdella, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Samuel Blair, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/56 (2006.01); B60N 2/50 (2006.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/56 (2013.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.02);
Abstract
A seat assembly includes a seat, a fan disposed at least partially in the seat to ventilate the seat, a sensor configured to sense if a portion of an occupant is adjacent a surface of the seat, and an electronic controller connected to the fan and the sensor. The electronic controller can control a speed of the fan according to an output from the sensor.