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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. 22, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shangshyan S. Liao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Wayne Frank Buescher, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 1/00 ;
Abstract
An assembly for controlling the temperature of vehicle seats . Particularly, the assembly includes a controller which selectively provides electrical power to heating assemblies ; and and cooling assemblies ; and in order to heat or cool the seats in a desired manner while concomitantly obviating the need for high current switches within and/or upon the seats . The assembly includes a control panel which allows the temperature of the seats to be automatically or manually controlled in a desired manner.