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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2003
Jody K. Harwood, Canton, MI (US);
Joseph J. Davis, Jr., Ortonville, MI (US);
James D. Hughes, Goodrich, MI (US);
Jody K. Harwood, Canton, MI (US);
Joseph J. Davis, Jr., Ortonville, MI (US);
James D. Hughes, Goodrich, MI (US);
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MT (US);
Abstract
A thermally controlled storage space system (), such as for the dashboard () of a vehicle (). The system () has a housing (), which is configured to couple a portion of the vehicles air control system (), such as a heating system, a ventilation system, or an air-conditioning system. A heat exchanger () is coupled to the housing () and to a thermoelectric device (). A temperature sensor () generates a temperature signal indicative of the temperature within the housing (). A controller (), which is coupled to the thermoelectric device (), adjusts the temperature within the housing () in response to the temperature signal.