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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
May. 16, 2012
Dmitri Axakov, Windsor, CA;
Raghvendra Trimbakrao Joshi, Windsor, CA;
Lizhuo Zhang, Windsor, CA;
Dieter Barthel, Rodenbach, DE;
Jochen Michelmann, Gelnhausen, DE;
Dmitri Axakov, Windsor, CA;
Raghvendra Trimbakrao Joshi, Windsor, CA;
Lizhuo Zhang, Windsor, CA;
Dieter Barthel, Rodenbach, DE;
Jochen Michelmann, Gelnhausen, DE;
IGB Automotive Ltd., Ontarion, CA;
Abstract
An air conditioning unit includes a shaped body forming at least one part of a seat cushion. The shaped body has a seating surface and an opposite lower side. An air flow module is arranged at the lower side of the shaped body. The air flow module includes an air mover and has an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening. The shaped body has at least one air through-hole extending from the seating surface to the air flow module. The air flow module is in fluid communication with the at least one air through-hole in the shaped body. At least one channel extends in a radial direction adjacent the lower surface of the shaped body. The air flow module is in fluid communication with the at least one channel, and provides airflow between the seating surface of the shaped body and the at least one channel.