Method and system of regulating heat in a vehicle seat
US6291803A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 24, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60N2/58
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In order to ensure that a vehicle seat, having a supporting face and incorporating microcapsules of phase-change material having a phase transition temperature between 15 and 37.degree. C., is comfortable to use in terms of temperature, the support face is heated or cooled before the seat is used so that the phase-change material is at its transition temperature when a user subsequently sits on the seat.
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