Method for ventilating a seat

US7356912B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• W.E.T. Automotive Systems AG · DE

Inventors

• Syed Rafat Iqbal · Tecumseh, CA
• Corina Alionte · Windsor, CA
• Goran Bajic · Windsor, CA
• Shaun Calvin Howick · Tecumseh, CA
• Zoran Panic · Windsor, CA
• Valerija Drobnjakovic · Windsor, CA
• Marinko Lazanja · Windsor, CA
• Simone Kohler · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
• Peter Nagele · Aichach, DE
• Stefan Stoewe · Mering, DE
• Boris Zlotin · Southfield, US
• Piter Ulan · Southfield, US
• Vladimir Gerasimov · Southfield, US
• Vladimir Proseanik · Southfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 12, 2004
• Grant date: Apr 15, 2008
• Expiry date: May 27, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49826
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

The present invention is directed towards a method of forming a ventilated seat. More specifically, in one aspect, the present invention is directed towards providing an insert in fluid communications with an air mover and a seating surface, wherein the system optionally includes a thermoelectric device for providing heating or cooling of air flowing through the insert.