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US 12,728,798 B2Granted
Vehicle seat with electronic device charger
AssigneeFca US LLC
InventorsBenjamin T Treinen, Everard J Scott, Ryan C Nagode
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Abstract
A vehicle seat configured to be disposed within a vehicle includes a seat bottom, a seat back, and a storage compartment system. The storage compartment system includes a storage compartment disposed within the seat bottom and configured to receive an electronic device, and a wireless charger configured to charge the electronic device. A cooling module is configured to provide cooling to the storage compartment to cool the electronic device.
Claims12
A vehicle seat configured to be disposed within a vehicle, the vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat bottom;
- a seat back;
- a seat ventilation unit disposed within the seat bottom and/or the seat back;
- and
- a storage compartment system, comprising:
- a storage compartment disposed within the seat bottom and configured to receive an electronic device, wherein the storage compartment is disposed within and is accessible from an inboard side of the seat bottom;
- and
- a wireless charger configured to charge the electronic device,
- wherein the seat ventilation unit includes one or more fans to generate a cooling airflow to (i) the storage compartment to cool the electronic device, and (ii) the vehicle seat to cool a passenger seated therein.
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A vehicle seat system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a track system integrated with a floor of the vehicle;
- a plurality of vehicle seats each slidably coupled to the track system and rotatable thereon, each vehicle seat including a seat bottom, a seat back, a seat ventilation unit disposed within the seat bottom and/or the seat back, and a storage compartment system, comprising:
- a storage compartment disposed within the seat bottom and configured to receive an electronic device, wherein the storage compartment is disposed within and is accessible from an inboard side of the seat bottom;
- and
- a wireless charger configured to charge the electronic device when disposed within the storage compartment,
- wherein the seat ventilation unit includes one or more fans to generate a cooling airflow to (i) the storage compartment to cool the electronic device, and (ii) the vehicle seat to cool a passenger seated therein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.