Climate controlled seat with a thermal conditioning device which is controlled by determining a heat flux
AssigneeGentherm Incorporated
InventorsDavid Brian Marquette, Daniel Charles Guerithault, Vladimir Jovovic
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Abstract
A method of autonomously providing thermal comfort to an occupant in contact with a component includes the step of determining a heat flux between the component and the occupant. A heat flux inversion is determined using the heat flux. The heat flux inversion corresponds to a change in occupant thermal comfort. A thermal conditioning device is controlled based upon the heat flux inversion to maintain a desired heat flux.
Claims29
A method of autonomously providing thermal comfort to an occupant in contact with a component, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining a heat flux between the component and the occupant;
- determining a heat flux inversion using the heat flux, the heat flux inversion corresponds to a change in occupant thermal comfort;
- and
- controlling a thermal conditioning device based upon the heat flux inversion to maintain a desired heat flux.
An autonomous seat climate control system comprising:
- a seat with a heat flux sensor configured to detect a heat flux relating to occupant thermal comfort provided by the seat;
- a seat thermal conditioning device;
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- a controller configured to command the seat thermal conditioning device in response to the detected heat flux.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.