Climate comfort seat assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJohnathan Andrew Line, Paul Bryan Hoke, Clay Wesley Maranville, John W. Jaranson, Michael Kolich, Daniel Ferretti, Jeroen Lem
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Abstract
A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat structure. A carrier is disposed on the seat structure and includes a matrix of fluid transfer lines. A spacer material is positioned over the carrier. A trim cover is disposed over the spacer material. A desiccant is made from a volcanic ash and is supported by the seat structure. The matrix of fluid transfer lines thermodynamically influences a relative temperature of the trim cover through both the carrier and the desiccant.
Claims20
A vehicle seating assembly comprising:
- first and second supports;
- a carrier coupled to and spanning between the first and second supports and including a plurality of channels on opposing sides of the carrier having a matrix of fluid transfer lines disposed therein;
- a spacer material positioned over the carrier;
- a trim cover disposed over the spacer material;
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- a desiccant made from a volcanic ash and supported by the seat structure, wherein the matrix of fluid transfer lines defines a closed loop system that thermodynamically influences a relative temperature of the trim cover through both the carrier and the desiccant.
A vehicle seating assembly comprising:
- a carrier supporting a thermoelectric device and a desiccant, the carrier having pre-defined voids disposed therein and a thermal seat manifold disposed within the voids through which a fluid is routed, the thermal seat manifold thermodynamically influencing a relative temperature of a trim cover;
- a storage unit configured to hold the fluid;
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- a spacer material disposed between the carrier and the trim cover.
A climate control system for a vehicle seating assembly comprising:
- a seat carrier defining an aperture therein and including a thermal seat manifold within the seat carrier that substantially encompasses the aperture;
- a fluid line within the manifold routing a fluid therethrough, the fluid line disposed in pre-defined voids formed in the seat carrier;
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- a trim cover disposed over a spacer member and a desiccant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.