Beds – With heating or cooling – And means to force air
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-16
2011-08-16
Santos, Robert G (Department: 3673)
Beds
With heating or cooling
And means to force air
C005S421000, C005S652200, C005S001000, C062S003500, C165S121000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07996936
ABSTRACT:
A climate controlled seat, bed or other assembly configured to receive a person includes a blower and two or more thermoelectric devices or other conditioning fluid modules. According to one embodiment of an operational scheme, a control system for the seat or bed is configured to continuously discharge air from the blower through the thermoelectric devices. In one arrangement, the thermoelectric devices are sequenced between an activated and a deactivated position. Consequently, the desired cooling and/or cooling effect can be maintained while reducing energy consumption of the climate control system.
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Comiskey Brian D.
Marquette David
Petrovski Dusko
Amerigon Incorporated
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Santos Robert G
Wilson Brittany M
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