Vehicle seat ventilation system and control

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10160355
APP PUB NO 20180043806A1
SERIAL NO

15236730

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A ventilation system includes a seat bottom blower unit configured to selectively draw an airflow into a seat bottom of the vehicle seat, a seat back blower unit configured to selectively draw an airflow into a seat back of the vehicle seat, and a controller in signal communication with the seat bottom blower unit and the seat back blower unit, the controller configured to generate a common pulse width modulation (PWM) duty cycle signal. The seat bottom blower unit is configured to operate at a first predetermined blower speed based on the common duty cycle signal, and the seat back blower unit is configured to operate at a second different predetermined speed based on the common duty cycle signal. The seat bottom blower unit and the seat back blower units are configured to simultaneously operate at different speeds based on the common duty cycle signal.

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  • FCA US LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Geng, Senrun Farmington Hills, US 3 1
Morariu, Mihai Warren, US 2 7

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