| US 7,477,969 B2 | ||
| Temperature conditioned assembly having a controller in communication with a temperature sensor | ||
| Zoran Panic, Windsor (Canada) | ||
| Assigned to W.E.T. Automotive Systems AG, Odelzhausen (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 23, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/947,860. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/508036, filed on Oct. 02, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0085968 A1, Apr. 21, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60N 2/56 (2006.01); A47C 7/74 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 701—36 [297/180.1; 219/217] | 19 Claims |
| 1. An assembly for a transportation vehicle, comprising:
a component located within a passenger compartment of the transportation vehicle;
a conditioner configured for providing at least one of heating, cooling or ventilation, and integrated with, embedded in,
or conductively attached to the component of the transportation vehicle, selected from a seat or a steering wheel;
a controller in communication with the conditioner and an energy source, the controller including a temperature sensor integrally
located within the controller for directly controlling the conditioner, wherein:
i) the controller and integral temperature sensor is located within the compartment of the transportation vehicle non-adjacent
to any temperature changers or output portions of the conditioner such that the temperature sensor can measure a temperature
of ambient air within the compartment of the transportation vehicle; and
ii) the controller includes programming for, upon activation of the conditioner, effecting an energy output sequence from
the energy source to the conditioner based upon only the temperature of the ambient air at the time of activation.
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