US 11,673,495 B2
Air conditioning device for an air flow
Jochen Pfaff, Eching/Dietersheim (DE); and Alexander Rappl, Königsbrunn (DE)
Assigned to Gentherm GMBH, Odelzhausen (DE)
Appl. No. 17/440,491
Filed by GENTHERM GMBH, Odelzhausen (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/DE2020/000065
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/200343, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 002 315.3 (DE), filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0176855 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/56 (2006.01); F24H 3/04 (2022.01); B60N 2/879 (2018.01)
CPC B60N 2/5635 (2013.01) [B60N 2/565 (2013.01); B60N 2/5657 (2013.01); B60N 2/879 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air conditioning device for a vehicle seat, the air conditioning device comprising:
at least one flow generator configured to generate an air flow;
at least one air inlet opening fluidically connected to a flow inlet channel of the at least one flow generator to draw in air to be temperature-controlled;
at least one air outlet opening fluidically connected to a flow outlet channel of the at least one flow generator to eject the temperature-controlled air;
a temperature-control device configured to control a temperature of the air drawn in through the at least one air inlet opening prior to the air being ejected from the at least one air outlet opening;
wherein the at least one air inlet opening and the at least one air outlet opening are arranged next to one another; and
wherein the air conditioning device comprises a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the air drawn into the at least one air inlet opening and to adapt a heating power of the temperature-control device to the detected temperature of the air drawn into the at least one air inlet opening so that a temperature of the ejected air from the at least one air outlet opening and the temperature of the air drawn into the at least one air inlet opening is substantially constant.