US 11,718,210 B2
Ventilated seat system
Brian Boland, Pinckney, MI (US); Michael Steven Medoro, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Andres Almeida Senatore, San Jose, CA (US); Otis Allen, Soquel, CA (US); Dylan Mandelbaum, Mountain View, CA (US); Siddharthan Selvasekar, Livermore, CA (US); and Sydney Puckett, Detroit, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/238,868.
Prior Publication US 2022/0340057 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/56 (2006.01); F04D 29/66 (2006.01); B60N 2/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/565 (2013.01) [F04D 29/66 (2013.01); B60N 2/20 (2013.01); B60N 2/5621 (2013.01); B60N 2/5671 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle ventilated seat system, comprising:
a seatback;
a seat base pivotally coupled to the seatback;
a blower operably coupled to at least one of the seat base and the seatback, wherein the blower has a housing including a first portion that defines an inlet and a second portion that defines an outlet, wherein the second portion has a rectangular cross-sectional shape, and wherein the blower generates a sound transmission during operation;
a metamaterial silencer coupled to an interior surface of the blower proximate at least one of the inlet and the outlet, wherein the metamaterial silencer defines a repeated pattern and extends across at least a portion of the interior surface, and wherein the metamaterial silencer extends along the interior surface of the second portion and along a perimeter of the outlet; and
a controller communicatively coupled to the blower, wherein the controller activates the blower to draw air into the inlet and away from a surface of at least one of the seat base and the seatback and expel the air through the outlet, wherein the metamaterial silencer reduces the sound transmission generated by the blower.