US 12,337,737 B2
Vehicle seat air distribution device
Madalina Onica, Northville, MI (US); Zoran Panic, Windsor (CA); and Ajay Murgod, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to GENTHERM INCORPORATED, Northville, MI (US)
Filed by GENTHERM INCORPORATED, Northville, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/492,848.
Application 18/492,848 is a continuation of application No. 17/770,113, granted, now 11,833,942, previously published as PCT/US2020/065039, filed on Dec. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/951,305, filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0051444 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60N 2/56 (2006.01); B60N 2/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/5642 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air distribution device for a vehicle seat comprising a cushion, the air distribution device comprising:
a seat plate that is configured to face a B-side of the cushion of the vehicle seat, the seat plate comprising a first area and a second area that extends at least partially around the first area, an aperture defined in the first area, wherein an air mover is configured to be in fluid communication with the aperture, and the seat plate comprises an adhesive that is arranged around a perimeter of the seat plate in at the second area and which extends around the first area, the adhesive is configured to connect the seat plate to the B-side of the cushion;
wherein the air distribution device comprises a spacer layer or one or more standoffs that is/are attached to the seat plate in the first area with a second adhesive.