US 12,122,274 B2
Vehicle seat with integrated temperature-control system
Gaurang Gupta, Mountain View, CA (US); Wentao Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Adnan Esmail, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Tesla, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/444,692.
Application 17/444,692 is a continuation of application No. 16/281,500, filed on Feb. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,084,404.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/647,230, filed on Mar. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0097580 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/56 (2006.01); B60N 2/70 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/5614 (2013.01) [B60N 2/5642 (2013.01); B60N 2/5685 (2013.01); B60N 2/70 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat, the vehicle seat comprising:
a temperature-control system associated with a portion of a vehicle seat, the temperature-control system comprising:
a fluid pump configured to provide fluid flow;
a plurality of conduits fluidically connected to the fluid pump and extending at least partially into the portion of the vehicle seat;
a plurality of heating elements;
a base layer; and
a continuous insulating layer disposed between the plurality of heating elements and the base layer, the continuous insulating layer separating the plurality of heating elements from the base layer;
wherein each of the plurality of conduits is substantially parallel to a plurality of heating elements.