ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,733, issued on May 13, was assigned to Lear Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).
"Climate controlled seat" was invented by Bradley Clifford Duncan (Harrison Township, Mich.), Vyachislav Ivanov (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Caleb Andrew Abbey (Warren, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A climate-controlled seat including a foam portion having a recess in a surface, an air channel extending through the foam and having a first opening configured to engage with a seat ventilation system and an opposed second opening adjacent to and operatively engaging the recess; a pair of gaskets located in the recess, adjacent to and on opposite sides of the s...