ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,631, issued on April 22, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Seat air-conditioning device" was invented by Yuki Makita (Kanagawa, Japan), Kou Komori (Nara, Japan) and Takeshi Enya (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat air-conditioning device includes: a blower; a first ventilation path through which air is drawn in by the blower from a first inlet in a seat base of a seat on which a person sits; a second ventilation path through which the drawn air is discharged from a first outlet in the seat; a third ventilation path that is different from the second ventilation path and through wh...