WO2020163212A1 - Insert à régulation climatique ayant une structure en treillis - Google Patents

Insert à régulation climatique ayant une structure en treillis Download PDF

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WO2020163212A1
WO2020163212A1 PCT/US2020/016349 US2020016349W WO2020163212A1 WO 2020163212 A1 WO2020163212 A1 WO 2020163212A1 US 2020016349 W US2020016349 W US 2020016349W WO 2020163212 A1 WO2020163212 A1 WO 2020163212A1
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Vladimir Jovovic
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/70—Upholstery springs ; Upholstery
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/56—Heating or ventilating devices
    • B60N2/5607—Heating or ventilating devices characterised by convection
    • B60N2/5621—Heating or ventilating devices characterised by convection by air
    • B60N2/5642—Heating or ventilating devices characterised by convection by air with circulation of air through a layer inside the seat
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/56—Heating or ventilating devices
    • B60N2/5607—Heating or ventilating devices characterised by convection
    • B60N2/5621—Heating or ventilating devices characterised by convection by air
    • B60N2/565—Heating or ventilating devices characterised by convection by air sucked from the seat surface
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/56—Heating or ventilating devices
    • B60N2/5607—Heating or ventilating devices characterised by convection
    • B60N2/5621—Heating or ventilating devices characterised by convection by air
    • B60N2/5657—Heating or ventilating devices characterised by convection by air blown towards the seat surface
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/56—Heating or ventilating devices
    • B60N2/5678—Heating or ventilating devices characterised by electrical systems
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2205/00—General mechanical or structural details
    • B60N2205/30—Seat or seat parts characterised by comprising plural parts or pieces

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  • the present teachings relate generally an insert with multiple different lattice structures, a structure that is incorporated around one or more embedded structures, and a method of forming the lattice structures and/or incorporating the embedded structures into the insert.
  • Some systems include an extended tail that extends from a location on top of the seat to a location behind or under the seat where a blower is located. These systems include a blower that is connected to the seat frame and the tail connects the inset to the blower.
  • the conditioner is placed on the seat and may be held in place by a recess in the seat or the trim layer being attached over the conditioner and the seat.
  • Recently vehicle seats have begun including more and more comfort items within the seat such as massagers, heaters, coolers, occupancy sensors, or the like. The comfort items may be felt by the occupant or may increase the thickness or complexity of the insert such that additional layers may be needed or installation of the insert may be more time consuming.
  • an insert that is a monolithic part that provides support, distributes, a fluid, receives one or more embedded structures, or a combination thereof.
  • the present teachings include: an insert comprising: a lattice structure including: one or more layers of support lattice and one or more layers of conditioned lattice that have a permeability that is greater than or equal to a permeability of the one or more layers of support lattice so that the one or more layers of support lattice provide thermal insulation between a vehicle component and a trim layer or occupant; wherein the lattice is one monolithic structure.
  • the present teachings provide: a method comprising: forming an insert by: forming one or more layers of support lattice; and forming one or more layers of conditioned lattice; wherein the insert is formed by an additive manufacturing process so that the insert is a monolithic part.
  • the present teachings provide an insert that is a monolithic part that provides support, distributes, a fluid, receives one or more embedded structures, or a combination thereof.
  • the present teachings provide a method of forming an insert that includes a plurality of different structures within the insert with the plurality of structures being formed during a single manufacturing process.
  • the present teachings provide an insert that includes a plurality of different resistances.
  • the present teachings provide an insert that seamlessly changes between different lattice structures, include or hold embedded structures, or both.
  • the present teachings provide an insert that is printed using two or more different materials or to include two or more different structures.
  • These teachings provide a method comprising: forming an insert by: forming one or more layers of support lattice; and forming one or more layers of conditioned lattice.
  • the insert is formed by an additive manufacturing process so that the insert is a monolithic part.
  • the embedded structure is placed within or on the insert during the manufacturing process.
  • the embedded structure is connected to the insert by the one or more layers of support lattice, the one or more layers of conditioned lattice, or both.
  • a conditioned trim surface is placed in communication with the insert.
  • the conditioned trim surface is placed in communication with the trim surface.
  • the one or more thermoelectric devices are connected to or located within the insert.
  • the one or more ports are connected to or placed within the insert.
  • the one or more ports are connected to the embedded structures.
  • the one or more layers of conditioned lattice are formed over the one or more layers of support lattice. All or a portion of the one or more layers of support lattice are surrounded by the one or more layers of conditioned lattice.
  • the method includes a step of changing shapes while forming the one or more layers of support lattice, the one or more layers of conditioned lattice, or both.
  • the method includes a step of changing materials while forming the one or more layers of support lattice, the one or more layers of conditioned lattice, or both.
  • the method includes a step of changing porosity, openness, shape, resistance, cushioning, or a combination thereof while forming the one or more layers of support lattice, the one or more layers of conditioned lattice, or both.
  • the method includes a step of forming a barrier.
  • the barrier is free of a lattice structure and prevents fluid from moving between the one or more layers of support lattice and the one or more layers of conditioned lattice.
  • These teachings provide an insert having one or more embedded structures that are provided on or within the insert.
  • the one or more embedded structures are covered by a portion of the one or more layers of the conditioned lattice.
  • the one or more embedded structures are sandwiched between the one or more layers of the support lattice and the one or more layers of the conditioned lattice.
  • the one or more embedded structures are connected to the insert via the lattice.
  • the one or more embedded structures comprises a thermoelectric device, a heating wire, a blower, a bladder, a bellow, a channel, a port, or a combination thereof.
  • the one or more embedded structures are prevented from moving by the lattice.
  • the one or more layers of a support lattice have an openness that is greater than the one or more layers of conditioned lattice.
  • the one or more layers of support lattice are a thermal barrier between the one or more layers of conditioned lattice and the trim layer, the occupant, or both.
  • the one or more ports are located within a partially formed insert so that the port extends from an external location of the insert to an internal location of the insert.
  • the one or more ports fluidly connects to one or more embedded structures within the insert that are air bladders.
  • the one or more ports are heated or cooled so that the conditioned lattice provides conditioning.
  • the insert may include a bolster.
  • the insert includes one or more inlets, outlets, or both.
  • the insert is free of inlets, outlets, or both.
  • the insert includes one or more conditioned trim surfaces.
  • the conditioned trim surface is in communication with a thermoelectric.
  • the one or more layers of support lattice have a different shape, resistance, or both than the one or more layers of conditioned lattice.
  • the thermoelectric device is located within the insert and the thermoelectric device has a first side that is substantially parallel to the trim layer.
  • the thermoelectric device is located within the insert and the thermoelectric device has a first side that is substantially perpendicular to the trim layer.
  • the blower is located within the insert.
  • the one or more layers of support lattice, the one or more layers of conditioned lattice or both are honeycomb, square, corrugation, pyramidal, tetrahedral, 3D-kagome, diamond, diamond textile, square, square textile, diamond collinear, square collinear, or a combination thereof.
  • the one or more layers of support lattice have a different structural configuration than the one or more layers of conditioned lattice.
  • the one or more layers of support lattice, the one or more layers of conditioned lattice or both have a planar portion, a connecting portion, or both.
  • the one or more layers of support lattice are surrounded by the one or more layers of conditioned lattice so that the one or more layers of support lattice are an air gap volume.
  • Fig. l is a perspective view of a seat including an insert
  • Fig. 2A is a cross-sectional view of the insert of Fig. 1 cut along lines II-II;
  • Fig. 2B is a cross-sectional view of an insert
  • Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of an insert having two regions with different structures
  • Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of an insert having regions with different permeability
  • Fig. 5 illustrates an insert including an embedded structure located therein
  • Fig. 6A illustrates an insert including multiple regions with different permeability and an embedded structure that is a thermoelectric device
  • Fig. 6B illustrates an insert including multiple regions with different permeability and an embedded structure located within a pocket
  • FIG. 7 illustrates a conditioning system including a blower and a thermoelectric device connected to an insert taught herein;
  • Fig. 8 illustrates an insert having two regions of different permeability and including bolsters
  • Fig. 9 illustrates an insert including a horizontal embedded structure, regions with different permeability, and bolsters
  • Fig. 10 illustrates an insert having a vertical embedded structure and regions with different permeability located within the cushion
  • Fig. 11 is a top view of an insert
  • FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the insert in Figure 11;
  • Fig. 13 is a perspective view of the insert in Figure 11 with a top layer removed so that the embedded structures are exposed;
  • Fig. 14 is a perspective view of the insert of Figure 11 with all of the embedded structures exposed;
  • Fig. 15 is a transparent perspective view of an insert;
  • Fig. 16A is a lattice having a square or honeycomb shape
  • Fig. 16B is a lattice having a corrugation shape
  • Fig. 16C is a lattice having a pyramidal shape
  • Fig. 16D is a lattice having a tetrahedral shape
  • Fig. 16E is a lattice having a 3D-Kagome shape
  • Fig. 16F is a lattice having a diamond textile shape
  • Fig. 16G is a lattice having a square textile shape
  • Fig. 16H is a lattice having a diamond collinear shape
  • Fig. 161 is a lattice having a square collinear shape
  • Fig. 17A is an exploded view of a lattice with a tetrahedral shape
  • Fig. 17B is a three-dimensional view of a lattice with a tetrahedral shape
  • Fig. 18A is an exploded view of a lattice with a pyramidal shape
  • Fig. 18B is a three-dimensional view of a lattice with a pyramidal shape
  • Fig. 19A is an exploded view of a lattice with a 3D Kagome shape
  • Fig. 19B is a three-dimensional view of a lattice with a 3D Kagome shape
  • Fig. 20 A illustrates a lattice structure incorporating barrier layers and ports for embedded structures
  • Fig. 20B illustrates a lattice structure incorporating ports for embedded structures
  • Figs. 21A-20J illustrate representative views of support lattice (e.g., insulating layer) and conditioned lattice (e.g., a/c layer) in conjunction with barrier layers.
  • support lattice e.g., insulating layer
  • conditioned lattice e.g., a/c layer
  • the conditioning system may be integrated into or attached to carriers (e.g., members, structures, panels, floors, walls, or the like) of various articles of manufacture such as buildings, furniture, transportation vehicles, (e.g., boats, trains, airplanes, motorcycles, all terrain vehicles, busses, snowmobiles, or otherwise) or the like.
  • the conditioning system may be integrated into or attached to various components of transportation vehicles such as seats, benches, panels, footwells, floor mats, or other components.
  • the conditioning system is integrated into a vehicle seat. More preferably, the conditioning system is integrated into a trim layer and the trim layer connects the insert to the vehicle seat. All or a portion of the conditioning system may be located under the trim layer, cushion, seat frame, within a cushion, or a combination thereof.
  • the conditioning system may have an insert that is in communication with the cushion.
  • the conditioning system function to provide comfort to an occupant.
  • the conditioning system is particularly suitable for integration into a seat of an automotive vehicle. More particularly, the conditioning system is suitable for integration with the seat portion with or without bolsters, back portion with or without bolsters, head rest portion, or a combination thereof.
  • the conditioning system may provide conditioning via conduction, convention, evaporative cooling, or a combination thereof.
  • the condition system may provide conductive conditioning by contact being formed between an occupant and the conditioning system.
  • the contact may be direct contact between a heater, a thermoelectric, a conditioned trim surface, a trim surface, or a combination thereof.
  • the contact is indirect contact between the occupant and the conditioning element (e.g., heater, thermoelectric).
  • the contact may be with a trim layer that is conditioned.
  • the convection conditioning may be by air being directly moved towards or away from an occupant, along a surface in contact with an occupant, or both.
  • Convective conditioning may be done by moving air from the seat into contact with the occupant, from the occupant into the seat, or along a structure that is heated or cooled.
  • the evaporative cooling may be moving moist air away from an occupant so that evaporation is facilitated causing conditioning.
  • the conditioning system may be located between two layers of the seat.
  • the conditioning system may be part of a trim layer (e.g. cloth, leather, synthetic leather, or the like).
  • the insert of the conditioning system is connected to and becomes part of the trim layer, cushion, or both.
  • the insert is installed without a need for separate steps of installing the insert and the trim layer.
  • the insert may be located proximate to a cushion or backrest (e.g. a foam support for the user).
  • the insert may reside above all or a portion above the cushion, below the cushion, or both.
  • the insert is substantially entirely located above the cushion.
  • the insert may be located within a recess in a cushion.
  • the insert may be connected to the cushion by an adhesive, peel and stick, hog rings, or a combination thereof.
  • the cushion may be part of the monolithic structure of the insert (i.e., the insert and cushion may be formed at the same time) the A portion of the conditioning system (e.g., insert) may be located above the cushion and a portion of the conditioning system (e.g., blower, shield, connection insert, or a combination thereof) may be located below the cushion.
  • the present conditioning system is particularly attractive for use in combination with a conditioned seat (e.g. a ventilated, actively cooled (such as by use of a thermoelectric device or module), or actively heated seat).
  • the conditioning system may be integrated with the seat cover by way of sewing, gluing, other methods, a friction fit, being located between two static layers, or a combination thereof.
  • the conditioning system may include one or more blowers and one or more inserts (i.e., ventilated trim bags); one or more heaters, one or more thermoelectric devices, or a combination thereof.
  • the one or more thermoelectric devices may function to heat a fluid, heat a surface, cool a fluid, cool a surface, or a combination thereof.
  • Each thermoelectric device may include a first side and a second side. The first side may be hot and the second side may be cool or vice versa. The first side and second side may be switched between heat and cool.
  • the thermoelectric device may provide conductive cooling, conductive heating, convective heating, convective cooling, or a combination thereof.
  • the one or more thermoelectric devices may be in direct contact with a trim layer, a conditioned trim surface, or a both so that an occupant may be heated, cooled, or both via conduction.
  • the thermoelectric device may include one side located in an inlet fluid stream and a second side located in an outlet fluid stream.
  • the insert may include a loop that moves air towards the occupant and then away from the occupant and the inlet of the loop may move conditioned air and the outlet of the loop may waste conditioning that is created by the second side of the thermoelectric device.
  • the second side may be or include a heat sink.
  • the second side may include fins.
  • the second side may include a block of metal.
  • the second side may include both an element that heats or cools and transfers waste thermal temperature into a fluid stream.
  • the one or more thermoelectric devices may be located within the insert, blower, a channel extending between and connecting the blower and insert, the cushion, a monolithic part of the insert, or a combination thereof.
  • the conditioning system may include an active heating element (i.e., heater), an active cooling element, cooling through convection, cooling through conduction, heating through convection, heating through conduction, or a combination thereof.
  • the active heating element may be a resistive heating element.
  • the heating element may be a PTC heater, a resistive wire, or both.
  • the heating element may be printed on the lattice on a top of the lattice or both.
  • the heating element may be a printed metal, metal filled material, carbon filled material, or a combination thereof.
  • the heating element may be a combination of a conductive material (e.g., metal (e.g., silver, copper, nickel)) and a resistive layer (e.g., carbon or a carbon filled material, graphite, graphene, nanotubes).
  • the heating element may be selectively printed on portions of the insert so that when power is applied the insert generates heat.
  • the heater may be a combination heater and sensor or only a sensor. A sensor may be printed in a similar manner to that of the heater.
  • the heating element may generate heat upon current flowing through the heating element.
  • the heater may be located on a cover layer of the insert. Preferably, the heater is located under a cover layer of the insert.
  • the heater may be embedded within or on an insert.
  • a portion of the insert may be located within the insert so that the heater is connected to the insert via a portion of the insert surrounding a portion of the heater.
  • the heater may be located between a spacer layer and a cover layer.
  • the heater may be an integral part of the insert.
  • a portion of the insert may be formed around the heater.
  • the heater may be connected to the cover layer, the insert, or both so that the heater may be free of movement relative to the cover layer, the insert, the trim layer, the cushion, or a combination thereof.
  • the heater may be connected to the spacer, the cover layer or both by one or more connection materials.
  • the heater may be located between two connection materials.
  • the heater may be embedded in a connection material.
  • the heater may be connected to a rear side of the cover layer by a connection layer that is sewing and a connection layer may extend over a rear side of the heater and a forward layer of the spacer layer.
  • the heater may be a single resistive wire that is applied to the cover layer, the spacer layer, the insert, or a combination thereof in a pattern.
  • the conditioning system may be free of a resistive heater.
  • a thermoelectric device may be used to produce heat.
  • the conditioning system may include one or more air movers that assist in distributing heat, cooling, or both.
  • a conditioned seat may include one or more air movers (air movers and blowers are used interchangeably herein).
  • the one or more blowers may move air through one or more inserts that are located within or overlay the backrest cushion, seat cushion, or both.
  • the one or more inserts may distribute air from the blowers.
  • the one or more blowers may be an axial fan, a radial fan, or both.
  • the one or more blowers are a radial fan.
  • the one or more blowers, the insert, the conditioning system, or a combination thereof may include a Thermoelectric Device (TED). The TED may heat air as it enters the blowers or as it leaves the blowers.
  • TED Thermoelectric Device
  • the TED may cool air as the air enters the blowers or as the air leaves the blowers.
  • the one or more blowers may include a heating device, a cooling device, or both (i.e. a thermoelectric device (TED)).
  • the TED may be used to heat air and/or cool air that is blown onto the user.
  • the blowers and TED may be placed in the seat or on the seat in many different configurations or in communication with a vehicle seat insert.
  • the TED and/or air mover may be used in any manner or any configuration with an insert described in any of U.S. Patent Nos.
  • the TED and heater may both produce heat at the same time; however, the TED or heater may be used separately.
  • the heater may be used to produce heat in an active heating system in place of a TED.
  • the heater may not be used when the TED is used to cool the user.
  • the air mover and TED may be used in conjunction with an insert disclosed herein so that air may be directed evenly and consistently to the user.
  • the air may be blown through the insert, a heater, perforations in the seat cover (e.g. trim layer), holes or perforations in a cushion, or a combination thereof.
  • Some examples air permeable seats and heating device are U.S. Patent No. 6,064,037 and 6,869,140 both of which are incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.
  • the TED may produce heat and the blower may blow the hot air while the heater contemporaneously heats the seat; thereby, providing both conduction heating and convection heating.
  • One or more blowers may move air across the TED so that conditioned air is moved through a trim layer and into contact with an occupant.
  • the trim layer may function to support the insert, form a layer of the insert, or both.
  • the trim layer may cover the cushion, the seat, or both.
  • the trim layer may assist an insert in directing air to predetermined locations.
  • the trim layer may be a fluid permeable material and may allow air to flow from the insert to an occupant or from an occupant into the insert.
  • the trim layer may be made of or include an fluid impermeable material that includes holes or perforations that direct air to a predetermined location (e.g., leather, a polymer film layer on a cloth seat).
  • the trim layer may be cloth, leather, a synthetic material, or a combination thereof.
  • the trim layer may directly contact an occupant upon an occupant sitting within a vehicle seat.
  • the trim layer may extend between an occupant and a cushion.
  • the cushion may function to support an occupant and provide conditioning to the occupant.
  • the cushion may receive one or more inserts, one or more blowers, a conditioned trim surface, or a combination thereof.
  • Each cushion may include one or more conditioned trim surfaces, bolsters, or both.
  • the cushion may be free of bolsters.
  • the cushion may be made of foam, an open cell foam, a closed cell foam, a polymer, a netting, a solid material, a material with porous holes, or a combination thereof.
  • the cushion may be lattice.
  • the cushion may be part of the monolithic structure of the insert (i.e., a single structure may be formed).
  • the cushion may assist to distribute fluid to a user.
  • the cushion may be located below or hold a portion of an insert.
  • the cushion may assist in supporting the blower.
  • the blower functions to push air, pull air, or both.
  • the blower may be movable with the cushion, the insert, or both as an occupant sits on the cushion or leaves the cushion.
  • the blower may be an axial fan.
  • the blower may be a radial fan.
  • the blower may include one or more impellers that move air through the blower, the blower housing, the insert, or a combination thereof.
  • the blower includes an inlet and an outlet.
  • the inlet may be on the bottom side or the top side.
  • the inlet is in the bottom side of the blower.
  • the inlet may take air from a location near the occupant, the cabin, the engine compartment, from a thermoelectric device, or a combination thereof.
  • the outlet may be located proximate to the occupant, expel air into the cabin, into the engine compartment, out of a vehicle, or a combination thereof.
  • the blower may be connected to the cushion and free of direct connection with the insert.
  • the blower may be connected via a shield, a connection insert, a foam connection, or a combination thereof.
  • the blower may be located on a b-side of a vehicle seat, a cushion, or both. All or a portion of the blower may be located within an insert.
  • the blower may be connected to the insert.
  • the blower may be in fluid communication with the insert.
  • the blower may be connected to the insert via a channel, a tail, or both.
  • the inlet or the outlet of the blower may be connected to the insert via an attachment device.
  • the one or more attachment devices may function to connect a blower to the insert, cushion, or both.
  • the one or more attachment devices may connect one or more blowers to a cushion, a frame of a seat, an insert, or a combination thereof.
  • the blower may be suspended below the attachment device.
  • the blower may be connected to the insert by a tail.
  • the tail may extend from a side of the insert around a portion of the cushion so that the blower may be located distal from the insert.
  • the blower may be connected to the insert via a monolithic part of the insert.
  • the attachment device may be a monolithic part of the insert. For example, while the insert is being formed the attachment device or a housing for the blower may be formed.
  • the insert may be formed with an attachment device or may be formed around all or a portion of a blower.
  • the one or more attachment devices may reside entirely below a cushion.
  • the one or more attachment devices may reside entirely within a cushion or entirely within an insert.
  • the one or more attachment devices may be located partially below a cushion and partially extend into a cushion.
  • the one or more attachment devices may be located entirely within a through hole, channel, or both in the cushion.
  • the one or more attachment devices may be rigid.
  • the one or more attachment devices may be made of an air impermeable material.
  • the one or more attachment devices may be pliable.
  • the one or more attachment devices may elastically deform.
  • the one or more attachment devices may move with the cushion, the insert, or both so that the insert is not felt by an occupant.
  • the one or more attachment devices may mimic the stiffness of the cushion, the insert, or both so that the blower moves with the cushion, the insert, or both.
  • the one or more attachment devices may be made of or include a polymer, plastic, a closed cell material, a plastic film, a polyester film, metal, or a combination thereof.
  • the one or more attachment devices may be air impermeable.
  • the one or more attachment devices may be flexible.
  • the conditioning system may be used in conjunction with an occupant sensor.
  • An occupant sensor may be used on any seat in conjunction with a conditioning system.
  • an occupant senor may only be used on passenger seats.
  • the occupant senor may be any type of occupant senor that senses a passenger in a vehicle seat.
  • the occupant senor may be a membrane sensor, a capacitive sensor, a force sensor, a mass sensor, or a combination thereof.
  • the occupant sensor may be a sensor wire.
  • the occupant sensor may be in contact with the insert.
  • the occupant sensor is located on a top of a cushion.
  • All or a portion of the occupant sensor may be located within an insert, incorporated into a monolithic insert, or both.
  • the occupant sensor may be located between the trim layer and the insert.
  • the occupant sensor may be connected to the trim layer or integrated into the trim layer and then insert connected below the occupant sensor.
  • the occupant sensor may be connected to the insert and then both the insert and occupant sensor connected to the trim layer.
  • the occupant sensor may be placed on or in the insert while the insert is being manufactured and then additional portions of the insert may be printed around the occupant sensor.
  • the occupant sensor may have a mirror shape to the shape of the insert.
  • the one or more inserts may function to create an open space between the trim layer and the cushion.
  • the one or more inserts may prevent the trim layer and the cushion from being moved into contact.
  • the one or more inserts may include one or more vent holes.
  • the insert may be a mesh material.
  • the insert may resist compression.
  • the insert may form a space for air to move through the insert.
  • One example of a preferred material of the insert may be a lattice structure that is three-dimensionally printed or additive manufacturing process and the lattice structure varies over portions of the monolithic structure so that permeability, compression, size, material composition, or a combination thereof are varied.
  • the insert may be one or more layers of material.
  • the lattice may be a homogeneous layer.
  • the lattice may be two homogeneous layers that are separated by a barrier.
  • the lattice may be two or more non-homogeneous layers.
  • the two or more non-homogeneous layers may be separated by one or more barrier layers.
  • Homogeneousness or non-homogeneousness of the layers may be in composition, material make up, structure, orientation, openness, permeability, or a combination thereof.
  • the lattice may have a constant permeability in an X- direction, Y-direction, x-direction, or a combination thereof.
  • the lattice may have a lattice constant.
  • the lattice constant may be permeability (e.g., thermal permeability), an elastic constant (e.g., compressibility), or both.
  • the lattice constant may be constant in the x- direction (e.g., thickness), in plane (e.g., x- and y-directions), or both.
  • the insert may include two layers of spacer layer. When two or more lattices are present one or both of the lattices may include one or more vent holes.
  • the vent holes may extend through a first lattice layer, a second lattice layer, or both.
  • the vent holes may extend from a rear surface to a forward surface of the insert so that the vent holes assist in directing fluid to a predetermined location.
  • a first lattice layer material may be stiffer than a second lattice layer of the insert.
  • a first lattice layer of may extend under a second lattice layer and the second lattice layer may be softer than the first lattice layer so that the second lattice layer prevents an occupant from feeling components within the vehicle seat.
  • a first lattice layer may be more pliable than a second lattice layer.
  • the first lattice layer and the second lattice layer may have the same permeability.
  • the first lattice layer may be a support layer.
  • the second lattice layer may be a conditioned lattice.
  • the insert may have an air permeability of about 7000 L/dm 2 /min; about 6000 L/dm 2 /min; or about 5000 L/dm 2 /min.
  • the insert may have a permeability of about 5000 L/dm 2 /min or less and the second spacer layer may have a permeability of about 3000 L/dm 2 /min or less.
  • the insert may have a permeability of about 500 L/dm 2 /min or more, 1000 L/dm 2 /min or more, or about 1500 L/dm 2 /min or more.
  • the second lattice layer may extend over the first lattice layer.
  • the first lattice layer and the second lattice layer may be connected together, formed at the same time, formed during the same process, or a combination thereof.
  • the first lattice layer may be formed with a first material, a first geometric configuration, or both and the second lattice layer may be formed with a second material, a second geometric configuration, or both.
  • the first lattice layer and the second lattice layer may be formed without having to stop a machine forming the insert.
  • the second lattice layer may be less rigid, have less read through, be more compilable, or a combination thereof.
  • the second lattice layer may provide comfort to an occupant, prevent an occupant from feeling a first lattice layer, or both.
  • a permeability of a first lattice layer to a permeability of a second lattice layer may have a ratio of about 1 : 1 or more, about 1.2: 1 or more, about 1.5: 1 or more, about 1.75: 1 or more, about 2: 1 or more, or about 4: 1 or less.
  • the first lattice layer may be less permeable than then second lattice layer.
  • the second lattice layer may be less permeable than the first lattice layer.
  • the first lattice layer may have less open space than the lattice spacer layer or vice versa. Voids or openings in the second lattice layer may be larger than voids or openings in the first lattice layer.
  • a first lattice layer may have more voids or openings than the second lattice layer.
  • the insert may be an open cell foam.
  • a second lattice layer may have smaller pores than a first lattice layer and the second lattice layer may have more pores than the second lattice layer.
  • the insert, the first lattice layer, the second lattice layer, or a combination thereof may have a compression stress.
  • the compression stress of the insert, the first lattice layer, the second lattice layer, or a combination thereof may be about 5 kPa or more, about 7 kPa or more, about 10 kPa or more.
  • the compression stress of the insert, the first lattice layer, the second lattice layer, or a combination thereof may be about 20 kPa or less or about 15 kPa or less.
  • the compression stress of the insert, the first lattice layer, the second lattice layer, or a combination thereof may vary by about ⁇ 2 or more, ⁇ 3 or more, or about ⁇ 4 or more.
  • the compressibility of the first lattice layer may be about 2 kPa more than the second lattice layer.
  • the compressibility of the first lattice layer may be about 3 kPa more than the second lattice layer.
  • the compressibility of the first lattice layer may be about 4 kPa more than the second lattice layer.
  • the first lattice layer may be thinner than the second lattice layer.
  • the first lattice layer may be a same thickness as the second lattice layer.
  • the first lattice layer may be thicker than the second lattice layer.
  • the first lattice layer, the second lattice layer, or both may be a printed lattice structure.
  • the first lattice layer is a lattice structure that creates open space that air may pass through.
  • the insert may function to receive and distribute air.
  • the insert may function to connect to the trim layer and distribute air to or from an occupant.
  • the insert may function to maintain an open space when an occupant is located on the seat, on the insert, or both.
  • the insert may include one or sealed edges (e.g., seams).
  • the insert may include open edges.
  • the insert may connect to the cushion.
  • the insert may complete a shape of the cushion.
  • the insert may connect to the cushion and form one or more structures of a cushion.
  • the cushion may be planar and the insert may add contours, bolsters, a lumbar support, or a combination thereof.
  • the insert when forming part of the cushion may increase the permeability to areas of a seat that may not have been traditionally conditioned.
  • the insert may be free of a rear layer, a cover layer, or both.
  • the insert may receive air from an air mover and distribute the air to predetermined locations.
  • the insert may create an open space.
  • the ventilated insert may resist crushing when an occupant sits in a vehicle seat. For example, the insert may not completely seal off and air may flow through an entire volume of the insert.
  • the insert may be one portion and formed as one monolithic piece.
  • the insert may be multiple insert portions.
  • the insert may be one monolithic piece that is formed during one process (e.g., three-dimensional printing or additive manufacturing).
  • the insert may be one monolithic piece that is formed of a plurality of different materials.
  • the insert may be made of one material and the structural configuration of the material may be adjusted throughout the insert so that one or more layers, regions, volumes, or a combination thereof are formed within the insert.
  • the insert may include or be connected to a conditioned trim surface, bolsters, a lattice structure, a support lattice, conditioned lattice, an air gap volume, a conditioned volume, a barrier, an embedded structure, port, or a combination thereof.
  • the lattice may function to support an occupant while creating open spaces for a fluid to travel through so that an occupant may be conditioned (e.g., heated or cooled).
  • the lattice may be an open cell structure.
  • the lattice may be interconnected elements with voids located between the elements.
  • the lattice may have an openness of about 50 percent or more, about 70 percent or more, about 80 percent or more, about 90 percent or more, about 92 percent or more, or even about 95 percent or more.
  • the lattice may have an openness of about 100 percent or less, about 99 percent or less, about 98 percent or less, or about 97 percent or less (i.e., ⁇ 1 percent).
  • the openness may be an amount of open space relative to an amount of material forming the voids. For example, if a structure has an openness of 90 percent when an area of the lattice structure is viewed 10 percent would be covered by material and 90 percent would be free of material. Similarly, if a volume was considered, 10 percent of the total volume would be filled with material and 90 percent would be located between the material or free of material.
  • the lattice may have a repeatable pattern.
  • the lattice may have a random pattern.
  • the lattice may be geometric.
  • the lattice may be non-geometric.
  • the lattice may vary over an area, a region, a layer, a thickness, or a combination thereof.
  • the two-dimensional shape of the lattice may be diamond, square, oval, round, hexagon, pentagon, decagon, octagon, star, or a combination thereof.
  • a three-dimensional shape of the lattice may be a sphere, cube, cone, tetrahedron, cuboid, dodecahedron, icosahedron, octahedron, torus, pyramid, ellipsoid, hexagonal, pentagonal, a pentagonal pyramid, octagonal, or a combination thereof.
  • the lattice may be made of one uniform type of material.
  • the lattice may be made of a plurality of different types of material.
  • the lattice may have different spacing, voids, permeability, or a combination thereof depending on desired fluid movement.
  • the lattice may have solid components that entirely prevent fluid flow through regions or parts of the insert.
  • the lattice may include a plurality of different types of lattice. Each type of lattice may provide a different function. Some lattice may support the occupant, attachment devices, blowers, embedded structures, heaters, or a combination thereof.
  • the rails of the lattice may be made of or include, plastic, a polymer, an elastomer, styrene butadiene, latex, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polylactic acid (PLA), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene cotrimethylene terephthalate (PETT), high impact polystyrene (HIPS), polystyrene, nylon, wood filament, sandstone filament, metal, magnetic iron, conductive carbon, conductive polylactic acid, carbon fiber, thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), amphora 3D filament, epoxy, polycarbonate, glass filled polyamide, rubber, silicone, a reinforcement structure, fiber reinforcement, or a combination thereof.
  • plastic a polymer, an elastomer, styrene butadiene, latex, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polylactic acid (PLA
  • the lattice may be a composite of different material so that the lattice constant may vary from location to locate within the insert.
  • each layer may be formed of a different material or composite so that a non-homogeneous structure may be formed.
  • the composites may be integrally connected together forming a monolithic structure.
  • the structure may be three-dimensionally printed and as each layer is being printed the composition of the materials may be changed so that each layer has a different lattice constant or the lattice constant varies within a layer.
  • the lattice may be a three-dimensional structure that is a combination of planar portions and connecting portions.
  • the planar portions function to form a top, bottom, sides, a support structure, a structure that rests on a cushion, is in contact with a trim layer, or a combination thereof.
  • the planar portions may extend generally parallel to an opposing planar portion.
  • the planar portions may extend parallel to a trim layer, a cushion, or both.
  • the planar portions may extend within a single plane.
  • the planar portions may be horizontal.
  • the planar portions may support an occupant.
  • a first planar portion may be connected to a second planar portion.
  • the first planar portion and the second planar portion may be generally parallel.
  • the first planar portion and the second planar portion may be connected by one or more connecting portions.
  • a plurality of planar portions may be connected together by a plurality of connecting portions.
  • the lattice may include two planar portions and one connecting portion.
  • the lattice may include three planar portions and two connecting portions.
  • the connecting portions may function to connect two planar portions.
  • the connecting portions may extend vertically.
  • the connecting portions may extend between two or more planes.
  • the connecting portions may extend through one or more planes, two or more planes, three or more planes, or even four or more planes.
  • the connecting portions may extend vertically.
  • the connecting portions may extend at an angle relative to vertical, at an angle relative to horizontal, or both.
  • the connecting portions may extend at an angle of about 0 degrees or more, 5 degrees or more, 10 degrees or more, 15 degrees or more, 25 degrees or more, 45 degrees or more, or even 60 degrees or more relative to vertical.
  • the connecting portions may extend at an angle of about 90 degrees or less or about 75 degrees or less relative to vertical.
  • the connecting portion may have a plurality of interconnecting rails that form the lattice.
  • the rails may be a solid structure with air located between opposing rails.
  • the rails may be the portion of the connecting portion to provide support.
  • the rails may be the portion of the connecting portion to move, expand, contract, permit air to move through, or a combination thereof.
  • the rails may be made of the same material as the planar portion to create the lattice structure.
  • the rails may be located in one section (e.g., a rail may extend within the support lattice or the conditioned lattice but not both).
  • the lattice may have a support lattice and a conditioned lattice.
  • the support lattice may function to provide a support region between the cushion and the conditioned lattice.
  • the support lattice may be open and allow air to freely flow to the conditioned lattice.
  • the support lattice may have a higher degree of openness then the conditioned lattice.
  • the openness of the support lattice may be greater than the conditioned lattice by about 5 percent or more, about 10 percent or more, about 15 percent or more, about 20 percent or more, about 25 percent or more, or even about 30 percent or more (e.g., ⁇ 1 percent) the openness of the conditioned lattice.
  • the openness of the support lattice may be greater than the conditioned lattice by about 50 percent or less, about 40 percent or less, or about 35 percent or less.
  • the openness may be the amount of area exposed between the rails of the lattice. For example, the openness may be measured by taking 1 m 2 of material and placing the material in water to see which material displaces more water.
  • the support lattice may displace less water than the conditioned lattice (e.g., 10 percent less) and thus be 10 percent more open.
  • the support lattice may have a lower spring constant than that of the conditioned lattice.
  • the support lattice may compress more than the conditioned lattice since fluid may not be passing through the support lattice or because the support lattice is more open.
  • the support lattice may form a barrier between the cushion and the conditioned lattice so that thermal energy is not passed to the cushion.
  • the support lattice may prevent read through.
  • the support lattice may deform and prevent a wire, an embedded structure, a massager (when off), a lumbar support (when off), a vehicle frame, a blower, blower vibration, a housing, or a combination thereof from being felt by an occupant when an occupant is seated within the vehicle seat.
  • the support lattice may surround all or a portion of an embedded structure (e.g., any structure that is added within the insert and the insert is formed around all or a portion of the structure so that all or a portion of the structure is located within the insert).
  • the support lattice may extend along a first side of an embedded structure and the conditioned lattice may extend along a second side of an embedded structure.
  • the embedded structure may be located within or on the conditioned lattice and the support lattice may deform to prevent an occupant from feeling the embedded structure.
  • the support lattice may extend from the cushion to the trim layer. Preferably, regions of the support lattice may extend from the cushion to the trim layer and regions of the support lattice may be covered by conditioned lattice.
  • the support lattice may be free of contact with the trim layer. Portions of the support lattice may contact the trim layer and portions of the support lattice may be free of contact with the trim layer.
  • the support lattice may be located between the conditioned lattice and the cushion.
  • the support lattice may be formed in a shape.
  • the support lattice may include“L” shaped portions,“I” shaped portions,“T shaped portions, almond shaped portions, pear shaped portions, a support lattice may be located between two conditioned lattice structures.
  • the support lattice may be complementary in shape to the conditioned lattice.
  • the conditioned lattice may be interspersed within the conditioned lattice.
  • the conditioned lattice may be generally“U” shaped and the support lattice may surround the conditioned lattice so that the lattice is generally square or rectangular in shape.
  • the support lattice may extend along a bottom, a side, an edge, a top, or a combination thereof of the conditioned lattice.
  • the support lattice may extend along a bottom, a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side of the conditioned lattice so that the insert is a geometric shape.
  • Air may flow through the support lattice. Air may flow through a portion of a layer of support lattice and then to a conditioned lattice where the air is distributed.
  • the support lattice may be free of conditioned air passing therethrough.
  • the support lattice and the conditioned lattice may be in contact and the support lattice may be interspersed throughout the conditioned lattice.
  • the support lattice and the conditioned lattice may be separated by a barrier.
  • the conditioned lattice may function to provide conditioning to an occupant.
  • the conditioned lattice may provide convective conditioning, conductive conditioning, pull conditioning, push conditioning, conditioning from a thermoelectric device, or a combination thereof.
  • the conditioned lattice may allow air to flow therethrough to desired regions.
  • the conditioned lattice may create an open space for fluid to flow through.
  • the conditioned lattice may be located over the support lattice.
  • the conditioned lattice may be more rigid than the support lattice.
  • the conditioned lattice may be stiffer, less open, less deformable, or a combination thereof than the support lattice.
  • the support lattice when an occupant is located thereon may compress but may maintain open space so that fluid can flow through the conditioned lattice.
  • the conditioned lattice may form a bolster.
  • the conditioned lattice may permit air to enter the insert, exit the insert, or both.
  • the conditioned lattice may extend through a through hole in the cushion.
  • the conditioned lattice may be in communication with a blower.
  • the conditioned lattice may include one or more embedded structure.
  • the conditioned lattice may be located over, under, along, surround, or a combination thereof, one or more embedded structures or preferably a plurality of embedded structures.
  • the conditioned lattice may surround a portion of the support lattice.
  • layers of conditioned lattice may sandwich the support lattice.
  • the conditioned lattice may create channels within the insert for air to flow through.
  • the conditioned lattice, the support lattice, or both may have a shape that is honeycomb, corrugation, pyramidal, tetrahedral, 3D- Kagome, diamond, square, diamond collinear, square collinear, or a combination thereof.
  • the conditioned lattice and the support lattice may be separated by a barrier.
  • the barrier may function to prevent fluid from moving from one location to another location.
  • the barrier may prevent air from moving from the conditioned lattice into the support lattice or vice versa.
  • the barrier may extend between the conditioned lattice and the support lattice.
  • the barrier may retain substantially all of the fluid within the conditioned lattice.
  • the barrier may be made of the same material as the lattice, the conditioned lattice, the support lattice, or a combination thereof.
  • the barrier may be any of the materials discussed herein but formed so that the barrier is free of holes, perforations, voids, or a combination thereof.
  • the barrier may be made of a different material that the support lattice, the conditioned lattice, or both.
  • the barrier may be formed by changing materials from the support lattice or the conditioned lattice.
  • the barrier may be different than both the support lattice and the conditioned lattice.
  • the barrier may be a planar portion of the insert.
  • the barrier may extend within one or more, two or more, or even three or more planes.
  • the barrier may be formed when the support lattice, the conditioned lattice, or both are formed.
  • the barrier may be a solid wall or layer that prevents fluid penetration.
  • the barrier may be free of a lattice structure.
  • the barrier may both physically separate two or more layers or lattices and pneumatically separate two or more layers or lattices.
  • the barrier may seal all or a portion of the insert.
  • the barrier may be free of holes, open space, perforations, or both.
  • the barrier may maintain a space between an air gap volume and a conditioned volume.
  • the one or more air gap volumes may function to create an insulating layer between the conditioned volume and structure of the vehicle seat.
  • the air gap volume may function to reduce a total volume that is conditioned so that less volume is heated or cooled.
  • the air gap volume may result in a faster thermal response (when compared to a traditional volume of space that provides conditioning to an occupant).
  • the air gap volume may be free of air flow.
  • the air gap volume may not be in communication with a blower or a fan.
  • the air gap volume may be fluidly separate from a conditioned volume.
  • the air gap volume may be cover on one or more sides or surfaces by a barrier layer that prevents air from entering into the air gap volume.
  • the air gap volume may be encapsulated by a barrier layer.
  • the one or more air gap volumes may reduce an area or volume that is conditioned.
  • the one or more air gap volumes may reduce an area or volume that acts as a heat sink or cold sink so that more conditioning is moved into contact with an occupant.
  • the air gap volumes may be located under, over, along, between, or a combination thereof of the one or more conditioned volumes.
  • the one or more air gap volumes may be about 10 percent or more, 20 percent or more, 30 percent or more, 40 percent or more, or even 50 percent or more of the total volume of the insert.
  • the air gap volumes may be about 95 percent or less, about 85 percent or less, about 75 percent or less or about 65 percent or less of the total volume of the insert.
  • the air gap volume may surround a channel, include a channel, include a thermoelectric, include an embedded structure, or a combination thereof.
  • the air gap volume may be in direct contact with a conditioned volume.
  • the conditioned volume may function to provide conditioning to an occupant, cool an occupant, heat an occupant, or a combination thereof.
  • the conditioned volume and the air gap volume may be about 100 percent of the insert (i.e., within 2 percent).
  • the conditioned volume and the air gap volume minus the barrier and the embedded structure may equal 100 percent.
  • the conditioned volume may be about 10 percent or more, about 20 percent or more, about 30 percent or more, about 40 percent or more, or even about 50 percent or more of the total volume of the insert.
  • the conditioned volume may be about 95 percent or less, about 85 percent or less, about 75 percent or less, about 65 percent or less, or about 55 percent or less of the total volume of the insert.
  • the conditioned volume may be a volume that air flows through.
  • the conditioned volume may be a volume that conditioned air flows through.
  • the conditioned volume may extend along the trim layer to provide conductive conditioning (e.g., heating or cooling) to the trim layer.
  • the conditioned layer may be pear shaped, tear dropped shape, or both.
  • the conditioned layer may have a greater width at the trim layer than a location distal from the trim layer.
  • the conditioned volume may be shaped to be inserted into a cushion and retained in place. For example, the conditioned volume may be“T” shaped so that the conditioned volume is prevented from being moved through the cushion.
  • the conditioned volume may extend along a portion of the trim layer and may push or pull conditioning through the trim layer so that conditioning is provided.
  • the conditioned volume may be free of direct contact with a cushion, a seat frame, or both.
  • the conditioned volume may be less open than the air gap volume.
  • the conditioned volume may be more rigid than the air gap volume.
  • the conditioned volume may be in communication with, located above, located under, surround, or a combination thereof the heating wires, barrier, blower, embedded structures, a port, or a combination thereof.
  • the conditioned volume may include or be located proximate to one or more conditioned trim surfaces.
  • the one or more conditioned trim surfaces may function to provide conductive conditioning to an occupant.
  • the one or more conditioned trim surfaces may be conditioned (e.g., heated or cooled) by a thermoelectric, a heating wire, conditioned air, or a combination thereof so that the conditioned trim surface provides conductive conditioning.
  • the conductive trim surface may be a portion of a normal trim surface that is conditioned and the occupant comes into contact with.
  • the conductive trim surface may be a metal, a foil, a metalized material, or a combination thereof that conductively provides conditioning to an occupant.
  • the conditioned trim surface may be located within the trim layer.
  • the conditioned trim surface may be located on a rear surface of the trim layer.
  • the conditioned trim surface may include metal, a conductive material, or both.
  • the conditioned trim surface may act as a heat sink to provide cooling conditioning.
  • the one or more conditioned trim surfaces may be in direct contact with a thermoelectric.
  • the one or more conditioned trim surfaces are in direct contact with a first side of a thermoelectric.
  • the one or more conditioned trim surfaces may provide passive conditioning (e.g., the conditioned trim surfaces may not be turned on and off).
  • the insert may have a single conditioned trim surface that extends along an entire occupant contact region.
  • the insert may have a plurality of conditioned trim surfaces and the plurality of conditioned trim surfaces may be located proximate to each other to provide conditioning in desired regions (e.g., under legs, a buttock, along a spine, along the lower back).
  • the one or more conditioned trim surfaces may work in conjunction with one or more embedded structures.
  • the one or more embedded structures may function to provide conditioning, massage, support, comfort, or a combination thereof.
  • the one or more embedded structures may be located within the insert, along a top region of the insert, or both.
  • the one or more embedded structures may have a portion that is covered by or included within the insert. For example, when the lattice is being formed, an embedded structure may be located within or on the partially formed insert and then the insert may continue to be formed over, around, along, adjacent to, or a combination thereof the embedded structures.
  • the embedded structures may move the conditioned lattice, the conditioned volume, or both.
  • the embedded structures may condition the conditioned lattice, the conditioned volume, or both.
  • the embedded structures may be pneumatically operated, electrically operated, hydraulically operated, or a combination thereof.
  • the embedded structures may be a resistive heating wire, a lumbar support, a massager, a blower, a thermoelectric, bladder, a bellow, a port, an air bladder, a hydraulic bladder, a mechanical mechanism, a sensor, a biometric sensor (e.g., heart rate monitor), a ball massager, a rail massager, a massager that moves along the occupant, a pod (e.g., a mechanism that senses or massages), an occupant sensor, or a combination thereof.
  • Each insert may include a plurality of embedded structures.
  • the insert may include a heating wire, a thermoelectric, a lumbar support and massagers.
  • the embedded structures may expand and contract.
  • the embedded structures may move, rotate, have a part that moves, have a part that rotates, or a combiatnion thereof.
  • the embedded structures may have a portion that is located within the insert.
  • the embedded structures may be connected to the insert by a portion of the insert being formed over the embedded structure.
  • the embedded structure may be connected to or in communication with one or more ports.
  • the one or more ports may function to operate or control one or more of the embedded structures.
  • Each embedded structure may include its own port.
  • the embedded structures may be connected in series.
  • the ports may extend from a location external of the insert to a location internal of the insert.
  • the ports may provide electricity, a signal, fluid, air, or a combination thereof.
  • the one or more ports may allow a user to operate each of the embedded structures.
  • the one or more ports may be or include a tube,
  • the conditioning system taught herein may be created by a method.
  • the method may include a step of connecting an insert to a cushion. Connecting a tube or wire to a port. Inserting a tube or wire in a port. Connecting a conditioned trim surface to an insert, a trim layer, or both. Placing the conditioned trim surface in communication with a first side of a thermoelectric. Connecting the insert to a blower. Connecting the insert, a blower, or both to one or more channels. Connecting one or more thermoelectric devices to a blower, a channel, a conditioned trim surface, or a combination thereof.
  • the conditioning system may include one or more inserts.
  • the insert may be formed by a three-dimensional printing process or an additive manufacturing process.
  • a support lattice may be formed then a conditioned lattice may be formed.
  • the support lattice and conditioned lattice may be formed in parallel, in series, at the same time, or a combination thereof.
  • the method may include a step of changing materials.
  • the method may include a step of changing geometric shapes or configurations.
  • the insert may have a support lattice with a first structure and then a conditioned lattice with a second structure.
  • a barrier layer may be formed in parallel with the support lattice, the conditioning lattice, or both.
  • the barrier layer may formed in series with the support lattice, the conditioning lattice, or both.
  • the method may include a step of printing a first structure with a first head, printing a second structure with a second head, and printing a third structure with a third head.
  • One head may be used to create each structure.
  • Material may be changed as the heads move between structures or layers without an interruption in printing. Two or more materials may be mixed together to form one structure and then one material may be used to form a second structure.
  • the method may include a step of applying a first material and then applying a second material (or even third, fourth, or fifth materials).
  • the method may include a step of changing materials within a layer of lattice (e.g., support lattice, conditioned lattice). For example, the lattice may become more rigid as the lattice approaches the trim layer.
  • lattice e.g., support lattice, conditioned lattice
  • a density of rods within a layer of lattice may be varied over a thickness or region of the insert.
  • One or more embedded structures may be placed on or in a partially formed insert.
  • the embedded structures may be partially or fully covered by lattice so that the embedded structures may be connected to the insert.
  • the embedded structures may be connected to the insert by extending material on or over a portion of the embedded structure.
  • the embedded structures may be covered by lattice so that the embedded structures may move.
  • the insert may be one monolithic part that is formed by continuous operation of a three-dimensional printer without operation of the printer stopping. Operation of the printer may be stopped before completion of the part and then resumed to continue to create the monolithic part.
  • the insert may be formed via additive manufacture.
  • the insert may be formed with any of the materials discussed herein for the portions of the insert.
  • the insert may have multiple layers or lattices with different permeabilities and resistances.
  • the insert may be formed so that a portion of the insert thermally separates the insert a cushion or a seat.
  • the method may include a step of printing a heater, a sensor, or both.
  • the method may include a step of changing materials, changing composites, or both.
  • the method may include a step of printing a metallic material, a metal, a carbon material, or a combination thereof.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle seat 1.
  • the vehicle seat 1 includes a seat cushion 20 and a back cushion 20’.
  • the vehicle seat 1 comprises a conditioning system 2.
  • the conditioning system 2 comprises an insert 30 disposed over the seat cushion 20.
  • the conditioning system 2 comprises an insert 30 disposed over the back cushion 20’.
  • Each of the inserts 30 are in fluid communication with a blower 80.
  • One or more blowers 30 may be connected to each insert 30.
  • One or more blowers 30 may be connected to both inserts 30 associated with the cushions 20, 20’.
  • Figure 2A illustrates a cross-sectional view of an insert 30 and cushion 20 of Figure 1 taken along lines II-P.
  • Figure 2A may also or may instead be a cross-sectional view of insert 30 and cushion 20’ of Figure 1.
  • the vehicle seat 1 comprises a trim layer 22.
  • the trim layer 22 may be a layer or surface of the vehicle seat 1 that is in contact with an occupant in the vehicle seat 1.
  • the trim layer 22 may have an outer surface or A surface that is visible to the occupant and/or in contact with the occupant when supported or seated in the seat 1.
  • the insert 30 is located below or under the trim layer 22. The insert 30 may be sandwiched between the cushion 20 and the trim layer 22.
  • the insert 30 comprises a lattice 32.
  • the lattice 32 may comprise or be is divided into two portions or sections, namely: an air gap portion or volume 50 that is located proximate or adjacent to the cushion 20 and a conditioned portion or volume 52 that is located on top of the air gap portion and proximate or adjacent to the trim layer 22.
  • the air gap portion or volume 50 and the conditioned portion or volume 52 may have a thickness or cross section that is substantially the same size and/or shape, or a thickness or cross section of each portion of volume 50, 52 may be different.
  • Figure 2B illustrates a cross-sectional view of an insert 30 and cushion 20 (and/or cushion 20’) of Figure 1 taken along lines II-P.
  • the insert 30 is located below the trim layer 22.
  • a heater 110 and sensor 112 are located below the trim layer 22 and are part of the insert 30.
  • the insert 30 includes a lattice 32 that comprises or is divided into two portions or sections, namely: an air gap portion or volume 50 that I s located proximate to the cushion 20 and a conditioned portion or volume 52 that is located proximate to the trim layer 22.
  • Figure 3 illustrates a cross-sectional view of an insert 30 located below a trim layer 22 and above a cushion 20.
  • the insert 30 includes lattice 32.
  • the lattice 32 comprises or is divided into two portions, namely: a support lattice 32A located proximate to the cushion 20 and a conditioned lattice 32B that is located above the support lattice 32A and below the trim layer 22.
  • a barrier 54 is located between the support lattice 32A and the conditioned lattice 32B, which functions to prevent air from passing from the conditioned lattice into the support layer 32A or vice versa.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a cross-sectional view of an insert 30 located below a trim layer 22 and above a cushion 20.
  • the insert 30 includes lattice 32.
  • the lattice 32 includes a conditioned lattice 32B that extends between two support lattices 32A for moving conditioned air towards or away from an occupant in the vehicle seat 1.
  • a barrier 54 extends around a perimeter of the conditioned lattice structure 32B so that air is prevented from exiting the conditioned lattice 32B and entering the support lattice 32A or vice versa.
  • the support lattice 32A creates an air gap volume 50 around a conditioned volume 52, which is shown/located in the conditioned lattice 32B.
  • Figure 5 illustrates a cross-sectional view of an insert 30 located below a trim layer 22 and above a cushion 20 (and/or cushion 20’).
  • the insert 30 includes lattice 32 that allows air to flow between a blower and an occupant in the vehicle seat 1.
  • An embedded structure 90 is located between the lattice 32 and the cushion 20.
  • the embedded structure 90 includes a port 92 for controlling the embedded structure 90.
  • FIG. 6 A illustrates a cross-sectional view of an insert 30 located below a trim layer 22 and above a cushion 20.
  • the insert 30 includes lattice 32.
  • the lattice 32 includes a support lattice 32A located between the cushion 30 and a conditioned lattice 32B. Air flows into/through the trim layer 22, through pores or openings 5, which act as an inlet 4 over a second side 64 of a thermoelectric device 60 removing the waste energy and out the outlet 6.
  • a first side 62 of the thermoelectric 60 is in communication with a conditioned trim surface 24 that provides conductive conditioned through the trim layer 22 to an occupant in the vehicle seat 1.
  • FIG. 6B illustrates a cross-sectional view of an insert 30 located below a trim layer 22 and above a cushion 20.
  • the insert 30 includes lattice 32.
  • the lattice 32 includes a support lattice 32A located between the cushion 30 and the conditioned lattice 32B. Air flows into and through the trim layer 22, which acts as an inlet 4 over a second side 64 of a thermoelectric device 60 removing the waste energy and out the outlet 6.
  • the thermoelectric device 60 is located above a pocket 34 that has a higher degree of flexibility than the support lattice 32A and the conditioned lattice 32B so that the thermoelectric device 60 is not felt by an occupant in the vehicle seat 1 through the trim surface 22.
  • a first side 62 of the thermoelectric device 60 is in communication with a conditioned trim surface 24 that provides conductive conditioned through the trim layer 22 to an occupant.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates a cross-sectional view of an insert 30 of a conditioning system 2.
  • the insert 30 being located below a trim layer 22 and above a cushion 20.
  • the insert 30 includes lattice 32.
  • the lattice 32 includes a support lattice 32A located between the cushion 30 and the conditioned lattice 32B that acts as an air gap volume 50 that reduces the total volume to be conditioned.
  • Air is moved by a blower 80 into the inlet 4 across a first side 62 of a thermoelectric device 60 through the conditioned lattice 32B and along the trim layer 22 so that the trim layer is conditioned.
  • the air then moves away from the trim layer 22 and across a second side 64 of the thermoelectric device and out the outlet remove waste air from the second side 64 of the thermoelectric device 60.
  • Figure 8 illustrates a cross sectional view of an insert 30 located below a trim layer 22.
  • the insert 30 is located over a cushion 20 and the insert includes a bolster 26 that extends outward from the cushion 20 to partially wrap or support the occupant.
  • the bolster 26 is defined by or formed by or comprises a lattice 32 that includes both a support lattice 32A and a conditioned lattice 32B.
  • a barrier 54 is located between the support lattice 32A and the conditioned lattice 32B so that the conditioned lattice 32A is free of air flow but forms an air gap between the cushion 20 and the conditioned lattice 32B.
  • the bolster 26 includes an inlet 4 through which the air is moved or drawn into the conditioned lattice 32B through the trim layer 22 and then along the trim layer 22 and then out of an outlet 6 away from an occupant.
  • Figure 9 illustrates a cushion 20, the insert 30, and a lattice 32 within a bolster 26.
  • the cushion 20 and the insert 30 are a single, integral monolithic part.
  • the bolster 26 includes an inlet 4 and a thermoelectric device 60. As air is pulled into the inlet 4 towards the outlet 6, the air is moved across both the first side 62 and the second side 64 of the thermoelectric device 60 so that air along the first side 62 is conditioned (conditioned means the air may be cold air AC) and moved towards the occupant in the vehicle seat 1, and air that moves along the second side 64 is not conditioned (not conditions means the air may be warm air WA) is moved into the outlet 6 and away from the occupant in the seat 1 and does not condition the occupant.
  • conditioned means the air may be cold air AC
  • WA warm air WA
  • the air that is moved along the first side 62 is moved through a conditioned volume 52 of the lattice 32 that is in communication with the trim layer 22 to create a conditioned trim surface 24.
  • An air Gap AG is defined or provided between the two conditions portions 52 or conditioned latices 32B layers.
  • the air exiting the first side 62 flows along a first flow path and the air exiting the second side 64 flows along a second flow path.
  • the first path and the second path are separated by an air gap AG.
  • the first flow path is adjacent to the trim layer 22.
  • the first flow path and the second flow path that are spaced apart by the air gap AG diverge into a single flow path at the outlet 6.
  • Figure 10 illustrates a cushion 20 below a trim layer 22 with a lattice 32 located within the cushion 20.
  • the insert 32 includes a thermoelectric device 60 with a first side 62 and a second side 64. As shown, air is moved into the inlet 4 across the first side 62 and into contact with the trim layer 22 to provide conditioning to or through the trim layer 22, and then the air flows across the second side 64 and exits through the outlet 6. The air circulates through a conditioned volume 52 of the lattice 32. The conditioned volume 52 surrounds an air gap AG volume 50.
  • the air flows in a direction towards the trim layer 22 that is provided adjacent to the insert and then flows in a direction away from the trim layer 22.
  • FIG 11 is a top view of a conditioning system 2.
  • the conditioning system 2 includes a blower 80 with an air inlet 4 and an air outlet 6.
  • the conditioning system 2 includes an insert 30 that includes lattice 32. Ports 92 extend into the conditioning system 2 to operate embedded structures (not shown).
  • Figure 12 is a perspective view of an insert 30 of a conditioning system 2 with the lattice 32 of the insert 30 being visible.
  • a blower 80 having an inlet 4 and an outlet 6 is shown.
  • a plurality of ports 92 extend into the lattice 32 of the insert 30.
  • Figure 13 is a top view of the insert 30 of the conditioning system 2 with a top layer removed so that the embedded structures 90 are visible.
  • the embedded structures 90 are connected to the ports 92.
  • the blower 80 is shown located within the insert 30.
  • Figure 14 illustrates the insert 30 of the conditioning system 2 within an entire top layer removed to expose the embedded structures 90 and the connection between the plurality of ports 92 and the embedded structures 90. As shown, some of the plurality of ports 92 are inlet 4 ports 92 and some of the plurality of ports are outlet 6 ports 92.
  • the blower 80 is in communication with an inlet 4 and an outlet 6 to provided conditioned air through the insert 30.
  • Figure 15 illustrates an insert 30 of a conditioning system 2 shown in transparent so that features of the insert 30 are visible.
  • the insert 30 is formed of lattice 32 which extends around a plurality of embedded structures 90, ports 92, and a blower 80.
  • the lattice 32 forms an inlet 4 and an outlet 6 that the air is moved through so that the blower 80 provided conditioning to an occupant.
  • the inlet 4 and the outlet 6 are channels within the insert.
  • Figure 16A is an insert 30 have a lattice 32 with a honeycomb shape that is a plurality of interconnected squares.
  • Figure 16B is an insert 30 having a lattice 32 with a corrugation shape.
  • Figure 16C is an insert 30 having a lattice 32 forming a pyramid shape and having a more open structure when compared to figures 16A and 16B.
  • Figure 16D is an insert 30 having a lattice 32 with a tetrahedral shape and having a more open structure when compared with Figures 16A-16C.
  • Figure 16E is an insert 30 having a lattice 32 with a 3D-Kagome shape that has more open structure when compared with Figures 16A-16D.
  • Figure 16F is an insert 30 having a lattice 32 with a diamond textile shape and structure.
  • Figure 16G is an insert 30 having a lattice 32 with a square textile shape and structure.
  • Figure 16H is an insert 30 having a lattice 32 with a diamond collinear shape and structure.
  • Figure 161 is an insert 30 having a lattice 32 with a square collinear shape and structure.
  • Figure 17A shows an exploded view of a lattice 32 of an insert 30.
  • the lattice 32 is a tetrahedral shape with a top planar portion 100 and a bottom planar portion 100 with a connecting portion 102 therebetween forming the three-dimensional tetrahedral shape of the insert 30.
  • Figure 17B illustrates the three-dimensional shape of the lattice 32 within the insert 30.
  • Figure 18A shows an exploded view of a lattice 32 of an insert 30.
  • the lattice 32 is a tetrahedral shape with a top planar portion 100 and a bottom planar portion 100 with a connecting portion 102 therebetween forming the three-dimensional pyramidal shape of the insert 30.
  • Figure 18B illustrates the three-dimensional shape of the lattice 32 within the insert 30.
  • Figure 19A shows an exploded view of a lattice 32 of an insert 30.
  • the lattice 32 is a tetrahedral shape with a top planar portion 100 and a bottom planar portion 100 with a connecting portion 102 therebetween forming the three-dimensional 3-D Kagome shape of the insert 30.
  • Figure 19B illustrates the three-dimensional shape of the lattice 32 within the insert 30.
  • Figure 20A illustrates an insert 30 including a lattice 32 located above a cushion 20.
  • the lattice 32 is located between a trim layer 22 and the cushion 20, although the cushion may also be made of a lattice.
  • the lattice includes a support lattice 32A separated from a conditioned lattice 32B by a barrier 54.
  • the support lattice 32A creates an air gap volume 50 that is free of conditioned air.
  • the support lattice 32A also incorporates a port 92 that extends into communication with the embedded structure 90.
  • the embedded structure 90 as shown also has an activated embedded structure 90A.
  • Figure 20B illustrates an insert 30 including a lattice 32 located above a cushion 20.
  • the lattice 32 is located between a trim layer 22 and the cushion 20, although the cushion may also be made of a lattice.
  • the lattice includes a support lattice 32A and a conditioned lattice 32B.
  • the support lattice 32A creates an air gap volume 50 that is substantially free of conditioned air.
  • the pocket 34 is located below the support lattice 32A and the pocket 34 includes a port 92 that extends into communication with the embedded structure 90.
  • the embedded structure 90 as shown also has an activated embedded structure 90A.
  • Figures 21A-21J illustrate various configurations of the barrier layers 54, conditioned lattice (a/c layer) 32B, air gap volume 50, support lattice (insulating layer) 32A.
  • Figure 2 IE also includes a conduit or port 92.
  • any numerical values recited herein include all values from the lower value to the upper value in increments of one unit provided that there is a separation of at least 2 units between any lower value and any higher value.
  • the amount of a component or a value of a process variable such as, for example, temperature, pressure, time and the like is, for example, from 1 to 90, preferably from 20 to 80, more preferably from 30 to 70, it is intended that values such as 15 to 85, 22 to 68, 43 to 51, 30 to 32 etc. are expressly enumerated in this specification.
  • one unit is considered to be 0.0001, 0.001, 0.01 or 0.1 as appropriate.

Abstract

La présente invention concerne un insert comprenant : une structure en treillis comprenant une ou plusieurs couches de treillis de support et une ou plusieurs couches de treillis conditionné qui ont une perméabilité qui est supérieure ou égale à une perméabilité de la couche ou des couches du treillis de support de sorte que la couche ou les couches de treillis de support assurent une isolation thermique entre un composant d'un véhicule et une couche de garniture ou un occupant ; le treillis étant une structure monolithique.
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