Patent ID: 11857004
Assignee: GENTHERM GMBH
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B  F  H | IPC A  B  F  H

Claim 0:
1. A heating and cooling system having a sheeted thermally conductive material for distributing heat or coolness across a surface configured to contact a person, the system comprising:
a heating and cooling source for generating heat or coolness;
a heat transfer plate in thermal communication with the heating and cooling source, the heat transfer plate configured to distribute heat or coolness generated by the heating and cooling source, the heat transfer plate comprising needles extending from a surface of the heat transfer plate;
a flexible sheeted thermally conductive material in thermal communication with the heat transfer plate, the flexible sheeted thermally conductive material configured to distribute heat or coolness generated by the heating and cooling source over a distribution area across the surface configured to contact the person larger than a surface of the heating and cooling source itself,
wherein the needles extend from the surface of the heat transfer plate into the flexible sheeted thermally conductive material to transfer heat between the heating and cooling source and the flexible sheeted thermally conductive material; and
a film layer surrounding the flexible sheeted thermally conductive material, the needles extending through the film layer into the flexible sheeted thermally conductive material,
wherein the needles extend through the film layer on a first side of the flexible sheeted thermally conductive material without extending through the film layer on a second side of the flexible sheeted thermally conductive material, the first side opposite the second side.