Patent ID: 7477969

Claim:
An assembly for a transportation vehicle, comprising: a component located within a passenger compartment of the transportation vehicle; a conditioner configured for providing at least one of heating, cooling or ventilation, and integrated with, embedded in, or conductively attached to the component of the transportation vehicle, selected from a seat or a steering wheel; a controller in communication with the conditioner and an energy source, the controller including a temperature sensor integrally located within the controller for directly controlling the conditioner, wherein: i) the controller and integral temperature sensor is located within the compartment of the transportation vehicle non-adjacent to any temperature changers or output portions of the conditioner such that the temperature sensor can measure a temperature of ambient air within the compartment of the transportation vehicle; and ii) the controller includes programming for, upon activation of the conditioner, effecting an energy output sequence from the energy source to the conditioner based upon only the temperature of the ambient air at the time of activation.