Patent ID: 8505320

Claim:
A climate controlled seating assembly comprising: a thermal module comprising at least one inlet and at least one outlet; a thermal conditioning device positioned upstream of the at least one outlet, said thermal conditioning device being configured to selectively heat or cool a fluid passing through an interior of the thermal module; a fluid transfer device configured to transfer a fluid from the at least one inlet to the at least one outlet of the thermal module, at least partially past or near the thermal conditioning device; at least one sensor configured to detect a relative humidity of ambient air entering the at least one inlet; and a controller operatively connected to the thermal conditioning device, the fluid transfer device and the at least one sensor; wherein, when the seat assembly is operating under a climate control mode, the controller is configured to at least partially and selectively reduce a voltage supplied to the thermal conditioning device once the at least one sensor detects a threshold level of relative humidity, while a speed of the fluid transfer device remains unchanged; and wherein a voltage supplied to the thermal conditioning device is configured to remain at a lower level until a level of relative humidity detected by the at least one sensor drops below the threshold level.