Climate controlled beds and methods of operating the same

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PATENT NO 10405667
APP PUB NO 20180213942A1
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15880433

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A climate controlled seat, bed or other assembly configured to receive a person includes a blower and two or more thermoelectric devices or other conditioning fluid modules. According to one embodiment of an operational scheme, a control system for the seat or bed is configured to continuously discharge air from the blower through the thermoelectric devices. In one arrangement, the thermoelectric devices are sequenced between an activated and a deactivated position. Consequently, the desired cooling and/or cooling effect can be maintained while reducing energy consumption of the climate control system.

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SLEEP NUMBER CORPORATION1001 THIRD AVENUE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS MN 55404

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Comiskey, Brian D Coto de Caza, US 12 1056
Marquette, David Farmington Hills, US 39 2811
Petrovski, Dusko Washington, US 30 2536

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