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Do Consumers prefer the CCS™ cooled/heated seats?

Northstar Research Partners found that customers prefer the CCS brand cooled/heated seats compared to other climatized seating options. Amerigon's CCS seats scored higher in both cooling comfort and overall seating comfort. Click here for more details.

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Climate Control Seating at Ford Motor Company

Jerry Brown, Ford Motor Company’s Chief Engineer for Seats and Restraints, comments on the Climate Control Seat during an interview with Robert Farago. Published on April 19, 2008, on www.thetruthaboutcars.com.

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Patents

Heated and Cooled Seats

6,907,739 issued June 21, 2005 - Thermoelectric Heat Exchanger
6,700,052 issued March 2, 2004 - Flexible Thermoelectric Circuit
6,606,866 issued August 19, 2003 - Thermoelectric Heat Exchanger
RE38,128 issued June 3, 2003 - Variable Temperature Seat Climate Control System
6,223,539 issued May 1, 2001 - Thermoelectric Heat Exchanger
6,119,463 issued September 19, 2000 - Thermoelectric Heat Exchanger
6,079,485 issued June 27, 2000 - Vehicle Air Conditioning with Seat Heating and Cooling Device
5,924,766 issued July 20, 1999 - Temperature Conditioner for Vehicle Seat
5,626,021 issued May 6, 1997 - Variable Temperature Seat Climate Control System
5,117,638 issued June 2, 1992 - Selectively Cooled or Heated Seat Construction and Apparatus for Providing Temperature Conditioned Fluid and Method
5,002,336 issued March 26, 1991 - Selectively Cooled or Heated Seat and Backrest Construction
4,923,248 issued May 8, 1990 - Cooling and Heating Seat Pad Construction

BSST – Advanced Thermoelectrics

6,959,555 issued November 1, 2005 - Improved Thermoelectric Heat Pump
6,948,321, issued September 27, 2005 - Improved Thermoelectric Convective Heat Flow
6,812,395,B2, issued November 2, 2004 - Thermoelectric Heterostructure Assemblies Element
6,672,076, issued January 6, 2004 - Efficiency Thermoelectrics Utilizing Convective Heat Flow
6,637,210,B2, issued October 28, 2003 - Thermoelectric Transient Cooling and Heating Systems
6,625,990, issued September 30, 2003 - Thermoelectric Power Generation Systems
6,598,405, issued July 29, 2003 - Thermoelectric Power Generation Utilizing Convective Heat Flow
6,539,725, issued April 1, 2003 - Efficiency Thermoelectrics Utilizing Thermal Isolation

Radar

6,400,308 issued June 4, 2002 - High Performance Vehicle Radar System
6,380,883 issued April 30, 2002 - High Performance Vehicle Radar System
6,232,920 issued May 15, 2001 - High Performance Vehicle Radar System
6,069,581 issued May 30, 2000 - High Performance Vehicle Radar System