Patents by Inventor Shane Kyle Greenwood

Shane Kyle Greenwood has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Flexible heater and method of integration
    Patent number: 11945348
    Abstract: A climate controlled system comprising: a movable member disposed in a recess of a cushion and forming part of an occupant support surface with the cushion; a heater overlaying the cushion and the movable member, the heater including: a flexible substrate, a heating element, and an adhesive layer, wherein the flexible substrate includes adhesive on opposing longitudinal edge regions and the adhesive directly or indirectly connects the heater to the cushion; and wherein the adhesive layer anchors the heater as the flexible substrate stretches or moves with the movable member as the movable member moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: GENTHERM INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Shane Kyle Greenwood
  • FLEXIBLE HEATER AND METHOD OF INTEGRATION
    Publication number: 20220281368
    Abstract: A climate controlled system comprising: a movable member disposed in a recess of a cushion and forming part of an occupant support surface with the cushion; a heater overlaying the cushion and the movable member, the heater including: a flexible substrate, a heating element, and an adhesive layer, wherein the flexible substrate includes adhesive on opposing longitudinal edge regions and the adhesive directly or indirectly connects the heater to the cushion; and wherein the adhesive layer anchors the heater as the flexible substrate stretches or moves with the movable member as the movable member moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Shane Kyle Greenwood
  • Flexible heater and method of integration
    Patent number: 11370337
    Abstract: A climate controlled system comprising: a movable member disposed in a recess of a cushion and forming part of an occupant support surface with the cushion; a heater overlaying the cushion and the movable member, the heater including: a flexible substrate, a heating element, and an adhesive layer, wherein the flexible substrate includes adhesive on opposing longitudinal edge regions and the adhesive directly or indirectly connects the heater to the cushion; and wherein the adhesive layer anchors the heater as the flexible substrate stretches or moves with the movable member as the movable member moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Gentherm GmbH
    Inventor: Shane Kyle Greenwood
  • Single piece plenum
    Patent number: 11318869
    Abstract: An air distribution system that includes a plenum, which has a bottom wall, a peripheral wall connected to the bottom wall and extending around a periphery of the plenum to define one or more open spaces in the plenum, and one or more connection recesses in the bottom wall adapted to connect to a blower. A top surface of the peripheral wall is configured to contact a bottom surface of a cushion of a vehicle seat to enclose the one or more open spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: GENTHERM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shane Kyle Greenwood, Ajay Murgod, Chad Vincent Pacilli, Denis Michel Miron, Tim Normand, Vladimir Jovovic
  • Single Piece Plenum
    Publication number: 20210300218
    Abstract: An air distribution system that includes a plenum, which has a bottom wall, a peripheral wall connected to the bottom wall and extending around a periphery of the plenum to define one or more open spaces in the plenum, and one or more connection recesses in the bottom wall adapted to connect to a blower. A top surface of the peripheral wall is configured to contact a bottom surface of a cushion of a vehicle seat to enclose the one or more open spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Shane Kyle Greenwood, Ajay Murgod, Chad Vincent Pacilli, Denis Michel Miron, Tim Normand, Vladimir Jovovic
  • Conditioning system with a B-side distribution system
    Patent number: 11091072
    Abstract: A distribution system that includes a plenum. The plenum has a top layer, a bottom layer, an open space formed between the top layer and the bottom layer, and one or more ventilation holes within the top layer. The plenum includes a duct extending from one or more of the one or more ventilation holes that couples the plenum to a cushion hole within a cushion so that the plenum and the cushion are in fluid communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Gentherm Incorporated
    Inventors: Shane Kyle Greenwood, Denis Michel Miron, Ajay Murgod
  • FLEXIBLE HEATER AND METHOD OF INTEGRATION
    Publication number: 20200406797
    Abstract: A climate controlled system comprising: a movable member disposed in a recess of a cushion and forming part of an occupant support surface with the cushion; a heater overlaying the cushion and the movable member, the heater including: a flexible substrate, a heating element, and an adhesive layer, wherein the flexible substrate includes adhesive on opposing longitudinal edge regions and the adhesive directly or indirectly connects the heater to the cushion; and wherein the adhesive layer anchors the heater as the flexible substrate stretches or moves with the movable member as the movable member moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Shane Kyle Greenwood
  • CONDITIONING SYSTEM WITH A B-SIDE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200317096
    Abstract: A distribution system that includes a plenum. The plenum has a top layer, a bottom layer, an open space formed between the top layer and the bottom layer, and one or more ventilation holes within the top layer. The plenum includes a duct extending from one or more of the one or more ventilation holes that couples the plenum to a cushion hole within a cushion so that the plenum and the cushion are in fluid communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Shane Kyle Greenwood, Denis Michel Miron, Ajay Murgod