Vehicle seat

• US 10,532,679 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2017
• Issued: 01/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TS Tech Company Limited
• Original Assignee: TS Tech Company Limited
• Inventors: Onuma, Koji, Kobayashi, Kazuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoge, Gary C
• Application Number:
  US15/812,530
• Publication Number:
  US 20180272908A1
• Time in Patent Office: 791 Days
• Field of Search: 29718014
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/56 Heating or ventilating devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5657 blown towards the seat surface
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/686 Panel like structures
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/7094 Upholstery springs

Abstract

A vehicle seat comprises a frame member, a plate-shaped support member, and a blower. The frame member includes a pair of opposed frames disposed opposite to and separately from each other, and a first connecting frame by which the pair of opposed frames are connected. The plate-shaped support member is disposed between the pair of opposed frames and configured to receive a load from an occupant. The blower is attached to the support member, and part of the blower is disposed on a side of the first connecting frame that is opposite to an occupant side thereof.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a frame member including a pair of opposed frames disposed opposite to and separately from each other, a first connecting frame by which the pair of opposed frames are connected, and a second connecting frame which is disposed separately from the first connecting frame and by which the pair of opposed frames are connected;

a plate-shaped support member disposed between the pair of opposed frames and configured to receive a load from an occupant, the support member including a bridging wire by which the first connecting frame and the second connecting frame are bridged, and a plate-shaped plastic member formed integrally with the bridging wire; and

a blower attached to the plate-shaped plastic member,

wherein a part of the blower is disposed on a side of the first connecting frame that is opposite to an occupant side thereof, and

wherein the plate-shaped plastic member includes a wall with which at least an impeller of the blower is covered as viewed from an occupant side thereof.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, comprising a bracket mounted on a side of the support member opposite to an occupant side thereof,

wherein at least part of the blower is attached to the bracket.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein the frame member is a cushion frame that constitutes a frame of a seat cushion, the pair of opposed frames being disposed separately from each other in a lateral direction, and front portions of the pair of opposed frames being connected by the first connecting frame, and

wherein the blower includes a front-side portion attached to the bracket and disposed under the first connecting frame, and a rear-side portion attached directly to the support member.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the plastic member has a through hole in which a duct connected to the blower is disposed.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the frame member is a cushion frame that constitutes a frame of a seat cushion, the pair of opposed frames being disposed separately from each other in a lateral direction, and front portions of the pair of opposed frames being connected by the first connecting frame,

wherein the support member includes, at a front-side portion thereof, an inclined portion extending in an obliquely-frontward-and-upward direction, and

wherein the blower is disposed under the inclined portion.

6. A vehicle comprising:

a frame member including a pair of opposed frames disposed opposite to and separately from each other, a first connecting frame by which the pair of opposed frames are connected, and a second connecting frame which is disposed separately from the first connecting frame and by which the pair of opposed frames are connected;

a plate-shaped support member disposed between the pair of opposed frames and configured to receive a load from an occupant, the plate-shaped support member including a bridging wire by which the first connecting frame and the second connecting frame are bridged, and a plate-shaped plastic member formed integrally with the bridging wire; and

a blower,

wherein part of the blower is disposed on a side of the first connecting frame that is opposite to an occupant side thereof,

wherein the plastic member includes a boss protruding toward a side opposite to an occupant side thereof, and

wherein the blower is attached to the boss.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 6, wherein the boss is disposed on each side of the bridging wire in an opposing direction of the pair of opposed frames.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 6, comprising a bracket mounted on a side of the plate-shaped support member opposite to an occupant side thereof,

wherein at least part of the blower is attached to the bracket.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 8, wherein the frame member is a cushion frame that constitutes a frame of a seat cushion, the pair of opposed frames being disposed separately from each other in a lateral direction, and front portions of the pair of opposed frames being connected by the first connecting frame, and

wherein the blower includes a front-side portion attached to the bracket and disposed under the first connecting frame, and a rear-side portion attached directly to the plate-shaped support member.

10. The vehicle seat according to claim 6, wherein the plastic member includes a wall with which at least an impeller of the blower is covered as viewed from an occupant side thereof.

11. The vehicle seat according to claim 6, wherein the plastic member has a through hole in which a duct connected to the blower is disposed.

12. The vehicle seat according to claim 6, wherein the frame member is a cushion frame that constitutes a frame of a seat cushion, the pair of opposed frames being disposed separately from each other in a lateral direction, and front portions of the pair of opposed frames being connected by the first connecting frame,

wherein the plate-shaped support member includes, at a front-side portion thereof, an inclined portion extending in an obliquely-frontward-and-upward direction, and

wherein the blower is disposed under the inclined portion.

13. A vehicle seat comprising:

a frame member including a pair of opposed frames disposed opposite to and separately from each other, and a first connecting frame by which the pair of opposed frames are connected;

a plate-shaped support member disposed between the pair of opposed frames and configured to receive a load from an occupant;

a bracket mounted on a side of the plate-shaped support member opposite to an occupant side thereof, and

a blower,

wherein part of the blower is disposed on a side of the first connecting frame that is opposite to an occupant side thereof,

wherein at least part of the blower is attached to the bracket,

wherein the frame member is a cushion frame that constitutes a frame of a seat cushion, the pair of opposed frames being disposed separately from each other in a lateral direction, and front portions of the pair of opposed frames being connected by the first connecting frame, and

wherein the blower includes a front-side portion attached to the bracket and disposed under the first connecting frame, and a rear-side portion attached directly to the plate-shaped support member.