AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE SEATS

• US 20100209230A1
• Filed: 02/15/2010
• Published: 08/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gentherm GmbH (Gentherm Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Wet Automotive Systems AG (Gentherm Incorporated)
• Inventors: Eckel, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 8,167,368 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 415/119
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00285 for vehicle seats vehicle seats with heating or ventilation means independent from the HVAC system of the vehicle B60N2/56
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5635 coming from the passenger compartment
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5642 with circulation of air through a layer inside the seat
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/565 sucked from the seat surface
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5657 blown towards the seat surface
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/601 specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/661 especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps

Abstract

The present invention concerns a fastening mechanism (50) to secure an air delivery device (21) to a carrier device (40).

It is specified that this is provided with at least one swivel mechanism (17), which enables a swiveling of the air delivery device (21) relative to the carrier device (40), and at least one fastening mechanism (50), which holds the swivel mechanism (17) on the carrier device (40).

Claims

1-6. -6. (canceled)

7. An air delivery device for an interior structural part comprising:

a carrier device;

a fastening mechanism securing the air delivery device to the carrier device;

wherein the carrier device includes at least one swivel mechanism which enables a swiveling of the air delivery device relative to the carrier device.

8. An air delivery device according to claim 7, wherein the air delivery device is fastened with a vibration dampening device to the carrier device.

9. An air delivery device according to claim 8, wherein the at least one swivel mechanism, the fastening mechanism, or both comprise elastic parts and/or flexible parts.

10. An air delivery device according to claim 9, wherein the at least one swivel mechanism includes a swivel axis, the swivel axis lies roughly in the plane of rotation of a blade wheel.

11. An air delivery device according to claim 7, wherein the carrier device comprises a solid structural frame or rod assembly of a vehicle seat back support.

12. An air delivery device according to claim 11, wherein the vehicle seat includes at least one ventilation device and a seat cushion.

13. An air delivery device according to claim 11, wherein the at least one fastening mechanism, the air delivery device, or both are arranged at a distance from the vehicle back support at a center of an upper back region or between a hollow back suspension on the solid structural frame or between two head rest casings.

14. An air delivery device according to claim 12, wherein the at least one ventilation device includes at least one air guiding device, the at least one air guiding device adapted to guide air from the air delivery device to or from at least one air exchange device.

15. An air delivery device according to claim 14, wherein the at least one air guiding device includes at least one casing device with at least one first sheath segment and/or second sheath segment, the sheath segment at least partly formed from a textile material.

16. An air delivery device according to claim 14, wherein the at least one air exchange device is formed at least partially so that it forms a flat structural part, preferably in the size of a surface being air conditioned and the at least one air exchange device has a thickness which is at most 30% of a thickness of the seat cushion.