VEHICULAR COLD-AIR SHIELDING STRUCTURE

• US 20150118947A1
• Filed: 10/23/2014
• Published: 04/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Sakuma, Choji, Nakashima, Ryosuke, Takeuchi, Yoshiyuki, Kobayashi, Satoshi, Ishimoto, Yoshinori
• Application Number:
  US14/521,539
• Publication Number:
  US 20150118947A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 454/120
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/24 Devices purely for ventilating or where the heating or cooling is irrelevant nozzles, air-diffusers B60H1/34
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/246 located in the interior of the vehicle or in or below the floor
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/06 slidable B60N2/12 , B60N2/2209 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5628 coming from the vehicle ventilation system, e.g. air-conditioning system

Abstract

A vehicular cold-air shielding structure that is provided on a floor of a vehicle includes a front seat that is slidable in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and a shielding member that is disposed under the front seat and that is provided so as to extend in the width direction of the vehicle. The shielding member has a flexibility that allows the shielding member to follow the sliding movement of the front seat.

Claims

1. A vehicular cold-air shielding structure, comprising:

a seat disposed on a floor of a vehicle, the seat being slidable in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and

a first shielding member disposed under the seat, the first shielding member extending in a width direction of the vehicle, wherein

the first shielding member has a flexibility allowing the first shielding member to follow a sliding movement of the seat.

2. The vehicular cold-air shielding structure according to claim 1, wherein

an upper portion of the first shielding member is connected to the seat.

3. The vehicular cold-air shielding structure according to claim 1, wherein

an upper portion of the first shielding member is connected to the seat, and

a lower portion of the first shielding member is connected to the floor.

4. The vehicular cold-air shielding structure according to claim 1, wherein

the first shielding member includes

a connection member extending in the width direction of the vehicle and connected to the seat, and

a shielding skirt hanging from the connection member, wherein

the shielding skirt is provided with an extra length under the seat.

5. The vehicular cold-air shielding structure according to claim 1, wherein

the first shielding member includes

a rotating shaft extending in the width direction of the vehicle, the rotating shaft being coupled to the floor in a rotatable manner about a horizontal axis, and

a shielding skirt, a lower portion of which is wound around the rotating shaft and an upper portion of which is connected to the seat, wherein

the shielding skirt is capable of being wound around and drawn out from the rotating shaft.

6. The vehicular cold-air shielding structure according to claim 1, wherein

the first shielding member includes

a connection bracket extending in the width direction of the vehicle, the connection bracket being connected to one of the floor and the seat, and

bristles, base ends of which are fixed to the connection bracket and distal ends of which are in contact with the other of the floor and the seat.

7. The vehicular cold-air shielding structure according to claim 6, wherein

the bristles are arranged in a staggered manner in plan view.

8. The vehicular cold-air shielding structure according to claim 6, further comprising

slide mechanisms that slide the seat, the slide mechanisms being provided on left and right sides of the bristles, respectively, and

entanglement prevention members each provided between the bristles and corresponding one of the slide mechanisms, the entanglement prevention members supporting left and right sides of the bristles and preventing the bristles from being entangled in the slide mechanisms.

9. The vehicular cold-air shielding structure according to claim 1, further comprising

second shielding members that are disposed under the left and right sides of the seat, respectively, the second shielding members extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.

12. The vehicular cold-air shielding structure according to claim 3, wherein

the first shielding member has a sheet shape, and

the first shielding member has a bent portion between the upper portion and the lower portion.

13. The vehicular cold-air shielding structure according to claim 12, wherein

the bent portion protrudes toward the rear of the vehicle.

14. The vehicular cold-air shielding structure according to claim 4, wherein

the shielding skirt is longer than a height of a space between the floor and the seat.

15. The vehicular cold-air shielding structure according to claim 1, wherein

the first shielding member includes

a rotating shaft extending in the width direction of the vehicle, the rotating shaft being coupled to the floor in a rotatable manner about a horizontal axis, and

a shielding skirt, a lower portion of which is attached to the rotating shaft and an upper portion of which is connected to the seat, wherein

the rotating shaft rotates such that shielding skirt is wound around and drawn out from the rotating shaft.

10. A vehicular cold-air shielding structure, comprising:

a seat disposed on a floor of a vehicle, the seat being slidable in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and

a first shielding member disposed under the seat, the first shielding member extending in a width direction of the vehicle to stop a cold air from flowing through the underneath of the seat, wherein

the first shielding member has a flexibility allowing the first shielding member to follow a sliding movement of the seat.

11. A vehicular cold-air shielding structure, comprising:

a seat disposed on a floor of a vehicle, the seat being slidable in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and

first shielding means disposed under the seat and extending in a width direction of the vehicle to stop a cold air from flowing through the underneath of the seat, wherein

the first shielding means has a flexibility allowing the first shielding means to follow a sliding movement of the seat in the front-rear direction.