VEHICLE SEAT

• US 20170036575A1
• Filed: 04/03/2015
• Published: 02/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TS Tech Company Limited
• Original Assignee: TS Tech Company Limited
• Inventors: SHIMAZAKI, Hayato, OSHIMA, Kazuhiro, KOBAYASHI, Sachio
• Granted Patent: US 10,399,470 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/744 with active means, e.g. by using air blowers or liquid pumps
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5621 by air
• 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 2/5657 blown towards the seat surface
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/68 Seat frames
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/682 Joining means
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/70 Upholstery springs ; Upholstery

Abstract

There is provided a vehicle seat (car seat) comprising a seat cushion pad (seat body) having an air passage connected to an outlet port (114), and a blower having an inlet port (113) and configured to feed air taken in through the inlet port (113) to the air passage. The blower (100) is located on the lower side of the seat cushion pad (seat body) that is opposite to an occupant'"'"'s side on which an occupant is to be seated, and the inlet port (113) is directed upward that is a direction toward the seat cushion pad (seat body).

Claims

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat body having an air passage; and

a blower having an inlet port and as outlet port connected to the air passage and configured to feed air taken in through the inlet port to the air passage,

wherein the blower is located on one side of the seat body that is opposite to an occupant'"'"'s side on which an occupant is to be seated, and

wherein the inlet port is directed toward the seat body.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, further comprising a bracket located on the seat body at a position opposite to the inlet port and used to fix the blower to the seat body.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein the bracket has a recess opposite to the inlet port.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 3, wherein the recess opens at right and left sides thereof.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein the bracket comprises:

a pair of base portions;

an opposed portion disposed between the pair of base portions at a position opposite to the inlet port and spaced apart from the blower by a distance greater than that from the blower to the pair of base portions; and

a pair of connecting portions connecting front and rear ends of the opposed portion respectively to the pair of base portions,

wherein each of the connecting portions consists of a wall and extends outward in the lateral direction beyond a region where the inlet port is located.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein the bracket comprises:

a pair of base portions;

an opposed portion disposed between the pair of base portions at a position opposite to the inlet port and spaced apart from the blower by a distance greater than that from the blower to the pair of base portions;

a pair of connecting portions connecting the opposed portion and the pair of base portions; and

attachment portions to which the blower is fixed, each of the attachment portions being provided to protrude from the base portion toward the blower,

wherein the base portions are spaced apart from the blower.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 4, wherein the seat body comprises a pair of side frames laterally spaced apart from each other, and a connecting member connecting the pair of side frames,

wherein at least a part of the connecting member is disposed in the recess.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein the seat body comprises a pair of side frames laterally spaced apart from each other, and a pan frame connecting the pair of side frames at a front side,

wherein the bracket is attached to the pan frame.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein the bracket has a through-opening formed in a portion opposite to the inlet port.

10. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, further comprising a bracket used to fix the blower to the seat body,

wherein the bracket is made of plastic and comprises a base portion to which the blower is fixed, and a first wall protruding from the base portion in a direction away from the occupant'"'"'s side and at least partly surrounding the blower.

11. The vehicle seat according to claim 10, wherein the bracket comprises a second wall protruding from the base portion toward the occupant'"'"'s side, and

wherein the base portion has an opening corresponding to the inlet port.

12. The vehicle seat according claim 10, wherein the bracket has a hole used to fix a harness member.

13. The vehicle seat according to claim 10, wherein the bracket comprises a first boss, a second boss, and a third boss, to which fastening members engageable with the blower are fastened to fix the blower, and

wherein the blower comprises:

a circular first engagement hole configured to be fitted onto the first boss to position the blower;

an oblong second engagement hole configured to be engageable with the second boss to position the blower in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction; and

a third engagement hole engageable with the third boss with a play.