AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE

• US 20180105014A1
• Filed: 10/12/2017
• Published: 04/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: TSUZAKI, Atsushi, MURAHATA, Hiroshi
• Granted Patent: US 10,639,958 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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: B60H 1/00464 The ventilator being of the axial type
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00521 Mounting or fastening of components in housings, e.g. heat exchangers, fans, electronic regulators
• 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: B60N 2/682 Joining means

Abstract

An air conditioning device is provided. The air conditioning device comprises a fan and is provided on an underside of a seating surface of a vehicle seat. The fan comprises a case module and a restrictor. The case module comprises a first case and a second case. The first case is located at a side of the fan where the seating surface is located. The second case is located at a side of the fan opposite to the seating surface and is assembled to the first case. The restrictor is configured to restrict assembling of the first case and the second case to each other when an orientation of the second case with respect to the first case is different from a specified orientation.

Claims

1. An air conditioning device provided on an underside of a seating surface of a vehicle seat, the air conditioning device comprising:

a fan that comprises a case module and a restrictor,

the case module comprising a first case and a second case, the first case being located at a side of the fan where the seating surface is located, and the second case being located at a side of the fan opposite to the seating surface and being assembled to the first case, and

the restrictor configured to restrict assembling of the first case and the second case to each other when an orientation of the second case with respect to the first case is different from a specified orientation.

2. The air conditioning device according to claim 1,

wherein the restrictor is at least one rib provided in a first one of the first case and the second case, and

wherein when the orientation of the second case with respect to the first case is different from the specified orientation, the at least one rib abuts a second one of the first case and the second case, thereby restricting the assembling of the first case and the second case to each other.

3. The air conditioning device according to claim 2,

wherein the first case comprises a stopper and the second case comprises a stopped portion, and the stopper and the stopped portion are assembled to each other via a securing member, and

wherein the at least one rib surrounds at least a part of the securing member when viewed horizontally from one side of an outer circumference of the at least one rib.

4. The air conditioning device according to claim 2,

wherein a harness is routed in a rear side of the air conditioning device, and

wherein a material of a contact surface of the at least one rib to be in contact with the harness includes resin.

5. The air conditioning device according to claim 2,

wherein an outer circumferential surface of the at least one rib has an arc shape.