Car interior odor air ventilation system

• US 8,083,575 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2007
• Issued: 12/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hong Min Kim
• Original Assignee: Hong Min Kim
• Inventors: Kim, Hong Min
• Primary Examiner(s): McAllister, Steven B
• Assistant Examiner(s): BOTROS, IREINI N
• Application Number:
  US11/903,699
• Publication Number:
  US 20090081938A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,554 Days
• Field of Search: 454/120, 454/907, 297/180.14, 297/180.11, 297/452.2
• US Class Current: 454/120
• 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 1/008 the input being air quality
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/248 Air-extractors, air-evacuation from the vehicle interior
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 2001/003 Component temperature regulation using an air flow
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 3/0085 Smell or pollution preventing arrangements B60H3/0007, B60H3/0071, B60H3/02, B60H3/06 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/565 sucked from the seat surface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 454/907 Seat

Abstract

A ventilation system is provided in an automobile by forming an intake opening in the top of the seats in the automobile. A telescopic pipe is located in the cushion of the seat with its top end mounted to the intake opening and its lower end mounted to an outlet port at the underside of the seat. An ammonia sensor and a air drawing fan is mounted in the telescopic pipe. The air drawing fan is actuated by the ammonia sensor with the control of a seat fan module when the ammonia sensor detects body waste odor air expelled by a passenger sitting in the seat. Exhaust ducts are provided for conducting the odor air out of the automobile.

Claims

1. An automobile interior odor air ventilation system operative for removing offensive odor air of human waste gas expelled by a passenger sitting on a seat in said automobile comprising,

a ventilation intake opening formed in a top portion of said seat, and being adapted to locate directly below said passenger,

a screen located at said ventilation intake opening,

a telescopic pipe located in said seat, said telescopic pipe having a top end connected to said intake opening, and a lower end connected to a branch exhaust duct mounted to an outlet port located at an underside of said seat,

an ammonia sensor mounted in said telescopic pipe and located adjacent to said intake opening,

an air drawing seat fan mounted in said telescopic pipe,

a seat fan control module connected to said seat fan and said ammonia sensor and operative to actuate said seat fan when said ammonia sensor having detected body waste gas expelled by said passenger for venting said waste gas to said branch exhaust duct,

a carbon filter unit connected to said exhaust duct operative for removing said offensive odor of said waste gas.

2. An automobile interior odor air ventilation system according to claim 1 wherein said branch exhaust duct is connected to a main exhaust duct for conducting said odor air out of said automobile.

3. An automobile interior odor air ventilation system according to claim 2 wherein said carbon filter unit has an air filter located at an exhaust end of said main exhaust duct and operative for filtering and exhausting said odor air out of said automobile.

4. An automobile interior odor air ventilation system according to claim 3 including an exhaust fan filter module located in said carbon filter unit and operative for monitoring operation of said carbon filter unit and providing an indication of requirement for replacing said filter in said carbon filter unit, and a diagnostic unit connected to said seat fan control module and to said exhaust fan filter module for detecting normal operation of both said seat fan control module and said exhaust fan filter module.

5. An automobile interior odor air ventilation system according to claim 4 including a manual override switch mounted adjacent to said seat, said override switch being operative to actuate said ventilation system.

6. An automobile interior odor air ventilation system according to claim 5 including a funnel shaped adapter mounted between said intake opening and said top end of said telescopic pipe.

7. An automobile interior air ventilation system for an automobile having a plurality of seats, operative for removing offensive odor air of human waste gas expelled by a passenger sitting on at least a seat in said automobile, comprising

a ventilation intake opening formed in a top portion of each seat of said plurality of seats, and being adapted to locate directly below a passenger sitting in one said seats,

a screen located at said ventilation intake opening,

a telescopic pipe located in a cushion portion of each one of said seats, said telescopic pipe having a top end mounted to said intake opening, and a lower end mounted to an outlet port located at an underside of each one of said seats,

a plurality of branch exhaust ducts with each individual branch exhaust duct therein connected to said outlet port of each one of said seats,

an ammonia sensor mounted in said telescopic pipe, and located adjacent to said intake opening,

an air drawing seat fan mounted in said telescopic pipe and located adjacent to said intake opening,

a seat fan control module mounted in said cushion portion of each one of said seats, said seat fan module being electrically connected to said ammonia sensor and said air drawing seat fan, and operative when said ammonia sensor having detected body waste gas expelled by a passenger sitting in said seat to actuate said air drawing seat fan to vent said odor air to said branch exhaust duct of a seat with said passenger sitting therein and expelling body waste odor air into said intake opening of said seat,

a carbon filter unit connected to each one of said branch exhaust ducts.

8. An automobile interior odor air ventilation system according to claim 7 including a main exhaust duct connected to said plurality of branch exhaust ducts and operative to conduct said odor air to outside of said automobile.

9. An automobile interior odor air ventilation system according to claim 8 including a carbon filter exhaust unit mounted at an exit end of said main exhaust duct and operative for filtering said odor air prior to emitting said odor air to outside of said automobile.

10. An automobile interior odor air ventilation system according to claim 9 including an exhaust fan and an exhaust fan control module located in said carbon filter unit, said exhaust fan control module being operative to actuate said exhaust fan for emitting said odor air to outside of said automobile.

11. An automobile interior odor air ventilation system according to claim 7 including a plurality of main exhaust ducts with each one main exhaust duct therein connected to an individual one of said plurality of branch exhaust ducts.

12. An automobile interior odor air ventilation system according claim 11 including a carbon filter unit connected to an exit end of said plurality of main exhaust ducts, and operative for filtering said odor air prior to emitting said odor air outside of said automobile.