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US 7,322,643 · App. 11/091,388 · Granted Jan 29, 2008

Vehicle seat

Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,322,643
App. No.
11/091,388
Granted
Jan 29, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle seat having: a seat cushion and a seat back formed by covering a surface of a seat pad with a top cover member; a plurality of air holes which penetrate the seat pad to reach a surface of the top cover member; a plurality of air outlets which project from a surface of a duct to be connected to the air holes; and an air blower to pressure and feed air inside a vehicle compartment to the air holes through the duct and the air outlets, wherein an engagement portion which projects in a radial direction of one of the air outlets is provided at a tip of the one of the air outlets.

Claims (11)

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat cushion and a seat back formed by covering a surface of a seat pad with a top cover member;

a plurality of air holes which penetrate the seat pad to reach a surface of the top cover member;

a plurality of air outlets which project from a surface of a duct to be connected to the air holes; and

an air blower to pressure and feed air inside a vehicle compartment to the air holes through the duct and the air outlets,

wherein a portion of the duct attached to the seat cushion side and the seat back side bends upward or downward with respect to a horizontal direction and is configured to prevent liquid that enters the duct through any of the air holes from flowing at the portion at which the duct is bent.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , further comprising an insert member which has a tubular shape and is embedded inside one of the air holes,

wherein one of the air outlets is inserted into the insert member to be engaged therewith.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein the insert member is integrally formed with the seat pad.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , the duct has a bellows structure at least at one position thereof.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the duct attached to the seat cushion side bends upward and downward with respect to a horizontal direction and is configured such that liquid that enters the duct liquid stays at the portion at which the duct is bent downward.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2005
From: ISHIMA, SHINYA; NAGAYAMA, MASAKI
To: TS TECH CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (3)
JP 2004-102594 · Mar 31, 2004 · national
JP 2004-102601 · Mar 31, 2004 · national
JP 2004-102639 · Mar 31, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050243331A1 · Nov 3, 2005