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Granted Patent B2
US 10,232,748 · App. 15/165,181 · Granted Mar 19, 2019

Vehicle seat

Inventors: Fumitoshi Akaike (Aichi-ken, JP); Seiya Nishimura (Aichi-ken, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60N2/5628B60N2/565B60N2/5657
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Patent No.
US 10,232,748
App. No.
15/165,181
Granted
Mar 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a vehicle seat including: a seat main body having a major surface facing a user seated; a first air passage extending from an air conditioning device of a vehicle toward the seat main body so as to guide air from the air conditioning device to the seat main body; an outlet provided to a side portion of the seat main body and opened so that air from the first air passage is blown out along the side portion of the seat main body; a second air passage having an inlet opened toward the major surface so that air blown out from the outlet is sucked from the major surface; and a blower configured to suck air in the second air passage.

Claims (47)

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat main body having a seat cushion and a seat back, wherein each of the seat cushion and the seat back has a major surface that extends in a lateral direction of the vehicle seat and faces a user to be seated;

a first air passage extending from an air conditioning device of a vehicle toward at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back so as to guide air from the air conditioning device to the at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back;

an outlet provided to a side portion of the at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back and opened so that air from the first air passage is blown out along the side portion of the at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back;

a second air passage having an inlet opened toward the major surface of the at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back so that air blown out from the outlet is drawn into the inlet from the major surface of the at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back;

a blower configured to suction air in the second air passage; and

a second outlet configured to blow out air discharged from the blower toward the user to be seated or a rear user to be seated on a rear seat located on a rear side of the seat main body.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the seat cushion is configured to support a hip of the user to be seated and the seat back is provided to a rear portion of the seat cushion and configured to support a back of the user to be seated, and

wherein the second outlet is provided in the seat cushion and opened forward such that air discharged from the blower is blown out to a front side of the seat cushion.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the seat cushion is configured to support a hip of the user to be seated and the seat back is provided to a rear portion of the seat cushion and configured to support a back of the user to be seated, and

wherein the second outlet is provided in an upper portion of the seat back and opened forward such that air discharged from the blower is blown out forward from the upper portion of the seat back.

4. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat main body having a seat cushion and a seat back, wherein each of the seat cushion and the seat back has a major surface that extends in a lateral direction of the vehicle seat and faces a user to be seated, and a seat outer periphery located on an outer periphery of the major surface of each of the seat cushion and the seat back;

a first air passage extending from an air conditioning device of a vehicle toward at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back so as to guide air from the air conditioning device to the at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back;

a first outlet provided in the seat outer periphery and configured to blow out, from the seat outer periphery, air from the first air passage;

a second air passage having a plurality of inlets provided across the major surface of the at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back in the lateral direction of the vehicle seat that are opened toward the major surface of the at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back so that air blown out from the first outlet is drawn into the plurality of inlets from the major surface of the at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back;

a blower configured to suction air in the second air passage; and

a second outlet configured to blow out air discharged from the blower toward the user to be seated or a rear user to be seated on a rear seat located on a rear side of the seat main body.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 4 ,

wherein the seat cushion is configured to support a hip of the user to be seated and the seat back is provided to a rear portion of the seat cushion and configured to support a back of the user to be seated, and

wherein the second outlet is provided in the seat cushion and opened forward such that the air discharged from the blower is blown out to a front side of the seat cushion.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 4 ,

wherein the seat cushion is configured to support a hip of the user to be seated and the seat back is provided to a rear portion of the seat cushion and configured to support a back of the user to be seated, and

wherein the second outlet is provided in an upper portion of the seat back and opened forward such that the air discharged from the blower is blown out forward from the upper portion of the seat back.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein

the outlet is attached to the side portion of the seat cushion.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein

the outlet is provided on a shield that is attached to the side portion of the seat cushion.

9. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat main body having a seat cushion and a seat back, wherein each of the seat cushion and the seat back has a major surface that faces a user to be seated;

a first air passage extending from an air conditioning device of a vehicle toward at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back so as to guide air from the air conditioning device to the at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back;

a first outlet provided to a side portion of the at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back and opened so that air from the first air passage is blown out along the side portion of the at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back;

a second air passage having an inlet opened toward the major surface of the at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back so that air blown out from the first outlet is drawn into the inlet from the major surface of the at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back;

a blower configured to suction air in the second air passage; and

a second outlet separate from the first outlet and configured to blow out at least a partial amount of air discharged from the blower toward the user to be seated or a rear user to be seated on a rear seat located on a rear side of the seat main body.

10. The vehicle seat according to claim 9 , wherein

the seat cushion is configured to support a hip of the user to be seated and the seat back is provided to a rear portion of the seat cushion and configured to support a back of the user to be seated, and

the second outlet is provided in the seat cushion and opened forward such that air discharged from the blower is blown out to a front side of the seat cushion.

11. The vehicle seat according to claim 9 , wherein

the seat cushion is configured to support a hip of the user to be seated and the seat back is provided to a rear portion of the seat cushion and configured to support a back of the user to be seated, and

the second outlet is provided in an upper portion of the seat back and opened forward such that air discharged from the blower is blown out forward from the upper portion of the seat back.

12. The vehicle seat according to claim 9 , wherein

the first outlet is attached to the side portion of the seat cushion.

13. The vehicle seat according to claim 9 , wherein

the first outlet is provided on a shield that is attached to the side portion of the seat cushion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2016
From: AKAIKE, FUMITOSHI; NISHIMURA, SEIYA
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 038727/0798 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-106638 · May 26, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160347218A1 · Dec 1, 2016
Cited By (2)
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