IP Library Granted Patent US 8,752,892
Granted Patent B2
US 8,752,892 · App. 13/440,181 · Granted Jun 17, 2014

Vehicle seat

Inventor: Hideo Sahashi (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 8,752,892
App. No.
13/440,181
Granted
Jun 17, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a seat back that is connected to the seat cushion in a manner so as to be reclined and raised with respect to the seat cushion, a lower band member that covers a connecting portion of the seat cushion and the seat back, and a supply portion provided in the lower band member. The seat back includes a cushion that forms a contour of a seat, a cover, and a blower arranged inside the seat back. Air blown from the blower is blown toward a sitting side of the seat back via a flow path portion of the cushion, while outside air is supplied to the blower. The supply portion communicates an inside of the seat back with an outside of the seat back, and outside air taken in from the supply portion is supplied to the blower.

Claims (15)

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat cushion;

a seat back that is rotatably connected to the seat cushion so as to be reclined and raised with respect to the seat cushion, the seat back including:

a cushion having a flow path portion for guiding air toward a sitting side of the seat back, the cushion forming a contour of the seat back,

a cover that covers a surface of the cushion, and

a blower arranged inside the seat back;

a lower band member that covers a rear end portion of the seat cushion and a lower end portion of the seat back; and

a supply portion that is provided in the lower band member and communicates an inside of the seat back with an outside of the seat back such that outside air is supplied to the blower,

wherein the blower is configured to draw in the outside air from the supply portion and to blow air through the flow path portion toward the sitting side of the seat back, and

wherein the supply portion is a resin member that is insertable into a hole in the lower band member.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the lower band member is a planar-shaped member that has a rigidity that is higher than a rigidity of the cover.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , further comprising a duct member that communicates the supply portion with the blower, wherein the outside air taken in from the supply portion is supplied to the blower through the duct member.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the lower band member is sewn at a first end portion to a lower portion of the cover, and has a retaining member on a second end portion, and is retained by a bottom of the seat cushion.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the seat back further has a frame that is a basic structure of the seat back, and the lower band member has a retaining member on a first end portion and is retained by the frame, and a second end portion is sewn to a bottom of the seat cushion.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the lower band member is provided so as to cover the seat back and the seat cushion from below the seat back.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2012
From: SAHASHI, HIDEO
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 027996/0028 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-085309 · Apr 7, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120256450A1 · Oct 11, 2012