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Granted Patent B2
US 10,160,354 · App. 15/165,172 · Granted Dec 25, 2018

Vehicle air-conditioning seat

Inventors: Seiya Nishimura (Aichi-ken, JP); Fumitoshi Akaike (Aichi-ken, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60N2/5635B60N2/5657B60N2/5685
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Patent No.
US 10,160,354
App. No.
15/165,172
Granted
Dec 25, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle air-conditioning seat comprising a blower and a heater therein, wherein at least one of a temperature adjustment region whose temperature is configured to be adjusted by the blower and a temperature adjustment region whose temperature is configured to be adjusted by the heater is divided into a plurality of regions, wherein the vehicle air-conditioning seat has a cool mode where temperature adjustment is performed only by the blower, a heat mode where the temperature adjustment is performed only by the heater, and a mixed mode where the temperature adjustment is performed by both of the blower and the heater, and wherein, in the mixed mode, the temperature adjustment is performed for each divided region by varying at least one of a blowing amount by the blower and a heating amount by the heater for each divided region.

Claims (8)

1. A vehicle air-conditioning seat comprising a blower and a heater therein,

wherein at least one of a temperature adjustment region whose temperature is configured to be adjusted by the blower and a temperature adjustment region whose temperature is configured to be adjusted by the heater is divided into a plurality of regions,

wherein the vehicle air-conditioning seat has a cool mode where temperature adjustment is performed only by the blower, a heat mode where the temperature adjustment is performed only by the heater, and a mixed mode where the temperature adjustment is performed by both of the blower and the heater, and

wherein, in the mixed mode, the temperature adjustment is performed for each divided region by varying at least one of a blowing amount by the blower and a heating amount by the heater for each divided region.

2. The vehicle air-conditioning seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the mixed mode includes a cold-prevention mode where the cool mode by the blower is performed and the heater is used in combination with the blower in some regions of the plurality of regions.

3. The vehicle air-conditioning seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the mixed mode includes a stuffiness-prevention mode where the heat mode by the heater is performed and the blower is used in combination with the heater in some regions of the plurality of regions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2016
From: NISHIMURA, SEIYA; AKAIKE, FUMITOSHI
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 038727/0718 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-106637 · May 26, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160347217A1 · Dec 1, 2016