IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,987,157
Granted Patent B2
US 11,987,157 · App. 18/181,363 · Granted May 21, 2024

Vehicle seat

Inventors: Atsushi Okimura (Tochigi, JP); Tatsumi Konno (Tochigi, JP); Wataru Nishii (Tochigi, JP); Yuji Nakano (Tochigi, JP); Hiroshi Izawa (Tochigi, JP); Hiromi Taniguchi (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
B60N2/5657B60N2/56B60N2/58B60N2/6009B60N2/68B60N2/682B60N2/90A47C7/744B60N2/5621B60N2/5642
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Patent No.
US 11,987,157
App. No.
18/181,363
Granted
May 21, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle seat according to the present invention includes: a seat back frame constituting a framework of a seat back; a blower disposed in the seat back; a bracket to which the blower is fixed; and a cover member provided on the rear side of the seat back frame. Herein, the bracket is fixed to the cover member with the seat back frame being held between the bracket and the cover member.

Claims (49)

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat back frame constituting a framework of a seat back;

a blower disposed in the seat back;

a bracket to which the blower is fixed; and

a duct connected to a rear side of the blower,

wherein the bracket is fixed to the seat back frame.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the seat back frame comprises:

a pair of side frames laterally spaced apart from each other;

an upper frame that connects upper end portions of the pair of side frames;

a lower frame that connects lower end portions of the pair of side frames; and

a bridge frame that connects the pair of side frames at an intermediate position between the upper frame and the lower frame,

wherein the bracket is fixed to the bridge frame.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein the bracket is fixed to a front side of the bridge frame.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein an upper front end of the blower is located frontward of a front end of the upper frame.

5. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat back frame constituting a framework of a seat back;

a blower disposed in the seat back;

a bracket to which the blower is fixed; and

a duct connected to a rear side of the blower,

wherein the bracket is fixed to the seat back frame,

wherein the duct comprises:

a first opening provided at one end of the duct to which the blower is connected,

a second opening provided at another end of the duct, and

a first flange provided around the first opening, and

wherein the flange is disposed between the blower and the bracket and held between the blower and the bracket when the blower is fixed to the bracket.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein both the first opening and the second opening open in the same direction.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein the first opening is a circular opening that opens frontward, and the second opening is a rectangular opening.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 7 , wherein the duct further comprises a second flange extending in all directions surrounding the second opening.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein both the first opening and the second opening are offset in an upper-lower direction.

10. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat back comprising:

a seat back frame constituting a framework of the seat back,

a seat back pad, and

a seat back upper layer pad;

a seat cushion comprising:

a seat cushion frame constituting a framework of the seat cushion,

a seat cushion pad, and

a seat cushion upper layer pad;

a blower disposed in the seat back;

a bracket to which the blower is fixed; and

a duct connected to a rear side of the blower,

wherein the seat back and the seat cushion are covered with an outer skin material having air permeability,

wherein the seat back frame comprises:

a pair of side frames that are laterally spaced apart from each other;

an upper frame that connects upper end portions of the pair of side frames;

a lower frame that connects lower end portions of the pair of side frames; and

a bridge frame that connects the pair of side frames at an intermediate position between the upper frame and the lower frame, and

wherein the bracket is fixed to a front side of the bridge frame.

11. The vehicle seat according to claim 10 , wherein an upper front end of the blower is located frontward of a front end of the upper frame.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-132473 · Jul 1, 2015 · national
JP 2015-132474 · Jul 1, 2015 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17570564 · Jan 7, 2022
Continuation 16716045 · Dec 16, 2019
Continuation 16386890 · Apr 17, 2019
Continuation 15562589
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