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Granted Patent B2
US 12,325,339 · App. 17/048,407 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Vehicle with extended ventilation

Inventors: Felix Artmeier (Munich, DE); Stefan Wiedemann (Munich, DE)
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
B60N2/5657B60H1/00285B60N2/5628B60H1/34
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Patent No.
US 12,325,339
App. No.
17/048,407
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle has a vehicle seat and a ventilation system with at least one supply nozzle via which an air flow can be guided towards the vehicle seat. The vehicle seat has an air feed opening for receiving the air flow from the supply nozzle, an outlet nozzle directed into a rear area of the vehicle interior, and an air-guiding channel for connecting the air feed opening and the outlet nozzle.

Claims (54)

1. A vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle seat;

a ventilation system with at least one supply nozzle via which an air flow is conductible into the vehicle seat,

wherein the vehicle seat comprises:

(i) an air feed opening for receiving the air flow from the supply nozzle,

(ii) an outlet nozzle directed into a rear compartment of the vehicle, and

(iii) an air-conducting duct for connecting the air feed opening and the outlet nozzle, and

the supply nozzle has adjustable air-conducting elements, separate from the air feed opening, for adjusting an angle of the air flow into the air feed opening,

wherein a clearance remains between the supply nozzle and the air feed opening, and

wherein the ventilation system is characterized by an absence of a conduit extending between the supply nozzle and the air feed opening.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the air-conducting duct has a fan unit for sucking up the air flow from the supply nozzle and discharging same via the outlet nozzle.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the supply nozzle is arranged in a center console of the vehicle, and

the air feed opening is arranged on a side wall of the vehicle seat, said side wall being assigned to the center console.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the supply nozzle has air-conducting elements for directing the air flow into the air feed opening.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the air-conducting elements are configured to be adjustable.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the supply nozzle is formed adjacent to the air feed opening such that the air-conducting elements direct the airflow from the supply nozzle to the air feed opening.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the outlet nozzle has a hollow cylinder shape with a hollow wall,

an interior space of the hollow wall is coupled to the air-conducting duct, and

the hollow wall is open toward an interior volume of the hollow cylinder shape.

8. The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein

the hollow wall has a wing-shaped cross section with a profile lug and an end strip, wherein the hollow wall is open at the profile lug toward the interior volume.

9. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the ventilation system has an air conditioning system module for discharging a cooled air flow from the supply nozzle.

10. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the air-conducting duct has a branch to a seat ventilation system of the vehicle seat.

11. The vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein

the branch is constrictable.

12. A vehicle, Comprising:

A vehicle seat;

A ventilation system with at least one supply nozzle via which an air flow is conductible into the vehicle seat;

Wherein the vehicle seat comprises:

(i) an air feed opening for receiving the air flow from the supply nozzle,

(ii) an outlet nozzle directed into a rear compartment of the vehicle, and

(iii) an air-conducting duct for connecting the air feed opening and the outlet nozzle, and

The supply nozzle has air conducting elements, spaced apart from the air feed opening, for directing the air flow into the vehicle seat, and

Wherein the supply nozzle is formed adjacent to the air feed opening such that the air-conducting elements direct the airflow from the supply nozzle to the air feed opening.

13. The vehicle according to claim 12 , wherein

a clearance remains between the supply nozzle and the air feed opening.

14. A vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle seat;

a ventilation system with at least one supply nozzle via which an air flow is conductible into the vehicle seat,

wherein the vehicle seat comprises:

(i) an air feed opening for receiving the air flow from the supply nozzle,

(ii) an outlet nozzle directed into a rear compartment of the vehicle, and

(iii) an air-conducting duct for connecting the air feed opening and the outlet nozzle, and

the supply nozzle has air-conducting elements, separate from the air feed opening, for directing the air flow into the vehicle seat, and

wherein the outlet nozzle has a hollow cylinder shape with a hollow wall, an interior space of the hollow wall is coupled to the air-conducting duct, and the hollow wall is open toward an interior volume of the hollow cylinder shape.

15. The vehicle according to claim 14 , wherein

the hollow wall has a wing-shaped cross section with a profile lug and an end strip, wherein the hollow wall is open at the profile lug toward the interior volume.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2020
From: ARTMEIER, FELIX; WIEDEMANN, STEFAN
To: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 054408/0650 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102018206386.9 · Apr 25, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210155129A1 · May 27, 2021
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