Air conditioning seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10434908-B2
Application number	US-201715822584-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 27, 2017
Priority date	Dec 12, 2016
Publication date	Oct 8, 2019
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019

Abstract

An air conditioning seat configured to blow temperature-adjusted air and including: a seat including a seat cushion and a seat back; a lateral member which is provided along the seated person seated on the seat on a lateral side of the seated person; a first air duct which is provided in the lateral member and is configured to guide the temperature-adjusted air towards the seated person; and a first air outlet from which the temperature-adjusted air is configured to be blown out from first the air duct, wherein the temperature-adjusted air is configured to be directed and blown out towards at least one of a knee and a lower leg portion of a leg of the seated person through the first air outlet, the at least one of the knee and the lower leg portion being positioned on a front side than a front end of the seat cushion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air conditioning seat configured to blow temperature-adjusted air whose temperature is adjusted by an air conditioning apparatus towards a seated person, the air conditioning seat comprising:
a seat including:
a seat cushion serving as a seating portion; and
a seat back serving as a backrest;

a lateral member which is provided along the seated person seated on the seat on a lateral side of the seated person;
a first air duct which is provided in the lateral member and is configured to guide the temperature-adjusted air towards the seated person; and
a first air outlet from which the temperature-adjusted air is configured to be blown out from first the air duct,
wherein the temperature-adjusted air is configured to be directed and blown out towards at least one of a knee and a lower leg portion of a leg of the seated person through the first air outlet, the at least one of the knee and the lower leg portion being positioned on a front side of the seat cushion,
wherein the lateral member is an armrest for supporting an arm of the seated person,
wherein the armrest includes a top plate portion which directly supports the arm of the seated person and a vertical wall portion which covers a lateral side of the seat cushion and supports the top plate portion from a lower side, and
wherein the first air outlet is provided on a front surface of a front end portion of the top plate portion,
wherein the front end portion of the top plate portion is positioned on a front side of the seat so as to protrude farther than a front end of the seat cushion in a forward facing direction.

2. The air conditioning seat according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an ottoman which supports a back side of the lower leg portion of the seated person by a lower leg portion support at the front side of the seat cushion,
wherein a second air duct configured to blow air towards at least one of a feet and the lower leg portion of the leg of the seated person is provided in the lower leg portion support.

3. The air conditioning seat according to claim 2 ,
wherein a second air outlet from which the temperature-adjusted air is configured to be blown out from the second air duct is provided on a lateral side of the lower leg portion support, and
wherein the second air outlet is formed so as to generate an air flow which wraps the lower leg portion of the seated person.

4. The air conditioning seat according to claim 2 ,
wherein a second air outlet from which the temperature-adjusted air is configured to be blown out from the second air duct is provided in a front end portion of the lower leg portion support, and
wherein the second air outlet is directed towards the foot of the leg of the seated person.

5. An air conditioning seat configured to blow temperature-adjusted air whose temperature is adjusted by an air conditioning apparatus towards a seated person, the air conditioning seat comprising:
a seat including:
a seat cushion serving as a seating portion; and
a seat back serving as a backrest;

a lateral member which is provided along the seated person seated on the seat on a lateral side of the seated person;
a first air duct which is provided in the lateral member and is configured to guide the temperature-adjusted air towards the seated person; and
a first air outlet from which the temperature-adjusted air is configured to be blown out from first the air duct,
wherein the temperature-adjusted air is configured to be directed and blown out towards at least one of a knee and a lower leg portion of a leg of the seated person through the first air outlet, the at least one of the knee and the lower leg portion being positioned on a front side of the seat cushion,
wherein the lateral member is an armrest for supporting an arm of the seated person,
wherein the armrest includes a top plate portion which directly supports the arm of the seated person and a vertical wall portion which covers a lateral side of the seat cushion and supports the top plate portion from a lower side, and
wherein, in the vertical wall portion, the first air outlet is provided only on a front surface of the vertical wall portion.

Assignees

• Toyota Boshoku Kk

Inventors

• Akaike Fumitoshi
• Tsuji Hiroshi

Classifications

• B60N2/75

  Arm-rests · CPC title

• B61D33/005

  Head, arm or footrests · CPC title

• B60N2/56

  Heating or ventilating devices · CPC title

• B64D11/0626

  with individual temperature or ventilation control · CPC title

• B63B29/04

  Furniture peculiar to vessels (floatable furniture B63C9/30) · CPC title