Conditioning system with blower attachment system and method of attachment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10625643-B2
Application number	US-201815898970-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2018
Priority date	Jun 14, 2017
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

A blower comprising: (a) a housing including: (i) one or more eyelets, and (ii) an inlet (b) one or more clips, wherein the one or more eyelets, one or more clips, or both assist in connecting the blower to a cushion of a seat, a ventilated trim bag, or both.

First claim

We claim:

1. A blower comprising:
a. a housing including:
i. two eyelets;
ii. an inlet; and
iii. a housing clip;

b. a band extending through the two eyelets, the band comprising a first end and an opposing second end, the first end comprising a first band clip and the second end comprising a second band clip;
wherein the first band clip is configured to connect to a first support in a cushion of a seat, the second band clip is configured to connect to a second support in the cushion of the seat, and the housing clip is configured to connect to a third support in the cushion of the seat.

2. The blower of claim 1 , wherein the first band clip is connected to the band via stitching in the band.

3. The blower of claim 1 , wherein the housing clip is molded into the housing.

4. A conditioning system including the blower of claim 1 and the cushion.

5. The conditioning system of claim 4 , wherein the conditioning system includes a ventilated trim bag, the ventilated trim bag is adjacent a bottom side of the cushion, the blower is connected to the ventilated trim bag, the blower is free of direct attachment to a frame of the seat.

6. The conditioning system of claim 5 , wherein the ventilated trim bag comprises an attachment ring, and the blower comprises one or more tabs that are configured to engage the attachment ring.

7. The conditioning system of claim 6 , wherein the one or more tabs extend through the attachment ring and into the ventilated trim bag.

8. A method comprising:
a. extending the blower of claim 1 over a ventilated trim bag;
b. placing the inlet of the blower in fluid communication with an attachment ring of the ventilated trim bag;
c. attaching the first band clip to the first support of the cushion.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the blower comprises one or more tabs, the method comprises: connecting the one or more tabs of the blower to the attachment ring of the ventilated trim bag.

10. The blower of claim 1 , wherein the housing clip is hook shaped.

11. The blower of claim 1 , wherein each of the two eyelets extend from opposing edges of the housing and the housing clip extends from a top edge of the housing.

12. The blower of claim 11 , wherein the two eyelets and the housing clip are molded into the housing.

13. The blower of claim 1 , wherein the blower is free of direct attachment to a frame of the seat.

14. The blower of claim 1 , wherein the band extends across a backside of the housing, the housing is between the band and the cushion.

15. The conditioning system of claim 5 , wherein the band extends across a backside of the housing, the housing is sandwiched between the band and the ventilated trim bag.

16. The conditioning system of claim 6 , wherein an adhesive is provided between the ventilated trim bag and the cushion.

17. The conditioning system of claim 15 , wherein an adhesive is provided between the ventilated trim bag and the cushion.

18. The conditioning system of claim 4 , wherein the strap and the housing clip are free of direct attachment to a frame of the seat that supports the cushion.

19. The conditioning system of claim 18 , wherein the first support, the second support, and the third support are arranged as a triangle on the cushion.

20. The conditioning system of claim 4 , wherein the first support and the second support are located on opposite sides of the housing.

Assignees

• Gentherm Gmbh

Inventors

• Iacovone Peter Daniel
• Banu Cristian Nicolae

Classifications

• B60N2/5685

  Resistance · CPC title

• B60N2/70

  Upholstery springs {; Upholstery} · CPC title

• B60N2/50

  Seat suspension devices · CPC title

• B60N2/5883

  by sewing, stitching or threading · CPC title

• B60N2/5657 Primary

  blown towards the seat surface · CPC title