Air conditioning seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10694858-B2
Application number	US-201816180581-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 5, 2018
Priority date	Nov 10, 2017
Publication date	Jun 30, 2020
Grant date	Jun 30, 2020

Abstract

An air conditioning seat including: a blowing path through which air is blown out from a seat surface, the blowing path including a panel member, the panel member including: an air distribution plate portion which has a vertical plate shape, extends to project from a seat side portion to a seat surface side, and in which air flows along an inner side surface thereof in a seat width direction, and a bent plate portion which is bent inward in the seat width direction from a part of the air distribution plate portion which projects further than a seat top surface, and which is configured to discharge the air flowing toward the seat surface side along the air distribution plate portion by bending the air inward in the seat width direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air conditioning seat comprising:
a blowing path through which air is blown out from a seat surface, the blowing path including a panel member, the panel member including:
an air distribution plate portion which has a vertical plate shape, extends to project from a seat side portion to a seat top surface, and in which air flows along an inner side surface of the air distribution plate portion, which is inward of the air distribution plate portion in a seat width direction, and
a bent plate portion which is bent inward in the seat width direction from a part of the air distribution plate portion which projects further than the seat top surface, and which is configured to discharge the air flowing toward the seat top surface along the air distribution plate portion by bending the air inward in the seat width direction,

the blowing path including a duct fluidly connected with a blowing air source and directing blowing air onto the air distribution plate portion, the duct spaced from the inner side surface in the seat width direction of the air distribution plate portion, and wherein there is no direct structural connection between the duct and the panel member, the air flowing in an out-of-plane direction relative to a plane defined by the inner side surface and against the inner side surface.

2. The air conditioning seat according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a position adjustment mechanism configured to adjust an arrangement position of the panel member in the seat width direction with respect to the seat side portion.

3. The air conditioning seat according to claim 2 ,
wherein the position adjustment mechanism is configured by a hinge mechanism around which the inner side surface in the seat width direction of the air distribution plate portion is rotated.

4. The air conditioning seat according to claim 2 ,
wherein the panel member is arranged in pairs on both seat side portions, and positions thereof are left-right symmetrical.

5. The air conditioning seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the panel member further includes a facing plate portion which faces the inner side surface in the seat width direction of the air distribution plate portion.

6. The air conditioning seat according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a heat source which is provided on the facing plate portion and is configured to radiate heat to an inside in a seat width direction.

7. The air conditioning seat according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a storage mechanism which is configured to switch the panel member between a use position where the panel member projects further than the seat top surface and a storage position where the panel member is retracted to a back side of the seat top surface.

8. The air conditioning seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the panel member further includes a partition which partitions flowing of the air along the inner side surface in the seat width direction of the air distribution plate portion.

Assignees

• Toyota Boshoku Kk

Inventors

• Toda Keisuke
• Akaike Fumitoshi

Classifications

• B60H1/00285

  for vehicle seats · CPC title

• B60N2/5607

  characterised by convection · CPC title

• A47C7/748

  for heating · CPC title

• B60N2/5657

  blown towards the seat surface · CPC title

• A47C7/744 Primary

  with active means, e.g. by using air blowers or liquid pumps · CPC title