Ventilation apparatus for vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11203277-B1
Application number	US-202017108396-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 1, 2020
Priority date	Jun 17, 2020
Publication date	Dec 21, 2021
Grant date	Dec 21, 2021

Abstract

A ventilation apparatus may include a vehicle seat, wherein the vehicle seat is configured by a seat cushion and a seat back, wherein the seat back is configured by a metal frame, a back board, and a skirt to eject air to the vehicle seat using a cushion duct and a back duct which are varied in length by a connection duct without a change in cross-sectional area of an internal passage through which air passes along the movement of the seat cushion therein, and the back duct and the cushion duct are connected to the skirt by a fixing means while a portion of the back duct and a portion of the cushion duct are covered by the connection duct.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A ventilation apparatus for a vehicle seat configured by a seat cushion and a seat back configured by a metal frame, a back board, and a skirt, the ventilation apparatus comprising:
a cushion duct, a back duct and a connection duct,
wherein air is ejected to the vehicle seat using the cushion duct and the back duct which are varied in length by the connection duct without a change in cross-sectional area of an internal passage through which the air passes along a movement of the seat cushion therein, and
wherein the back duct and the cushion duct are connected to the skirt by a fixing means while a portion of the back duct and a portion of the cushion duct are covered by the connection duct.

2. The ventilation apparatus for the vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the back duct is provided on the back board to be sealed by the fixing means.

3. The ventilation apparatus for the vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein one end portion of the back duct is branched to form a first end portion and a second end portion.

4. The ventilation apparatus for the vehicle seat of claim 3 , wherein the first end portion and the second end portion of the back duct are connected to the cushion duct.

5. The ventilation apparatus for the vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the back duct is formed in a Y-shaped duct.

6. The ventilation apparatus for the vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the back duct is formed of a rectangular closed cross-section at an inlet side connected to the cushion duct, and a side fixed to the back board is formed of a “Π”-shaped cross section with one opened side.

7. The ventilation apparatus for the vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the connection duct is formed by sewing a non-woven fabric or formed of a molded product.

8. The ventilation apparatus for the vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the connection duct is to fix a soft member by thermal fusion or fitting to flow in an operating direction of a recliner.

9. The ventilation apparatus for the vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the connection duct has a V-shaped groove formed in a middle portion of the connection duct.

10. The ventilation apparatus for the vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the connection duct is configured to protrude from an external surface thereof.

11. The ventilation apparatus for the vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein a first side of the connection duct is fixed to the back duct or the cushion duct, and a second side thereof is slidingly coupled to the unfixed back duct or cushion duct.

12. The ventilation apparatus for the vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein an end portion of the back duct includes a flange at an edge portion thereof to be fixed to the back board.

13. The ventilation apparatus for the vehicle seat of claim 12 , wherein the flange of the back duct is fixed to an inner surface of the back board.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp
• Hyundai Transys Inc

Inventors

• Yu Sang-Uk
• Yoo So-Young
• Park Hyung-Jin
• Choi Byung-Yong
• Na Seon-Chae
• Lim Ho-Sub
• Kim Seon-Kwon

Classifications

• B60N2/5657 Primary

  blown towards the seat surface · CPC title

• B60N2/68

  Seat frames · CPC title

• B60N2/5642 Primary

  with circulation of air through a layer inside the seat · CPC title

• B60N2/5628

  coming from the vehicle ventilation system, e.g. air-conditioning system · CPC title

• A47C7/744

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