Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11241985-B2
Application number	US-201916716045-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2019
Priority date	Jul 1, 2015
Publication date	Feb 8, 2022
Grant date	Feb 8, 2022

Abstract

A vehicle seat according to the present invention includes: a seat back frame constituting a framework of a seat back; a blower disposed in the seat back; a bracket to which the blower is fixed; and a cover member provided on the rear side of the seat back frame. Herein, the bracket is fixed to the cover member with the seat back frame being held between the bracket and the cover member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat back frame constituting a framework of a seat back;
a blower disposed in the seat back;
a harness corresponding to the blower;
a bracket to which the blower is fixed at at least two points positioned above a center of rotation of the blower, the bracket including a fixing portion configured to fix the harness; and
a cover member provided on a rear side of the seat back frame.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the bracket including an extension portion extending rearward from an upper end of the bracket, the extension portion having a fixing hole configured to fix the harness, and
wherein the cover member comprises an engagement portion configured to fix the harness.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the harness comprises:
a first cable extending out from the blower; and
a first connector provided on an end of the first cable.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein the harness comprises:
a second cable engaged with the cover member; and
a second connector provided on an end of the second cable,
wherein the first connector is connected to the second connector.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the cover member comprises a plurality of engagement portions laterally spaced apart from each other, each engagement portion including a pair of claw portions that are spaced apart vertically.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein the cover member includes an opening extending therethrough in the front-rear direction, the opening being located between the claw portions in each pair of claw portions.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a cushion frame constituting a framework of the seat cushion;
a seat back pad;
a seat cushion pad;
an outer skin material,
wherein the vehicle seat is made by respectively placing the seat back pad and the seat cushion pad on the seat back frame and the cushion frame and covering the seat back pad and the seat cushion pad with the outer skin material.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• OKIMURA Atsushi
• KONNO Tatsumi
• Nishii Wataru
• Nakano Yuji
• Izawa Hiroshi
• Taniguchi Hiromi

Classifications

• B60N2/68

  Seat frames · CPC title

• B60N2/58

  Seat coverings · CPC title

• B60N2/5657 Primary

  blown towards the seat surface · CPC title

• B60N2/682

  Joining means · CPC title

• B60N2/5642 Primary

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