Vehicle seat including a duct

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11338712-B2
Application number	US-201917260588-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2019
Priority date	Jul 17, 2018
Publication date	May 24, 2022
Grant date	May 24, 2022

Abstract

A vehicle seat which can restrain displacement of a duct from a pad is provided. The vehicle seat includes a blower, the pad (P) including an air passage formed therein and a hole (B2) communicating with the air passage, the duct (100) connected to the hole (B2) and configured to connect the blower and the air passage, and a holding member (150) connected to the duct (100). The duct (100) includes a first tubular portion (133) positioned in the hole (B2), and a first flange (134) extending outward from the first tubular portion (133). The holding member (150) includes a second tubular portion (151) connected to the first tubular portion (133), and a second flange (152) extending outward from the second tubular portion (151). The first flange (134) and the second flange (152) hold the pad therebetween.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a pad including an air passage formed therein, and a hole communicating with the air passage;
a duct connected to the hole and configured to connect a blower and the air passage; and
a holding member connected to the duct;
wherein the duct comprises a first tubular portion positioned in the hole, and a first an extending outward from the first tubular portion,
wherein the holding member comprises a second tubular portion connected to the first tubular portion, and a second flange extending outward from the second tubular portion,
wherein the first flange and the second flange hold the pad therebetween,
wherein the duct comprises a bellows which is extendable and contractable, and
wherein the bellows includes the first flange.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the first flange comprises an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the first tubular portion.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the first tubular portion and the second tubular portion overlap one another between the first flange and the second flange.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the first tubular portion has a constant cross-sectional shape.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the first tubular portion is in contact with an inner surface of the hole.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the first flange includes a hollow space that communicates with the duct.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein the holding member further comprises a third flange extending outward from the second tubular portion, the third flange being located at a position different from a position of the second flange, and
wherein the third flange is positioned in the hollow space.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the duct comprises a first duct, and a second duct fitted to the first duct,
wherein the first duct comprises a first annular engagement portion having a shape of a ridge or a groove extending around a whole perimeter of an outer peripheral surface of the first duct,
wherein the second duct comprises:
a second annular engagement portion having a shape of a groove or a ridge extending around a whole perimeter of an inner peripheral surface of the second duct and configured to engage with the first annular engagement portion; and
an engagement confirmation portion that is visually checkable to confirm engagement of the first annular engagement portion and the second annular engagement portion.

9. A vehicle seat comprising:
a pad including an air passage formed therein, and a hole communicating with the air passage;
a duct connected to the hole and configured to connect a blower and the air passage; and
a holding member connected to the duct;
wherein the duct comprises a first tubular portion positioned in the hole, and a first flange extending outward from the first tubular portion,
wherein the holding member comprises a second tubular portion connected to the first tubular portion, and a second flange extending outward from the second tubular portion,
wherein the first flange and the second flange hold the pad therebetween,
wherein the duct comprises a first duct, and a second duct fitted to the first duct,
wherein the first duct comprises a first annular engagement portion having a shape of a ridge or a groove extending around a whole perimeter of an outer peripheral surface of the first duct,
wherein the second duct comprises:
a second annular engagement portion having a shape of a groove or a ridge extending around a whole perimeter of an inner peripheral surface of the second duct and configured to engage with the first annular engagement portion; and
an engagement confirmation portion that is visually checkable to confirm engagement of the first annular engagement portion and the second annular engagement portion, and

wherein the second duct comprises a bellows that is extendable and contractable.

10. A vehicle seat comprising:
a pad including an air passage formed therein, and a hole communicating with the air passage;
a duct connected to the hole and configured to connect a blower and the air passage; and
a holding member connected to the duct;
wherein the duct comprises a first tubular portion positioned in the hole, and a first flange extending outward from the first tubular portion,
wherein the holding member comprises a second tubular portion connected to the first tubular portion, and a second flange extending outward from the second tubular portion,
wherein the first flange and the second flange hold the pad therebetween,
wherein the duct comprises a first duct, and a second duct fitted to the first duct,
wherein the first duct comprises a first annular engagement portion having a shape of a ridge or a groove extending around a whole perimeter of an outer peripheral surface of the first duct,
wherein the second duct comprises:
a second annular engagement portion having a shape of a groove or a ridge extending around a whole perimeter of an inner peripheral surface of the second duct and configured to engage with the first annular engagement portion; and
an engagement confirmation portion that is visually checkable to confirm engagement of the first annular engagement portion and the second annular engagement portion,

wherein the first annular engagement portion has a shape of a ridge formed by the outer peripheral surface protruding outward, and
wherein the second annular engagement portion has a shape of a groove formed by the inner peripheral surface depressed inward.

11. The vehicle seat according to claim 10 , wherein the engagement confirmation portion comprises an opening formed in the second duct.

12. The vehicle seat according to claim 11 , wherein the first duct comprises a protrusion that is positioned in the opening when the first annular engagement portion and the second annular engagement portion are engaged with each other, and
wherein the engagement confirmation portion includes the protrusion.

13. The vehicle seat according to claim 11 , wherein the second duct has a cross-sectional shape larger in a second direction than in a first direction, the second direction being orthogonal to the first direction, and
wherein the opening is formed in a side surface of the second duct extending along the second direction.

14. The vehicle seat according to claim 11 , wherein the opening is located closer, than the second annular engagement portion, to an extreme end of the second duct.

15. The vehicle seat according to claim 11 , wherein the opening is formed in a part of the second annular engagement portion.

16. The vehicle seat according to claim 10 , wherein the second duct comprises a bellows that is extendable and contractable.

17. The vehicle seat according to claim 10 , wherein the engagement confirmation portion is a marker formed on the first duct,
wherein the marker is located farther, than the first annular engagement portion, from an extreme end of the first duct, and is covered by the second duct when the first duct is fitted to the second duct.

18. The vehicle seat according to claim 17 , wherein when the first annular engagement portion and the second annular engagement portion are engaged with each other, a distance from the marker to an extreme end of the second duct is shorter than a distance from the marker to the first annular engagement portion.

19. The vehicle seat according to claim 10 , wherein the engagement confirm

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hoshi Yuichiro
• Kobayashi Kazuki

Classifications

• B60N2/5607 Primary

  characterised by convection · CPC title

• B60N2/5635 Primary

  coming from the passenger compartment · CPC title

• B60N2/5657

  blown towards the seat surface · CPC title

• B60N2/5621 Primary

  by air · CPC title