Seat ventilation blower and seat ventilation system having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11637473-B2
Application number	US-201916691106-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2019
Priority date	Mar 5, 2019
Publication date	Apr 25, 2023
Grant date	Apr 25, 2023

Abstract

A seat ventilation blower may include a first housing; a second housing coupled and assembled to the first housing; an impeller inserted inside the first housing or the second housing, the impeller configured to rotate; and a circuit board body having a motor assembly coupled to the impeller to rotate the impeller wherein the circuit board body is configured to control operation of the motor assembly and installed in the housing when the first and second housings are coupled and assembled together.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A seat ventilation blower comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing coupled and assembled to the first housing;
an impeller inserted inside the first housing or the second housing, the impeller configured to rotate;
a circuit board body having a motor assembly coupled to the impeller to rotate the impeller, wherein the circuit board body is configured to control operation of the motor assembly and is installed in an interior space formed when the first and second housings are coupled and assembled together;
wherein an exothermic element mounted on the circuit board body is arranged between an inner side of an edge of the first housing or the second housing and a position out of a range of blades of the impeller to be cooled by air flow generated from the rotation of the impeller;
a cover formed to protrude from a lateral side of the first housing; and
a recessed channel formed to protrude from a lateral side of the second housing;
wherein a terminal portion of the circuit body is positioned within the recessed channel; and
wherein the cover covers a rear portion of the terminal portion and a top portion of the terminal portion such that foreign matter is prevented from flowing into the impeller through the recessed channel.

2. The seat ventilation blower according to claim 1 , wherein a heat dissipation pattern for cooling heat dissipation of the exothermic element is formed on one side or both sides of the circuit board body.

3. The seat ventilation blower according to claim 2 , wherein the heat dissipation pattern is formed with at least one plating hole.

4. The seat ventilation blower according to claim 3 , wherein a total area of the plating hole is calculated based on a diameter of the plating hole and a thickness of the circuit board body.

5. The seat ventilation blower according to claim 2 , wherein an area of the heat dissipation pattern is calculated based on a heat transfer performance value set in advance depending on a type of a circuit board of the circuit board body.

6. The seat ventilation blower according to claim 1 , wherein the exothermic element is a specific electronic element of which a heat dissipation amount to be preset is highest among electronic elements installed on the circuit board body.

7. The seat ventilation blower according to claim 1 , wherein an air intake port for sucking air is formed on a top side of the first housing or the second housing.

8. The seat ventilation blower according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of air discharge ports for discharging air are formed on a lateral side of the first housing or the second housing.

9. The seat ventilation blower according to claim 1 , wherein a column portion for fixing the circuit board body is formed on a center of the first housing or the second housing.

10. The seat ventilation blower according to claim 9 , wherein the column portion is formed with a catching projection having a stepped portion for fixing the circuit board body at a predetermined height.

11. The seat ventilation blower according to claim 1 , wherein the impeller is provided with an annular ring and a disk plate which are arranged in parallel, and wherein a plurality of blades are arranged to be inclined at a predetermined interval with respect to each other around a rotating shaft and between the annular ring and the disk plate.

12. The seat ventilation blower according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit board body comprises:
a microcontroller unit for generating an on/off control signal in an input signal to control turning on/off a motor of the motor assembly; and
a motor control circuit for turning on/off the motor in response to the on/off control signal.

13. The seat ventilation blower according to claim 12 , wherein the motor control circuit comprises a single large current switch element for turning on/off a motor power supply for supplying power to the motor.

14. The seat ventilation blower according to claim 13 , wherein the motor control circuit comprises a small signal switch for turning on/off electric current to be input to a base of the large current switch element.

15. The seat ventilation blower according to claim 13 , wherein the motor control circuit comprises a Zener diode for cutting off voltage to be input to a base of the large current switch element to generate Zener voltage.

16. The seat ventilation blower according to claim 15 , wherein the motor power supply is of voltage equal to value obtained by subtracting voltage of the large current switch element from the Zener voltage.

17. The seat ventilation blower according to claim 1 , wherein the first housing and the second housing are assembled and fixed by a bolting.

18. A seat ventilation system for a vehicle, comprising:
an on-off switch;
a seat ventilation blower according to claim 1 ;
a front duct installed at a front end of the seat ventilation blower; and
a back duct installed at a rear end of the seat ventilation blower.

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Kim Ju-Hyun
• Yu Sang-Uk
• Kim Doo-Ri
• Kim Yo-Han
• Lee Byung-Jae
• Choi Byung-Yong
• Na Seon-Chae
• Lim Ho-Sub
• Kim Jin-Hyuk
• Hong Young-Dae
• Jeong You-Jeong
• Koh Sang-Kyung

Classifications

• H02K2211/03

  Machines characterised by circuit boards, e.g. pcb · CPC title

• B60N2/5685

  Resistance · CPC title

• H02K7/14

  Structural association with mechanical loads, e.g. with hand-held machine tools or fans (with fan or impeller for cooling the machine H02K9/06) · CPC title

• H05K1/0206

  by printed thermal vias · CPC title

• B60N2/5621 Primary

  by air · CPC title