Air supply apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024140286-A1
Application number	US-202318483562-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 10, 2023
Priority date	Oct 28, 2022
Publication date	May 2, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

An air supply apparatus supplies air to an airbag of a seat includes a support panel and a functional component. A first direction is a thickness of the base, a second direction is orthogonal to the first direction, and a direction orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction is a third direction. A first restriction wall and a second restriction wall extend from the base in the first direction, spaced at an interval in the second direction, and sandwich the functional component in the second direction. A coupling wall extends from the base in the first direction and couples the first restriction wall to the second restriction wall in the second direction. Two guide walls are spaced in the third direction and sandwich the functional component in the third direction. Pressing portions sandwich the functional component together with the coupling wall in the first direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An air supply apparatus for supplying air to an airbag for pressing a user seated on a seat, the air supply apparatus comprising:
a functional component that is configured to supply air to the airbag; and a support panel on which the functional component is mounted and that is made of a resin material, wherein the support panel includes
a base having a plate shape,
when a direction along a plate thickness direction of the base is a first direction, a direction orthogonal to the first direction is a second direction, and a direction orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction is a third direction,
a first restriction wall and a second restriction wall that extend from the base in the first direction in a state of being spaced at an interval in the second direction and that sandwich the functional component in the second direction,
a coupling wall that extends from the base in the first direction and that couples the first restriction wall to the second restriction wall in the second direction,
two guide walls that are spaced at an interval in the third direction and that sandwich the functional component in the third direction, and
pressing portions that sandwich the functional component together with the coupling wall in the first direction.

2 . The air supply apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the two guide walls extend from the first restriction wall toward the second restriction wall.

3 . The air supply apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a variable rib that extends from the second restriction wall toward the first restriction wall, wherein an interval between the first restriction wall and the variable rib is smaller than a length of the functional component in the second direction, and the variable rib is thinner than the second restriction wall in the third direction.

4 . The air supply apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the pressing portions include two extension portions that extend from the base in the first direction, and two locking portions that are provided at distal ends of the two extension portions and locked to the functional component in a state where the pressing portions are spaced at an interval in the third direction.

5 . The air supply apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
a gap is generated between the two extension portions of the pressing portions and the functional component in the third direction.

6 . The air supply apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a height of the first restriction wall is larger than a height of the functional component in the first direction.

7 . The air supply apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
when a surface in the first restriction wall facing the second restriction wall is a first inner surface, a surface in the first restriction wall on a side opposite to the first inner surface is a first outer surface, a surface in the second restriction wall facing the first restriction wall is a second inner surface, and a surface in the second restriction wall on a side opposite to the second inner surface is a second outer surface, a first reinforcement rib that extends from the base in the first direction and that is connected to the first outer surface of the first restriction wall; and a second reinforcement rib that extends from the base in the first direction and that is connected to the second outer surface of the second restriction wall.

8 . The air supply apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the functional component is a valve unit including a switching valve configured to switch between a state where a flow of air to the airbag from a pump configured to send out air is allowed and a state where the flow of air to the airbag from the pump is restricted.

Assignees

• Aisin Corp

Inventors

• Masuda Satoshi
• Seki Tomokazu
• Hori Tomohiro
• Suzuki Reiji

Classifications

• B60N2/665 Primary

  using inflatable bladders · CPC title

• B60N2/22

  the back-rest being adjustable {(B60N2/2878 takes precedence)} · CPC title