Seat with warmer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9868373-B2
Application number	US-201514943322-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 17, 2015
Priority date	Sep 10, 2015
Publication date	Jan 16, 2018
Grant date	Jan 16, 2018

Abstract

A seat with a warmer may include a heating unit mounted on a rear side of a seat back and radiating heat toward a rear seat; an air duct disposed close to the heating unit on the seat back, extending up and down on the seat back, and passing air therein, and a blowing unit disposed in the air duct generating a sucking force in the air duct so that air heated by the heating unit flows into the air duct, and sending out the heated air in the air duct to a floor under the rear seat.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A seat apparatus with a warmer, comprising:
a heating unit mounted on a rear side of a seat back and radiating heat toward a rear seat;
an air duct disposed close to the heating unit on the seat back, extending up and down on the seat back, and passing air therein; and
a blowing unit disposed in the air duct generating a sucking force in the air duct so that air heated by the heating unit flows into the air duct, and sending out the heated air in the air duct to a floor under the rear seat,
wherein a collector collecting the heat radiated from the heating unit is disposed on the seat back, and
wherein the collector disposed on the seat back is configured to be fixed to a top of the heating unit, extending laterally as long as a width of the heating unit, protruding rearward and then bending down.

2. The seat apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the heating unit is formed to have a predetermined area smaller than an area of the rear side of the seat back such that high-temperature heat is discharged through the predetermined area.

3. The seat apparatus of claim 2 , wherein an insulator preventing heat from the heating unit from transferring to the seat back is disposed between the rear side of the seat back and the heating unit.

4. The seat apparatus of claim 1 , wherein an isolating layer covering the heating unit to prevent direct contact with the heating unit is disposed on the rear side of the seat back.

5. The seat apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the blowing unit is disposed at a lowest end of the air duct so that heated air flowing in the air duct is discharged to the floor under the rear seat.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Oh Man Ju
• Park Jae Woo
• Kim Jae Woong

Classifications

• B60N2/5685

  Resistance · CPC title

• B60H1/0025

  the devices being independent of the vehicle · CPC title

• B60N2/5657

  blown towards the seat surface · CPC title

• B60N2/6009

  covering more than only the seat · CPC title

• B60H1/2227

  Electric heaters incorporated in vehicle trim components, e.g. panels or linings · CPC title