Cooling structure of seat and electronic module
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorsJongwan Han, Yeon Man Jeong
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Abstract
A cooling structure of a seat and an electronic module is provided. The cooling structure includes a cooling fan module that is mounted at a lower portion of the seat and generates air flow. An electronic module operating as a heating element is disposed at a lower portion of the cooling fan module. A flow path control valve is disposed at an upper portion of the cooling fan module to selectively convert a flow direction of air flowing in towards an upper end of the cooling fan module. The electronic module is thus continuously cooled and the seat is selectively cooled while the cooling fan module operates.
Claims10
A cooling structure of a seat and an electronic module, comprising:
- a cooling fan module mounted at a lower portion of the seat and configured to generate air flow;
- an electronic module operating as a heating element and disposed at a lower portion of the cooling fan module;
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- a flow path control valve disposed at an upper portion of the cooling fan module to selectively convert a flow direction of air flowing in towards an upper end of the cooling fan module,
- wherein the electronic module is continuously cooled and the seat is selectively cooled while the cooling fan module operates,
- wherein the flow path control valve comprises:
- a hollow upper cover having at least one first penetration aperture formed at an upper surface thereof and at least one second penetration aperture formed at a side external circumferential surface thereof;
- a hollow rotating portion having at least one third penetration aperture formed at an upper surface thereof that corresponds to the at least one first penetration aperture, having at least one fourth penetration aperture formed at a side external circumferential surface thereof that corresponds to the at least one second penetration aperture, and configured to rotate on a height direction of a vehicle as a predetermined angle;
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- a rotating shaft mounted within the rotating portion to rotate the rotating portion, and
- wherein any one of the upper cover and the rotating portion is disposed inside the other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.