Seat air conditioner
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsTakahisa Fujii, Hideaki Kako
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Abstract
A seat air conditioner is applied to a seat disposed in a vehicle interior space and includes a seat back portion which supports an upper body side of a user and a seat cushion portion that supports a lower body side of the user. The seat air conditioner includes multiple air flow ducts provided in at least one of the seat back portion or the seat cushion portion and define an air flow passage for air to be blown out from the seat or air to be drawn into the seat. Some of the multiple air flow ducts are configured to be independent from the other air flow ducts such that air, which is different in temperature from the air flowing through the other air flow ducts, is allowed to flow through the some air flow ducts.
Claims13
A seat air conditioner for use in a seat disposed in a vehicle interior space, the seat including a seat back portion which supports an upper body side of a user and a seat cushion portion which supports a lower body side of the user, the seat air conditioner comprising:
- a plurality of air flow ducts provided in at least one of the seat back portion or the seat cushion portion, the plurality of air flow ducts defining an air flow passage for air to be blown out from the seat or air to be drawn into the seat, wherein
- one air flow duct of the plurality of air flow ducts is configured to be independent from other air flow ducts other than the one air flow duct, such that air, which is different in temperature from air flowing through the other air flow ducts, is allowed to flow through the one air flow duct, and
- the one air flow duct is configured such that air blown out from the seat flows through the one air flow duct, and is connected to a temperature adjustment unit that adjusts a temperature of the air blown out from the seat to a temperature different from a temperature of vehicle interior air.
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