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US 10,743,671 B2Granted
Air conditioning seat
AssigneeToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsFumitoshi Akaike, Hiroshi Tsuji
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Abstract
An air conditioning seat including: two air outlets configured to distribute air distributed from an interior of the seat to an exterior of the seat, wherein the two air outlets are configured to receive supply of air from different air distribution paths and distribute air of different temperatures or humidity.
Claims4
An air conditioning seat, comprising:
- a seat having a seat back providing a back-rest portion for a seated person, the back-rest portion having a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge,
- a first top plate side portion protruding forwardly from the first lateral edge in a protruding direction and a second top plate side portion protruding forwardly from the second lateral edge in the protruding direction, the protruding direction extending generally from a rear side to a front side of the seat,
- two air outlets provided within each of a first projecting portion of the first top plate side portion and a second projecting portion of the second top plate side portion, the two air outlets being configured to distribute air distributed from an interior of the seat to an exterior of the seat,
- wherein the two air outlets are configured to receive an air supply from different air distribution paths via a first duct and a second duct, and the two air outlets are configured to distribute the air supply at least at one of different temperatures and humidities,
- wherein the seat has a shell structure configured to support a body of the seated person from a back side of the seated person to at least one lateral side of the seated person in a wrapping form, and
- wherein a part of the shell structure is formed by a housing portion provided in each of the first projecting portion of the first top plate side portion and the second projecting portion of the second top plate side portion,
- wherein the housing portion has a hollow shape,
- wherein the hollow shape is partitioned by a rib so as to define the first duct and the second duct that are provided in each of the first projecting portion of the first top plate side portion and the second projecting portion of the second top plate side portion, and
- wherein the air supply is configured to flow through each of the first duct and the second duct in the protruding direction and the air supply is configured to be distributed to the exterior of the seat through the two air outlets in a direction intersecting with the protruding direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.