Seat air-conditioning device
AssigneePanasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuki Makita, Kou Komori, Takeshi Enya
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Abstract
A seat air-conditioning device includes: a blower; a first ventilation path through which air is drawn in by the blower from a first inlet in a seat base of a seat on which a person sits; a second ventilation path through which the drawn air is discharged from a first outlet in the seat; a third ventilation path that is different from the second ventilation path and through which the drawn air is discharged from a second outlet in the seat; and an outlet ventilation path selection switch that is between the blower and the first and second outlets and selects at least one of the second and third ventilation path to which the drawn air is to be led. The first inlet is vertically below the first outlet and the second outlet.
Claims17
A seat air-conditioning device for use in a seat, the seat air-conditioning device comprising:
- a blower;
- a first ventilation path through which air is led to be drawn in from a first inlet by the blower, the first inlet being provided in a seat base which is included in the seat and on which a person sits;
- a second ventilation path through which the air led through the first ventilation path by the blower is discharged from a first outlet provided in the seat;
- a third ventilation path that is different from the second ventilation path and through which the air led through the first ventilation path by the blower is discharged from a second outlet provided in the seat;
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- an outlet ventilation path selection switch disposed between the blower and the first and second outlets, the outlet ventilation path selection switch being a switch that selects at least one of the second ventilation path or the third ventilation path to which the air led through the first ventilation path is to be led,
- wherein the first inlet, the first ventilation path, the blower, the outlet ventilation path selection switch, the second ventilation path, the first outlet, the third ventilation path, and the second outlet are provided in the seat,
- the first inlet is provided vertically below the first outlet and the second outlet, and the air is drawn via the first inlet from a seating surface which is a seating side of the seat base and on which the person sits, and
- the first ventilation path is disposed in the seat base and leads from the first inlet to the outlet ventilation path selection switch via the blower.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.