Vehicle seat
AssigneeTs Tech Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuichiro Hoshi, Kazuki Kobayashi, Tomohisa Tanaka
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Abstract
Provided is vehicle seat with a seat cushion and a seat back, the vehicle seat comprising: a pair of cushion side frames; a duct extending from the seat cushion along a rear side of a cushion frame toward the seat back and connecting an air passage and a blower, the air passage being formed in at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back; and a side frame cover configured to cover at least part of the cushion side frame. The side frame cover includes a duct cover portion configured to cover part of the duct at the rear side of the cushion frame.
Claims8
A vehicle seat with a seat cushion and a seat back, the vehicle seat comprising:
- a first side frame;
- a second side frame located laterally apart from the first side frame;
- and
- a duct extending from the seat cushion toward the seat back and connecting a blower and an air passage formed in at least one of the seat cushion or the seat back;
- wherein a portion of the blower is located in the seat cushion or the seat back and between the first side frame and a laterally central position between the first side frame and the second side frame, and
- wherein a boundary portion of the duct located at a boundary between the seat cushion and the seat back is located between the first side frame and the blower in a lateral direction.
A method of manufacturing a vehicle seat with a seat cushion and a seat back, the vehicle seat comprising:
- a first side frame;
- a second side frame located laterally apart from the first side frame;
- and
- a duct extending from the seat cushion toward the seat back and connecting a blower and an air passage formed in at least one of the seat cushion or the seat back, the duct having a boundary portion located at a boundary between the seat cushion and the seat back;
- the method comprising:
- locating a whole portion of the blower in the seat cushion or the seat back and between the first side frame and a laterally central position between the first side frame and the second side frame;
- and
- locating the boundary portion between the first side frame and the blower in a lateral direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.