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US 12,691,802 B2Granted
Seat for a vehicle
AssigneeFerrari S.P.A.
InventorsDaniel Martin Taylor, Andrea Moscardi
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Abstract
A seat for a vehicle and having: a cushion, which is configured to be fixed to a floorboard of the vehicle and is provided with a bearing structure, which is elastically yielding and has a net-like conformation, and with an upholstery, which covers the bearing structure; a diffuser, which at least partially engages a front wall of the bearing structure of the cushion and can be connected to a conditioned air supply duct in order to introduce conditioned air into the bearing structure of the cushion; and at least one insulating element, which is arranged along a lower wall and/or a side wall of the bearing structure of the cushion and is impermeable to air in order to prevent air from flowing out.
Claims21
A seat (5) for a vehicle (1) and comprising:
- a cushion (6), which is configured to be fixed to a floorboard of the vehicle (1) and is provided with a bearing structure (9), which is elastically yielding and has an at least partially lattice conformation, and with an upholstery (10), which covers the bearing structure (9);
- a diffuser (13), which at least partially engages a front or rear wall of the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6) and can be connected to a conditioned air supply duct (14) in order to introduce conditioned air into the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6);
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- at least one insulating element (15), which is an integral part of the seat (5), is arranged along a lower wall and/or a side wall of the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6), is impermeable to air in order to prevent air from flowing out and is firmly joined to the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6) so as to create, with the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6), an air-tight coupling;
- wherein the upholstery (10) of the cushion (6) lacks through holes, so that it is substantially impermeable to air.
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A seat (5) for a vehicle (1) and comprising:
- a cushion (6), which is configured to be fixed to a floorboard of the vehicle (1) and is provided with a bearing structure (9), which is elastically yielding and has an at least partially lattice conformation, and with an upholstery (10), which covers the bearing structure (9);
- a diffuser (13), which at least partially engages a front or rear wall of the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6) and can be connected to a conditioned air supply duct (14) in order to introduce conditioned air into the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6);
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- at least one insulating element (15), which is an integral part of the seat (5), is arranged along a lower wall and/or a side wall of the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6), is impermeable to air in order to prevent air from flowing out and is firmly joined to the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6) so as to create, with the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6), an air-tight coupling;
- wherein the insulating element (15) has a through opening, which allows air to flow out;
- wherein the through opening of the insulating element (15) is arranged through the rear or front wall of the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6) opposite the diffuser (13), so that the air flow can flow through the cushion (6) from the front to the back or vice versa.
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A seat (5) for a vehicle (1) and comprising:
- a cushion (6), which is configured to be fixed to a floorboard of the vehicle (1) and is provided with a bearing structure (9), which is elastically yielding and has an at least partially lattice conformation, and with an upholstery (10), which covers the bearing structure (9);
- a diffuser (13), which at least partially engages a front or rear wall of the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6) and can be connected to a conditioned air supply duct (14) in order to introduce conditioned air into the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6);
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- at least one insulating element (15), which is an integral part of the seat (5), is arranged along a lower wall and/or a side wall of the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6), is impermeable to air in order to prevent air from flowing out and is firmly joined to the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6) so as to create, with the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6), an air-tight coupling;
- wherein the insulating element (15) has a through opening, which allows air to flow out;
- wherein the through opening of the insulating element (15) is arranged through the lower wall of the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6) and close to the rear or front wall of the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6) opposite the diffuser (13), so that the air flow can flow through the cushion (6) from the front to the back or vice versa.
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A seat (5) for a vehicle (1) and comprising:
- a cushion (6), which is configured to be fixed to a floorboard of the vehicle (1) and is provided with a bearing structure (9), which is elastically yielding and has an at least partially lattice conformation, and with an upholstery (10), which covers the bearing structure (9);
- a diffuser (13), which at least partially engages a front or rear wall of the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6) and can be connected to a conditioned air supply duct (14) in order to introduce conditioned air into the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6);
- at least one insulating element (15), which is an integral part of the seat (5), is arranged along a lower wall and/or a side wall of the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6), is impermeable to air in order to prevent air from flowing out and is firmly joined to the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6) so as to create, with the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6), an air-tight coupling;
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- a backrest (7), which is connected to the cushion (6) and is provided with the bearing structure (9) and with the upholstery (10), which covers the bearing structure (9).
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A seat (5) for a vehicle (1) and comprising:
- a cushion (6), which is configured to be fixed to a floorboard of the vehicle (1) and is provided with a bearing structure (9), which is elastically yielding and has an at least partially lattice conformation, and with an upholstery (10), which covers the bearing structure (9);
- a diffuser (13), which at least partially engages a front or rear wall of the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6) and can be connected to a conditioned air supply duct (14) in order to introduce conditioned air into the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6);
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- at least one insulating element (15), which is an integral part of the seat (5), is arranged along a lower wall and/or a side wall of the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6), is impermeable to air in order to prevent air from flowing out and is firmly joined to the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6) so as to create, with the bearing structure (9) of the cushion (6), an air-tight coupling;
- wherein the bearing structure (9) is a single-layer structure and consists of one single lattice layer;
- wherein the bearing structure (9) has a differentiated composition entailing at least a first area where the bearing structure (9) has a larger number of lattice layers (9a) and a second area where the bearing structure (9) has a smaller number of lattice layers (9a).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.