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US 2012/0256451 A1Published application
Vehicle seat
AssigneeToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHideo SAHASHI
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Abstract
A seat component has a center portion that contacts the body or legs of a seated occupant, and side portions that contacts neither the body nor legs of the seated occupant. A flow passage has a center vent formed in the center portion, a side vent formed in the side portions, and communication portions that provide communication between the center vent and the side vent within the seat component. The air blown out of a blower is supplied to a seating-face of the seat component from at least one of the center vent and the side vent.
Claims5
A vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat component that includes a cushion member which defines an outer shape of the seat component, and
- a blower that is provided in the seat component,
- wherein air blown out of the blower is supplied to a seating-face of the seat component through a flow passage formed in the cushion member,
- the seat component has a center portion that contacts a body or legs of a seated occupant, and side portions that contacts neither the body nor legs of the seated occupant,
- the flow passage has a center vent formed in the center portion, a side vent formed in at least one of the side portions, and a communication portion that provides communication between the center vent and the side vent within the seat component, and
- the air blown out of the blower is supplied through the communication portion to the seating-face from at least one of the center vent and the side vent.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.