Seat air conditoner
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorShigeru KAWANO
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Abstract
A seat air conditioner includes a housing disposed in a space formed below a seating portion of a seat and above a cabin floor surface inside a cabin. The housing houses: a compressor that compresses and discharges a refrigerant; a condenser that dissipates heat from the refrigerant discharged from the compressor; a decompressor that decompresses the refrigerant flowing out of the condenser; an evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant decompressed by the decompressor; and an air blower that blows air to be heat-exchanged with the refrigerant. The air blower is capable of drawing the air through a ventilation opening formed on an upper face of the housing.
Claims4
A seat air conditioner comprising:
- a housing disposed in a space formed below a seating portion of a seat and above a cabin floor surface inside a cabin;
- a compressor that compresses and discharges a refrigerant;
- a condenser that dissipates heat from the refrigerant discharged from the compressor;
- a decompressor that decompresses the refrigerant flowing out of the condenser;
- an evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant decompressed by the decompressor;
- and
- an air blower that blows air to be heat-exchanged with the refrigerant, the compressor, wherein
- the condenser, the decompressor, the evaporator, and the air blower are housed in the housing,
- the air blower is capable of drawing the air through a ventilation opening formed on an upper face of the housing,
- the seat air conditioner further comprising:
- a ventilation port that allows an inside and an outside of the housing to communicate with each other;
- a duct member through which the air flows by an operation of the air blower, the duct member having one end connected to the ventilation port;
- and
- a connection member through which the air flows, the connection member having one end connected to the ventilation opening and the other end coupled to a lower face of the seating portion, wherein
- the other end of the duct member is disposed adjacent to a side face of the seat, and
- when the air blower draws air from the outside of the housing, the air blower draws the air from the ventilation opening through the seating portion and the connection member, and the air blower blows out the drawn air through the ventilation port and the duct member.
A seat air conditioner comprising:
- a housing disposed in a space formed below a seating portion of a seat and above a cabin floor surface inside a cabin;
- a compressor that compresses and discharges a refrigerant;
- a condenser that dissipates heat from the refrigerant discharged from the compressor;
- a decompressor that decompresses the refrigerant flowing out of the condenser;
- an evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant decompressed by the decompressor;
- and
- an air blower that blows air to be heat-exchanged with the refrigerant, the compressor, wherein
- the condenser, the decompressor, the evaporator, and the air blower are housed in the housing,
- the air blower is capable of drawing the air through a ventilation opening formed on an upper face of the housing,
- the seat air conditioner further comprising:
- a ventilation port that allows an inside and an outside of the housing to communicate with each other;
- a tubular member through which the air flows by an operation of the air blower, the tubular member having one end connected to the ventilation port;
- a connection member through which the air flows, the connection member having one end connected to the ventilation opening and the other end coupled to a lower face of the seating portion, wherein
- the tubular member communicates with an inside of the seat having air permeability, and
- when the air blower draws air from the outside of the housing, the air blower draws the air from the ventilation opening through the seating portion and the connection member, and blows out the drawn air through the ventilation port, the tubular member, and the seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.