Seating assembly with ventilation
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRobert Charles Shipley, Steven Walter Nunez, Timothy Owen Hamlin, Lucian Vacarescu
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Abstract
A vehicle seating assembly includes a first part, a second part with a second foam part, and a barrier with a permeable portion and a non-permeable portion. The vehicle seating assembly also includes an air passageway extending through the first part, the second foam part, and the permeable portion of the barrier and an air mover fluidly coupled to the air passageway for moving air through the air passageway.
Claims20
A vehicle seating assembly comprising:
- a first part;
- a second part including a second foam part;
- a barrier including:
- a permeable portion and a non-permeable portion;
- an air passageway extending through the first part, the second foam part, and the permeable portion of the barrier;
- and
- an air mover fluidly coupled to the air passageway for moving air through the air passageway.
A cushion assembly for a vehicle seating assembly comprising:
- a base part;
- a seating support part;
- a film disposed between the base part and the seating support part;
- and
- an air passageway extending from an upper surface of the base part to an air mover disposed proximate a lower surface of the seating support part and including:
- an air passageway portion molded into the base part;
- a permeable portion disposed in the film;
- and
- an air passageway portion molded into the seating support part.
A method for making a cushion assembly comprising the steps of:
- placing a barrier including a non-permeable portion and one or more permeable portions over a base part such that the one or more permeable portions are disposed over one or more air passageway portions in the base part;
- placing the base part and the barrier in a first mold tool part of a mold tool;
- closing the mold tool so that the first mold tool part and a second mold tool part form a mold tool cavity and such that one or more pegs extending from the second mold tool part protrude into the one or more permeable portions of the barrier and the one or more air passageway portions in the base part;
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- injecting a foam into the mold tool cavity to mold a seating support part including one or more air passageway portions around the barrier and the base part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.