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US 5,354,117 AGranted
Vehicular seat construction
OwnerTerri M. Danielson, Nicholas R. Harwathinventors
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Abstract
A vehicular seat is arranged to include a seat member mounted upon the vehicular seat, with the seat member having a base and back portion having a fluid chamber at each of the base and back portions interconnected by a circulatory pump to direct heated fluid through the seat and back portion for enhanced comfort and accommodating vibration to an individual mounted upon the seat member.
Claims4
A vehicular seat construction, comprising,
- a vehicle seat, having a vehicle seat back and a vehicle seat base, and a seat member, having a seat member base and a seat member back, with the seat member base including seat base strap members secured about said vehicle seat base, and seat back strap members secured about said vehicle seat back, with the seat member including a continuous L-shaped fluid cavity directed through the seat member through the seat member base and the seat member back, with the L-shaped cavity having apertured first baffles positioned within the seat member back, and with apertured second baffles positioned within the seat member base, and
- a control housing, the control housing including a fluid chamber, and a fluid pump mounted within the fluid chamber, and
- a fluid conduit directed between the seat member and the control housing, with the fluid conduit having an outlet fluid tube in fluid communication with the fluid pump and the L-shaped fluid cavity, and
- a return fluid tube directed from the L-shaped fluid cavity to the fluid chamber, and
- the fluid chamber further includes a heater unit, with the heater unit including a thermostat member to effect heating of fluid within the fluid chamber, and
- the seat member back includes a seat back rear wall and a seat back conduit in fluid communication with the outlet fluid tube, said conduit extending along the seat member back, with the seat member back having an uppermost distal end spaced from the seat member base, said conduit in fluid communication with the L-shaped fluid cavity and directing fluid from the fluid chamber into the L-shaped fluid cavity.
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