Seat apparatus with air flow
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSeiji Suzuki, Hidetoshi Nakane, Masato Itakura, Toshihiro Inayoshi
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Abstract
A seat apparatus includes a seat cushion, a seat back associated with the seat cushion, an air vent extending from the bottom side of the cushion towards the sitting side of the cushion, and an air producing device which blows air, preferably temperature controlled air, to the air vent and to a groove facing the sitting side of the cushion. The seat apparatus is thus able to distribute air, preferably temperature controlled air, to the seated individual.
Claims15
A seat apparatus for directing temperature controlled air to an individual seated on the seat apparatus, comprising:
- a sitting portion contacted by a seated individual seated on the sitting portion, the sitting portion including a filling member, the sitting portion possessing a sitting side facing an individual seated in the sitting portion and an oppositely positioned non-sitting side, said filling member including at least one groove extending over a limited surface area of the filling member on the sitting side, and a material positioned in the at least one groove that is different from the filling member;
- a cover member encircling the filling member;
- an air vent provided in the filling member and extending from adjacent the non-sitting side of the sitting portion towards the sitting side of the sitting portion, said air vent communicating with the at least one groove;
- a temperature controlled air producing device for producing temperature controlled air and directing the temperature controlled air into the air vent, with the temperature controlled air being directed through the air vent and into the at least one groove to provide temperature controlled air to a seated individual in contact with the sitting side of the sitting portion.
A seat apparatus for blowing air to an individual seated on the seat apparatus, comprising:
- a sitting portion which is contacted by a seated individual, the sitting portion having a sitting side and a non-sitting side, said sitting portion including a filling member;
- an air vent extending from adjacent the non-sitting side of the sitting portion towards the sitting side of the sitting portion;
- a plurality of grooves formed in the filling member and each connected to the air vent, said plurality of grooves being spaced apart from one another and extending in different directions;
- a material positioned in at least one of said grooves that is different from said filling member;
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- an air control device operatively connected to the air vent for blowing air into the air vent, with the air being directed from the air vent into the grooves so that air is directed at the seated individual.
A method of blowing temperature controlled air to an individual seated on a sitting portion of a seat apparatus, comprising:
- producing temperature controlled air;
- supplying the temperature controlled air to an air vent that is connected to a plurality of mesh filled grooves which extend in different directions;
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- distributing the temperature controlled air through the plurality of grooves and through the mesh to selected portions of the sitting portion of the seat apparatus based on a pressure distribution of the individual sitting on the sitting portion of the seat apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.