US 8,801,104 B2Granted

Seat portion of a vehicle seat

AssigneeC.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni

InventorsNevio Di Giusto, Andrea Zussino, Giorgio Masoero, Salvatore Demontis

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Abstract

A seat portion of a vehicle seat has a padding, which is covered with permeable upholstery defining a user supporting surface and has a plurality of chambers extending crosswise to the supporting surface; the chambers are open at their ends and, in use, vary in volume in response to oscillating movement of the user; the chambers are grouped in at least four groups, which are located, respectively, in front right, front left, rear right, and rear left position; the chambers of each group are isolated in fluidtight manner by the chambers of the other groups and communicate with a respective opening, which connects the lower end of the chambers to the outside; the opening of each group is associated with a respective valve, which operates independently from the valves of the other groups and is opened/closed automatically in response to compression and decompression of the air in the chambers.

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Dependent claims

A seat portion of a vehicle seat comprising:

padding;
upholstery over at least part of said padding, defining a user supporting surface, and permeable to air at least when the user is seated;
a number of chambers which are located inside said padding, extend along parallel axes crosswise to said supporting surface and are open at opposite axial ends;
a plurality of openings defining respective air inlets/outlets communicating with the bottom ends of said chambers;
and
valve means for operation by compression and decompression of the air in said chambers for automatically opening and closing said openings;
the volumes of said chambers varying in response to oscillating movements of the user, so that the air in the chambers is compressed and aspirated cyclically to produce a natural pumping effect which circulates air through the supporting body,
wherein said chambers are grouped into at least four groups, which are located, respectively, in front right, front left, rear right, and rear left position;
the chambers of each group are isolated in fluidtight manner from the chambers of the other groups;
the chambers of each group communicate, respectively, with at least one of said openings by a respective manifold;
the opening of each group is associated with a respective valve, which operates independently from the valves of the other groups.

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A seat portion of a vehicle seat comprising:

padding;
upholstery over at least part of said padding, defining a user supporting surface. and permeable to air at least when the user is seated;
a number of chambers which are located inside said padding, extend along parallel axes crosswise to said supporting surface and are open at opposite axial ends;
a plurality of openings defining respective air inlets/outlets communicating with the bottom ends of said chambers;
and
a valve to operate by compression and decompression of the air in said chambers to automatically open and close-said openings;
the volumes of said chambers varying in response to oscillating movements of the user, so that the air in the chambers is compressed and aspirated cyclically to produce a natural. pumping effect which circulates air through the supporting body, wherein said chambers are grouped into at least four groups, which are located, respectively, in front right, front left, rear right, and rear left position;
the chambers of each group are isolated in fluidtight manner from the chambers of the other groups;
the chambers of each group communicate, respectively, with at least one of said openings by a respective manifold;
the opening of each group is associated with a respective valve, which operates independently from the valves of the other groups.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.