CN220199128U - Seat element and seat - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides a seat element and a seat. Wherein the seating element comprises: a base, an air outlet structure located in a first region of the base, the air outlet structure providing an air outlet of the seat element to provide an air flow to a component of the seat; the installation cavity is positioned in the second area of the base body, provides an installation space for accommodating an installation airflow driving piece, and also provides an air outlet channel of the airflow driving piece; the air outlet structure and the installation cavity are positioned on the base body and are directly communicated through the air outlet channel. The seat element and the seat provide benefits including, but not limited to, ease of deployment in a limited seat interior space, simplifying the construction of the seat.

Description

Seat element and seat

Technical Field

The present application relates to a seat element and a seat.

Background

Seats typically include a back rest that provides support to the back and waist of the occupant and a seat cushion that provides support to the buttocks and legs of the occupant. An air flow driving member may be provided in a backrest or a seat cushion of the seat for inflating, for example, an air bag (air bag) device, and the seat may massage an occupant by inflation of the air bag, thereby enhancing the comfort of the occupant. Or directly blow the supporting part of the backrest or the cushion to provide cold air flow or hot air flow so as to improve the comfort of the passengers.

However, the inventors have found that providing an inflatable element within the back or seat cushion of a seat makes it difficult to spatially arrange the inflatable element within the back or seat cushion.

Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a seat element and seat that facilitates the spatial arrangement of the inflation element within the seat, simplifying the construction of the seat.

Disclosure of Invention

It is an object of the present application to provide a seat element.

It is an object of the present application to provide a seat.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a seating element comprising a base; an air outlet structure located in a first region of the base, the air outlet structure providing an air outlet of the seat element to provide an air flow to a component of the seat; the installation cavity is positioned in the second area of the base body, provides an installation space for accommodating an installation airflow driving piece, and also provides an air outlet channel of the airflow driving piece; the air outlet structure and the installation cavity are positioned on the base body and are directly communicated through the air outlet channel.

In the technical scheme of this embodiment, through set up the structure of giving vent to anger in the first region of base member, the second region is direct to set up the installation cavity in order to install the air current driving piece, and the air-out passageway sets up in the base member and with the structure of first region, the direct intercommunication of second region, make in the seat need not additionally to set up the wind channel in order to connect the air current driving piece that is located the seat component outside and the structure of giving vent to anger of seat component, the thickness space that corresponds the setting wind channel in having saved the seat is relevant, make the thickness space that occupies in the seat with the structure that the air current is supplied with relevant less, easily arrange in limited seat inner space, the structure of seat has been simplified. In addition, the steps of installing the air duct and the airflow driving piece can be simplified, so that the assembling process of the seat is simplified.

In some embodiments of the seat element, the air outlet structure includes a first groove recessed from the first region of the base, and an air outlet hole located at a bottom of the first groove.

In some embodiments of the seat element, the mounting cavity includes a second groove recessed from the second region of the base, the second groove providing the mounting space.

In some embodiments of the seat element, a wall of the second recess mates with an outer wall of the airflow driver.

In some embodiments of the seat element, the location where the air outlet channel is directly connected to the first region is a middle portion of the first region.

In some embodiments of the seat element, the seat element further comprises a cover covering the base at a back side of the base to close the air outlet structure at the back side, and a portion of the cover corresponding to the second region has an air inlet opening to provide an air inlet of the seat element.

In some embodiments of the seat element, the air outlet structure is integrally connected with the mounting chamber.

In some embodiments of the seat element, the material of the base is felt and the air outlet structure and mounting chamber are compression molded structures.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a seat comprising a seat element as described in the first aspect.

The above seat embodiment has the advantage that due to the use of the seat element according to the first aspect, the space inside the seat is easy to arrange, the structure of the seat is simplified and also the assembly is easy.

In some embodiments of the seat, the seat element is provided inside a backrest of the seat, and the mounting chamber is more than 30mm from a rear surface of the backrest in a thickness direction of the backrest.

Drawings

The above and other features, properties and advantages of the present utility model will become more apparent from the following description of embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters designate like features throughout the drawings, and in which:

fig. 1A and 1B are schematic structural views of a seat element according to a comparative embodiment.

Fig. 2A and 2B are schematic structural views of a backrest of a seat employing the seat element of the comparative example shown in fig. 1A and 1B.

Fig. 3A and 3B are schematic structural views of a seat element according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4A and 4B are schematic structural views of a backrest of a seat according to an embodiment of the present application.

Reference numerals:

10,10 a-seat element;

1,1 a-substrate;

11,11 a-a first region;

101,101 a-outlet;

102-air inlet;

12-a second region;

2,2 a-outlet structure;

21-a first groove;

22-air outlet holes;

3-mounting a chamber;

30-installation space;

31,31 a-an air outlet channel;

32-a second groove;

321-the walls of the second groove;

4-a cover;

41-an air inlet opening;

100,100a—seat;

1001,1001 a-backrest;

1002 a-a bump structure;

g-distance of the mounting chamber from the back of the backrest.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the technical solutions of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following examples are only for more clearly illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and thus are only examples, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present application.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs; the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application; the terms "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof in the description and claims of the present application and in the description of the figures above are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the technical terms "first," "second," etc. are used merely to distinguish between different objects and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated, a particular order or a primary or secondary relationship. In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more unless explicitly defined otherwise.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the present application. The appearances of such phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Those of skill in the art will explicitly and implicitly appreciate that the embodiments described herein may be combined with other embodiments.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the technical terms "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "length"

"width", "thickness", "up", "down", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal"

The positional or positional relationships indicated by "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," etc. are based on the positional or positional relationships shown in the drawings, merely for convenience in describing the embodiments of the present application and to simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present application.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured" and the like are to be construed broadly and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; but also mechanical connection, and the specific meaning of the above terms in the embodiments of the present application will be understood by those skilled in the art according to the specific circumstances.

The seat element and the seat disclosed in the embodiments of the present application take an automobile seat as an example. However, it will be appreciated that the seat headrest and the vehicle to which the seat is adapted are not limited to automobiles, but may be, for example, aircraft, cruise ships, and the like, and the seat element and the seat of the present utility model are not limited to application to vehicles, for example, seats in stationary places, such as massage chairs, seats for large-sized events, spectators for meetings, office chairs, and the like. In addition, the seat elements disclosed in the embodiments of the present application are not limited to application to a backrest of a seat, and may be used in any corresponding structure in a seat where airflow is desired to be provided, such as a seat cushion of a seat.

In order to more clearly show the benefits of the seat element 10 and the seat 100 of the embodiments of the present application, a comparative scheme is first described below. It is to be understood that the comparison scheme herein is for comparison purposes only and does not constitute prior art.

Referring to fig. 1A to 2B, in a comparative version, a backrest 1001A of a seat 100a has a seat element 10a and an airflow driver 20 inside to provide airflow to the backrest 1001A of the seat 100 a.

The seat element 10a comprises a base 1a and an air outlet structure 2a, the air outlet structure 2a being located in a first region 11a of the base 1a, the air outlet structure 2a providing an air outlet 101a of the seat element 10a for providing an air flow to the backrest 1001a of the seat.

As shown in fig. 1A to 2B, in this comparative scheme, an airflow driving piece 20 and an air outlet passage 31A are provided outside the base body 1A. As shown in fig. 1A and 1B, the airflow driving member 20 may be a structure of an electrode-driven fan, and the airflow driving member 20 is fixed to the base 1A by bolts, like a centrifugal fan, and the airflow driving member 20 communicates with the air outlet structure 2a of the base 1A through the air outlet passage 31A.

Referring to fig. 2A and 2B, the seat 100a of the comparative example requires an additional thickness space to arrange the air outlet passage 31a because the air outlet passage 31a is provided at the outside of the base 1a, so that the back surface of the backrest 1001a has the protrusion structure 1002A to provide an additional thickness space to facilitate the spatial arrangement inside the seat 100a, thus making the seat 100a less pleasant in appearance. In addition, additional bolts and other accessories are required for installing the air duct and the air flow driving piece 20, so that the assembly steps are increased, and the material cost is increased.

Based on this, the inventor of the present application has conducted intensive studies and has proposed a seat element 10 and a seat 100, in which an air outlet structure is provided in a first area of a base, an installation chamber is directly provided in a second area of the base to install an air flow driving member, and an air outlet channel is provided in the base and directly communicates the first area and the second area, so that an air duct is not required to be additionally provided in the seat to connect the air flow driving member located outside the seat element with the air outlet structure of the seat element, a thickness space related to the air duct is saved in the seat, a thickness space occupied by the structure related to air flow supply in the seat is small, the arrangement is easy in a limited seat inner space, and the structure of the seat is simplified. In addition, the steps of installing the air duct and the airflow driving piece can be simplified, so that the assembling process of the seat is simplified. The specific structure is described below.

Referring to fig. 3A-4B, in some embodiments, the seating element 10 includes: a base body 1, an air outlet structure 2 and a mounting chamber 3.

Wherein the air outlet structure 2 is located in a first region 11 of the base 1, the air outlet structure 2 providing an air outlet 101 of the seat element 10 for providing an air flow to the components of the seat. The installation chamber 3 is located in the second area 12 of the base 1, the installation chamber 3 provides an installation space 30 for accommodating the installation airflow driving member 20, and the installation chamber 3 also provides an air outlet channel 31 of the airflow driving member. The air outlet structure 2 and the mounting chamber 3 of the base body 1 are directly communicated through the air outlet channel 31.

The specific structure of the base 1 may be a flat plate-like structure as shown in the drawing, and a concave structure is provided in the base of the flat plate-like structure 1 to construct the air outlet structure 2 and the installation chamber 3. It will be appreciated that the planar structure of the base 1 may be a structure in which a plurality of planar plates are connected by bending, for example, the first region 11 constituting the air outlet structure 2 is in one planar structure and the second region 12 constituting the mounting chamber 3 is in another planar structure, the two planar structures being connected by a bending structure. Preferably, the base body 1, the air outlet structure 2 and the mounting chamber 3 are integrally connected, for example, the base body 1 is formed by adopting a plate-shaped structure, the air outlet structure 2 is formed by die pressing in the first area 11 of the base body 1, and the mounting chamber 3 is formed by die pressing in the second area of the base body 1, so that the processing technology is simple and easy to realize. In addition, the materials of the base body 1, the air outlet structure 2 and the installation cavity 3 can be felts, so that the seat element 10 is convenient to be arranged in the seat 100, the seat element 10 can be directly adhered to the inside of the seat 100 through the adhesion effect of the felts by adopting the felts, and the assembly is easy. Alternatively, the base 1 may be an integrally molded part or a separately molded part, for example, as described above, the first region 11 constituting the air outlet structure 2 may be formed separately in one flat structure, the second region 12 constituting the installation chamber 3 may be formed separately in another flat structure, and the two flat structures may be connected to each other to form the base 1.

The meaning of the air outlet structure 2, i.e. the air outlet 101 of the seat element 10 is provided to provide an air flow to the seat component, e.g. the number of air outlets 101 is typically a plurality, e.g. as shown in the figures, the air outlet structure 2 has two symmetrically distributed parts, the air outlets 101 of which are symmetrically distributed. The number, size of the air outlets 101 and the size of the air outlet structure 2 may be adjusted according to the actual air flow supply requirements, for example, if a faster air flow rate is required for the corresponding portion, for example, an air bag needs to be filled faster or a larger flow of cold air flow or hot air flow is generally required for the corresponding portion, the air outlet structure 2 may have a larger area, and thus more and larger air outlets 101.

Preferably, the specific structure of the air outlet structure 2 may include a first groove 21 recessed from the first region 11 of the base 1, and an air outlet hole 22 located at the bottom of the first groove 21. That is, as described above, the first recess 21 is formed by compression molding in the first region 11 of the base 1, and the air outlet hole 22 may be formed by punching, and the air outlet hole 22 provides the air outlet 101 of the seat element 10.

The installation chamber 3 is a chamber structure for installing the airflow driving member 20. The outlet portion of the mounting chamber 3 provides an air outlet channel 31 for the air flow driver. Preferably, similar to the manufacturing process of the air outlet structure 2, as described above, a second recess may be obtained by compression molding in the second region 12 of the base body 1.

Preferably, referring to fig. 3A and 3B, the groove wall 321 of the second groove is matched with the outer wall of the airflow driving piece 20. As shown in the figure, the groove wall 321 is matched with the outline of the outer wall of the airflow driving member 20, and is of a volute-shaped structure of the centrifugal fan, so that the airflow driving member 20 can be easily fixed in the installation cavity 3, connecting members required for installation and fixation and connecting steps in the assembly process are reduced, and the structure of the seat element and the seat and the corresponding assembly process are further simplified. In some embodiments, referring to fig. 3A and 3B, the seat element 10 further includes a cover 4, where the cover 4 covers the base 1 on the back of the base 1 to close the air outlet structure 2 on the back, and a portion of the cover 4 corresponding to the second region 12 has an air inlet opening 41 to provide the air inlet 102 of the seat element 10. The airflow driver 20 can be reliably fixed through the closed structure provided by the cover body 4, and the installation and fixing structure and the assembly process of the airflow driver 20 are further realized.

The air outlet structure 2 and the installation cavity 3 of the base body 1 are directly communicated through the air outlet channel 31, namely, air can flow into the air outlet structure 2 through the air outlet channel 31 after passing through the air flow driving piece 20 of the installation cavity 3. Preferably, as shown in the figure, the position where the air outlet channel 31 is directly connected with the first area 11 is the middle part of the first area 11, the air outlet structures on two sides are symmetrical relative to the position where the air outlet structures are directly connected, and as shown in the figure, the number and the arrangement positions of the air outlet holes 22 on the left side and the air outlet holes 22 on the right side are symmetrically distributed, so that the air flow output by the air outlet structure 2 can be relatively uniform.

In the above description, it will be understood that the structure of providing the air blower or the air bag on the backrest 1001 of the seat 100 may be that the seat element 10 is disposed inside the backrest 1001 of the seat and the air flow driving member 20 is mounted and fixed in the mounting chamber 3, and the air flows into the air outlet structure 2 through the air outlet channel 31 after being driven by the air flow driving member 20, flows out through the air outlet 101, directly provides the required air flow, or inflates the air bag.

With continued reference to fig. 4A and 4B, in the structure in which the seat element 10 is disposed inside the backrest 1001 of the seat, it can be understood that, compared to the structure of the comparative example, the seat 100 employs the seat element 10 described in the above embodiment, the back of the backrest 1001 does not need to have the convex structure 1002A, so that the visual appearance of the seat is good. Also, without the projection structure 1002a, the distance G of the mounting chamber 3 from the back surface of the backrest 1001 may be up to more than 30mm, which facilitates the arrangement of other components inside the seat, and the air flow driver 20 has a sufficient air extraction space.

In summary, the seat elements and the benefits of the seat described in the above embodiments include, but are not limited to:

through set up the structure of giving vent to anger in the first region of base member, the direct installation cavity that sets up of second region is in order to install the air current driving piece, and the air-out passageway sets up in the base member and with the structure of first region, the direct intercommunication of second region, make in the seat need not additionally to set up the wind channel in order to connect the air current driving piece that is located the outside of seat component and the structure of giving vent to anger of seat component, the thickness space that corresponds the setting wind channel in having saved the seat is relevant, make the thickness space that occupies in the seat with the structure that the air current is supplied with relevant less, easily arrange in limited seat inner space, the structure of seat has been simplified. In addition, the steps of installing the air duct and the airflow driving piece can be simplified, so that the assembling process of the seat is simplified.

While specific embodiments of the utility model have been described above, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that these are by way of example only, and the scope of the utility model is defined by the appended claims. Various changes and modifications to these embodiments may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principles and spirit of the utility model, but such changes and modifications fall within the scope of the utility model.

Claims (10)

1. A seating element (10), characterized by comprising:

a base body (1);

-an air outlet structure (2) located in a first region (11) of the base body (1), the air outlet structure (2) providing an air outlet (101) of the seat element (10) for providing an air flow to a component of the seat;

a mounting chamber (3) located in a second region (12) of the base body (1), the mounting chamber (3) providing a mounting space (30) to accommodate a mounting airflow driver (20), the mounting chamber (3) also providing an air outlet channel (31) for the airflow driver;

wherein, the air outlet structure (2) and the installation cavity (3) which are positioned on the base body (1) are directly communicated through the air outlet channel (31).

2. The seat element (10) according to claim 1, wherein the air outlet structure (2) comprises a first recess (21) recessed from the first region (11) of the base body (1), and an air outlet hole (22) located at a bottom of the first recess (21).

3. A seat element (10) according to claim 2, wherein the mounting chamber (3) comprises a second recess (32) recessed from the second region (12) of the base body (1), the second recess (32) providing the mounting space (30).

4. A seat element (10) according to claim 3, wherein the wall (321) of the second recess mates with the outer wall of the air flow driver (20).

5. Seat element (10) according to claim 1, wherein the position where the air outlet channel (31) is directly connected to the first area (11) is the middle of the first area (11).

6. The seat element (10) according to claim 1, wherein the seat element (10) further comprises a cover (4), the cover (4) covering the base (1) at the back of the base (1) to close the air outlet structure (2) at the back, the cover (4) having an air inlet opening (41) in a portion corresponding to the second region (12) to provide an air inlet (102) of the seat element (10).

7. Seat element (10) according to claim 1, wherein the air outlet structure (2) is integrally connected with the mounting chamber (3).

8. Seat element (10) according to claim 1, wherein the material of the base body (1) is felt and the air outlet structure (2) and the mounting chamber (3) are compression molded structures.

9. A seat (100) comprising a seat element (10) according to any one of claims 1-8.

10. The seat (100) according to claim 9, wherein the seat element (10) is provided inside a backrest (1001) of the seat, and wherein a distance (G) of the mounting chamber (3) from a back surface of the backrest (1001) in a thickness direction of the backrest (1001) is greater than 30mm.