US20040195870A1 - Automotive vehicle seat and blower module for such an automotive vehicle seat - Google Patents

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US20040195870A1
US20040195870A1 US10/788,158 US78815804A US2004195870A1 US 20040195870 A1 US20040195870 A1 US 20040195870A1 US 78815804 A US78815804 A US 78815804A US 2004195870 A1 US2004195870 A1 US 2004195870A1
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Michael Zeyen
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/56—Heating or ventilating devices
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04B—KNITTING
    • D04B21/00—Warp knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
    • D04B21/14—Fabrics characterised by the incorporation by knitting, in one or more thread, fleece, or fabric layers, of reinforcing, binding, or decorative threads; Fabrics incorporating small auxiliary elements, e.g. for decorative purposes
    • D04B21/16—Fabrics characterised by the incorporation by knitting, in one or more thread, fleece, or fabric layers, of reinforcing, binding, or decorative threads; Fabrics incorporating small auxiliary elements, e.g. for decorative purposes incorporating synthetic threads
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D17/00—Radial-flow pumps, e.g. centrifugal pumps; Helico-centrifugal pumps
    • F04D17/08—Centrifugal pumps
    • F04D17/16—Centrifugal pumps for displacing without appreciable compression
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00—Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/58—Cooling; Heating; Diminishing heat transfer
    • F04D29/582—Cooling; Heating; Diminishing heat transfer specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D10—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B2403/00—Details of fabric structure established in the fabric forming process
    • D10B2403/02—Cross-sectional features
    • D10B2403/021—Lofty fabric with equidistantly spaced front and back plies, e.g. spacer fabrics
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D10—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B2505/00—Industrial
    • D10B2505/08—Upholstery, mattresses

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  • the present invention relates to an automotive vehicle seat and a blower module for such an automotive vehicle seat.
  • blower module with a heating power of about 300 watt such that it is suited for retrofitting in a “unitary seat”.
  • a buyer who is not interested in “comfort heating” cannot be expected to accept an automotive vehicle seat which already optically indicates that he has not been able to afford such an optional feature. Therefore, the unitary seat must be designed such that it is acceptable without comfort heating, does not create any considerable extra costs caused by adaptation to the blower module and, nevertheless, allows easy retrofitting.
  • the automotive vehicle seat according to claim 1 seems to meet all of these requirements.
  • the blower module according to claim 2 is adapted to the above requirements in that it has a constructional form with a small constructional height thanks to the radial blower and the other components arranged in one plane.
  • FIG. 1 ( 1 a to 1 f ) shows the automotive vehicle seat in different views
  • FIG. 2 shows the cell structure of the knitwear in a detail view
  • FIG. 3 shows the blower module with removed cover.
  • the automotive vehicle seat comprises a seat cushion part 1 and a backrest 2 in its standard form.
  • Both the seat cushion part 1 and the backrest 2 consist essentially of a support body 3 , particularly advantageously of rigid foam material, e.g. polyurethane, but also as a sprung seat in which the necessary fastening rails and frames are integrated.
  • the surface of the rigid foam material has adhesively secured thereto a knitwear 4 on which the outer cover, e.g. velour or leather, rests.
  • Air flow channels 6 which terminate in a chamber 7 and are open over their whole lengths towards the knitwear 4 are provided in the rigid foam material.
  • An elastic seal 14 for preventing the transmission of vibrations is provided between the chamber 7 and the air exit channel of the blower module.
  • the knitwear 4 has a thickness of about 1 cm and consists of individual honeycombed cells, each being about 1 cm 2 The cells are interconnected via fibers that cannot be fully compressed under load, so that the air blown into the chamber 7 is distributed over the whole area of the knitwear 4 and can evenly exit at all locations of the cover 5 .
  • the knitwear 4 which is shown in more detail in FIG. 2, consists, for instance, of a honeycombed nylon braiding with a base layer 4 a and a cover layer 4 b and a multitude of spacers 4 c between said layers 4 a , 4 b .
  • Base layer and cover layer 4 a , 4 b comprise interconnected cells of about 60 mm 2 on their edges. These are formed by a twisted yarn which consists of about 20 individual filaments and has a diameter of about 0.05 mm. At least at the corner points, the cells of the opposite layers 4 a , 4 b are interconnected by spacers 4 c made from the same material and are spaced apart in the unloaded state at a distance of about 1 cm.
  • the spacers 4 c have a preferably arcuate shape to impart a predetermined elasticity to the knitwear 4 . Desired is an elasticity or flexibility that at an initial surface pressure of 0 to about 20 g/cm 2 does virtually not effect any deformations yet and then, at a rising surface pressure of up to 100 g/cm 2 , leads to an approximately linear approach of the two layers 4 a , 4 b , but even at a maximum surface load still permits an air exchange between the two layers.
  • the leather comprises a multitude of passage openings at a mutual distance of about 4 mm and a diameter of about 1 mm.
  • both the seat cushion part 1 and the back part 2 are provided with a blower module 8 , each being provided in a chamber 9 or recess in the lower part of the seat cushion part 1 and the rear part of the backrest 2 , respectively.
  • the chamber 9 is closed by a cover (not shown in more detail) which comprises the necessary recesses for the blower module 8 and ends flush with the seat contour on the outside, and just comprises one or several, preferably laterally arranged, air intake openings leading via corresponding channels to the blower module 8 .
  • the seat cushion part 1 is provided in the corner portion relative to the backrest 2 with a box-shaped air outlet 16 so that air can optionally exit in addition at said place.
  • the air outlet 16 is connected at the inlet side to the air flow channel 6 and terminates at the outlet side with a grating 17 .
  • the blower module 8 is shown in more detail in FIG. 3. It consists of a flat box having a constructional height of about 3 cm, in which a radial blower 10 , a heat register 11 preferably composed of PTC elements, an electrical controller 12 built on a printed circuit board and a temperature sensor 13 a and 13 b , respectively, are arranged side by side.
  • the outer circumference of the box has provided thereon a number of fastening tabs 14 which serve to connect the box to corresponding mating pieces in the support body 2 .
  • the temperature sensors 13 a and 13 b are provided in the cold air tract and warm air tract, respectively, and are connected to the electronic controller 12 .
  • the electronic controller 12 is further connected via lines (not shown in more detail) to the on-board network of the vehicle, the radial blower 10 and corresponding control elements which are preferably mounted in the seat portion and via which the heating power and the rotational speed of the blower can be adjusted independently of each other.
  • the electronic controller 12 operates with the following functional profile:
  • the radial blower 10 is slowly running up for about 5 sec to the set rated speed to make the cold air, which is still inside the seat, exit at a slow pace.
  • the desired heating power is output in a controlled way to the heat register, the control being configured such that it is ensured that the generator is not overloaded. Hence, it might happen that less heating power is taken than required by the user.
  • the rotational speed of the radial blower 10 is adjustable either independently or is coupled at least partly with the heating power, the speed of the radial blower 10 being automatically raised at increased heating powers.
  • the radial blower 10 first operates in the suction mode for about 3 min after it has been switched on, and then in the blow mode.
  • the radial blower can thus be operated in two directions that can be activated by voltage reversal.
  • the air inlet can also be connected to the cooling compressor of the automotive vehicle for summer operation. Thanks to the use of a radial blower 10 it has been possible to give the blower module 8 a very flat design so that it can even be accommodated in the backrest.
  • the radial blower 10 sucks air from an opening directly positioned thereunder in the box, it pushes the air through channels guided along the PTC heating elements into the blow-out tract and via a cover (not shown) of the box into the air flow channels 6 arranged in the rigid foam material of the support body 3 .
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