Patent ID: 8672411
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A ventilated vehicle seat comprising a first cushion including an outer sheet and an inner sheet coupled to the outer sheet to establish a deformable elastic bed and form therebetween an air plenum configured to receive pressurized air from a source of pressurized air, wherein the outer sheet is formed to include a plurality of air-discharge ports opening into the air plenum and communicating pressurized air from the air plenum to a passenger seated on the first cushion, the inner sheet includes an inner web providing an inner exterior surface, an array of spaced-apart inner domes coupled to the inner web and arranged to extend toward the outer sheet, and an inner perimeter ridge coupled to a perimeter border of the inner web and arranged to surround the array of spaced-apart inner domes and extend from the inner web toward the outer sheet, the outer sheet includes an outer web providing an outer exterior surface, an array of spaced-apart outer domes coupled to the outer web and arranged to extend toward the inner sheet, and an outer perimeter ridge coupled to a perimeter border of the outer web and arranged to surround the array of spaced-apart outer domes and extend from the outer web toward the inner sheet, and the inner and outer sheets are arranged to align the inner and outer domes in registry with one another to cause each outer dome to mate with a companion inner dome to form a deformable post extending from the outer web to the inner web and to cause the inner and outer perimeter ridges to mate to establish the air plenum in a space bounded by the inner and outer webs, the deformable posts located between and coupled to the inner and outer webs, and the mating inner and outer perimeter ridges.