Patent ID: 8950467
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: B60H,B60N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A seat air-conditioning system for automotive vehicles, comprising: an air-conditioning unit for generating a cold air or a hot air; a driver seat including a seat portion provided with a plurality of air discharge holes through which to discharge the cold air or the hot air to the outside; a front passenger seat including a seat portion provided with a plurality of air discharge holes through which to discharge the cold air or the hot air to the outside; a console box or rear passenger seats; an outlet duct mounted to the air-conditioning unit for drawing the cold air or the hot air from the air-conditioning unit therethrough, the outlet duct defining a lateral outlet port and a bottom outlet port below the lateral outlet port; a console duct connected to the lateral outlet port of the outlet duct for supplying the cold air or the hot air to the console box or the rear passenger seats, the console duct being coupled to the console box or the rear passenger seats; a seat blower attached to the bottom outlet port of the outlet duct for blowing the cold air or the hot air at an increased flow rate; a seat duct connected to the seat blower for supplying the cold air or the hot air to the driver seat and the front passenger seat therethrough, the seat duct being coupled to the driver seat and the front passenger seat, the seat duct being located below the console duct; a flow path switching door installed at a branch point in the outlet duct between the lateral outlet port and the bottom outlet port for opening one or both of the lateral outlet port and the bottom outlet port, the flow path switching door being rotatable between a first position in which to close the lateral outlet port, a second position in which to close the bottom outlet port, and a third position in which to open the bottom outlet port and the lateral outlet port; and wherein the seat blower is arranged upright in a lower portion of the outlet duct near a floor surface of a vehicle room and narrow space below the air conditioning unit.