Patent ID: 7708626
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. An air supply device for an automotive seat comprising: a fan at a lower end of the air supply device, an air duct, arranged above the fan at a delivery side of the fan, that has at least one air outlet opening provided in the upper region of the seat for supplying the head, shoulder and neck region of a seat occupant with a flow of air, a grating element that is securable within said air duct, adjacent to the air outlet opening, and removable from within said air duct, a heating element arranged in the air duct between the fan and the air outlet opening, and at least one sensor for detecting a parameter value as a function of which the flow of air emerging from the air outlet opening is controlled, wherein the air supply device is arranged inside a backrest of the automotive seat, and wherein the sensor is arranged inside a part of the air duct between the air outlet opening and the heating element that is height adjustable with a head restraint of the automotive seat with respect to another part of the air duct wherein the sensor is arranged close to said grating element, and wherein said grating element includes latching tongues in openings formed in air duct walls to secure the grating within the air duct.