Patent ID: 6626488
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: A47C,B60N

Abstract:
A cushion for a motor vehicle seat, comprising:a ventilation layer allowing air to flow through; ventilation channels, which pass through the cushion from a cushion bottom side up to an upper side of the ventilation layer, facing away from the cushion bottom side; sleeves being inserted into said respective ventilation channels, wherein each of the channels have a protruding collar on a closed upper end which rests on the surface of the ventilation layer; each of said sleeves including a sleeve jacket segment which passes through the ventilation layer to air passage openings; and miniature fans being received in said respective sleeves; wherein the ventilation layer is formed exclusively by a thin layer of fabric, wherein the sleeves are designed rigidly in axial and radial directions, and wherein the air passage openings in the sleeve jacket segments are formed by oblong holes which extend in a circumferential direction of the sleeve, each of the holes having a width measured in an axial direction of the sleeve at least equal to or smaller than the thickness of the layer of fabric.