Patent ID: 8172333
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. An air-conditioned vehicle seat, comprising: an air impermeable lower upholstered seat or backrest part; an intermediate layer through which air flows; an upholstery cover through which air flows from a side of the intermediate layer, the upholstery cover, via seams anchored on the air impermeable upholstered part, is divided into mutually delimited individual upholstery zones; and air bridges extending between the individual upholstery zones transversely to the seams, the air bridges fluidically connecting respective portions of the intermediate layer corresponding to the individual upholstery zones; wherein in a longitudinal direction of the seams, the air bridges have a construction that is narrower than that of seam-side edge zones of the intermediate layer, and further wherein seam stitches are anchored with stitch forces to wall sections of the upholstered part that are laterally adjacent the air bridges substantially without the stitch forces stressing the air bridges.