Patent ID: 7621594

Claim:
An air supply mechanism for a vehicle seat, with an air discharging opening which is provided in an upper region of the vehicle seat and via which a head, shoulder, and neck region of a vehicle occupant can be subjected to an air flow in order to reduce undesirable draft phenomena, comprising: a fan, a heating element, and a control device, which regulates an airflow of the fan by regulating a blower speed of the fan, wherein the airflow is heatable via the heating element, and wherein the control device is designed so that, in response to a switching-on signal for the air supply mechanism, the heating element is switched on and the fan is started by way of a short high voltage pulse, the fan is operated at minimum blower speed by way of an operating voltage below said short high voltage pulse for a predetermined period of time after the fan has started, and the fan is operated as a function of driving speed after said predetermined period of time has passed.