Patent ID: 8038222

Claim:
An actively ventilated vehicle seat, comprising: a lower air-impermeable upholstered vehicle seat part; an air-permeable intermediate layer; an upholstery cover anchored on the air-impermeable upholstered part via seams, the vehicle seat being divided into upholstery zones delimited from one another via the seams; air bridges extending between the individual upholstery zones transversely to the seams, the air bridges connecting the intermediate layer between the individual upholstery zones; wherein the air bridges are enclosed all around by the air-impermeable part, and further wherein the seams are anchored above the air bridges in the air-impermeable part; wherein each of the seams has a first seam wire disposed on an upholstery cover side of the seams and a second seam wire continuously embedded in the air-impermeable upholstered part, and the first and second seam wires are braced under tension by tension-proof seam clamps; wherein the upholstery cover comprises a foam padding and a cover material, the foam padding including air openings that extend from as cover material side of the foam padding to an air-impermeable part side of the foam padding; and wherein the cover material, the foam padding and the air-impermeable part are held in contact with each other along the seams by the seam clamps.