US 11,833,942 B2
Vehicle seat air distribution device
Madalina Onica, Northville, MI (US); Zoran Panic, Windsor (CA); and Ajay Murgod, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to GENTHERM INCORPORATED, Northville, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/770,113
Filed by GENTHERM INCORPORATED, Northville, MI (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/065039
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 19, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/126813, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/951,305, filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0388432 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/56 (2006.01); B60N 2/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/5642 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air distribution device comprising:
a seat plate comprising one or more cushion engaging features, the one or more cushion engaging features are configured to engage one or more corresponding plate engaging features provided on a bottom or backside of a seat cushion of a vehicle seat to connect and to maintain a connection between the seat plate and the seat cushion, the seat plate further comprising an aperture for connecting or engaging an air mover to the seat plate, wherein air from the air mover is directed through the seat plate, towards the bottom or the backside of the seat cushion or away from the bottom or the back-side of the seat cushion wherein upon connecting the seat plate to the seat cushion, an air distribution channel or space is formed, the air distribution channel or space is a cavity that is defined between an inside surface of the seat plate and the bottom or backside of the seat cushion, and an air flow generated by the air mover flows into the air distribution channel or space between the inside surface of the seat plate and the bottom or backside of the seat cushion.