US 12,139,056 B2
Vehicle seat assembly and associated assembly method
Mathieu Cluet, Etampes (FR); Jerome Planson, Angerville (FR); Fabrice Charras, Montrouge (FR); and Vincent Leguernic, Etrechy (FR)
Assigned to Faurecia Sièges d'Automobile, Nanterre (FR)
Filed by Faurecia Sièges d'Automobile, Nanterre (FR)
Filed on May 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/747,848.
Claims priority of application No. FR 21 05169 (FR), filed on May 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0371486 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/52 (2006.01); B60N 2/50 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/525 (2013.01) [B60N 2/502 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
a support element comprising an outer surface and an inner surface, opposite the outer surface, the support element defining a through opening from the inner surface to the outer surface,
a padding element having an inner surface, said inner surface being attached at least in part to the inner surface of the support element, the padding element comprising an outer surface for receiving the passenger when seated on the seat, the padding element being located above the support element covering the support element,
a ventilation system assembled on the support element, the ventilation system comprising at least one ventilation duct and being able to blow and/or draw a volume of air through said ventilation duct, the ventilation duct being in fluidic communication with the through opening of the support element, and
an intermediate attachment ring received in the through opening, the ventilation system cooperating with the intermediate attachment ring, the ventilation system being inserted in contact with and inside the intermediate attachment ring,
wherein the inner surface of the support element defines at least one groove,
an inner surface of the groove, the inner surface of the support element and the inner surface of the padding element defining therebetween an internal volume in fluidic communication with the through opening.