Vehicle Seat Air Conditioner Pivot Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
In vehicle seats with a front tilt mechanism that adjusts the seating surface angle, existing air conditioning systems mounted on support springs cannot appropriately follow the movement of the cushion pad, leading to ineffective ventilation.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle seat design featuring a front tilt mechanism with a pivotally mounted air conditioner that includes a front pivot-mounting part on the lower surface of the front panel and a rear pivot-mounting part on a cylindrical pipe, along with a slide mechanism allowing the air conditioner to adjust its position between the front panel and the cylindrical pipe, enabling it to pivot and slide with the movement of the seat cushion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the air conditioner is mounted to the support spring in the related art, then the air conditioner can be installed in the seat cushion, but it cannot appropriately follow the movement of the cushion pad when the front tilt mechanism adjusts the seating surface angle
Solution Approach 1:
The air conditioner is mounted on the front panel instead of being fixed to the support spring, allowing it to move dynamically with the front panel during tilt mechanism operation. The front panel serves as a moving mounting base that follows the cushion pad's movement, enabling the air conditioner to maintain its functional position relative to the seating surface while the tilt angle changes.
Solution Approach 2:
The front panel serves multiple functions: it acts as both the structural component of the seat cushion and the mounting base for the air conditioner. This multi-functionality allows the air conditioner to automatically follow the front panel's movement without requiring separate mounting mechanisms, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and reliability.
2Ease of manufacture
If the air conditioner is fixed to the support spring, then the installation is simple, but the air conditioner cannot maintain its position during cushion pad movement
Solution Approach 1:
The front panel serves dual purposes as both the seat cushion structural element and the mounting platform for the air conditioner. This eliminates the need for separate mounting mechanisms while automatically providing position adjustment capability during front tilt operation, achieving both installation simplicity and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
By mounting the air conditioner on the moving front panel rather than the stationary support spring, the system gains automatic position adjustment capability through the front panel's movement during tilt operation, while maintaining simple installation through direct attachment to the existing front panel structure.
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AI summary
A vehicle seat includes: a front tilt mechanism including a front panel that is bridged between left and right side frames of a seat cushion and connected with the left and right side frames at connection points, the front panel being configured to pivot about the connection points in a height direction to adjust an angle of a seating surface of a front portion of the seat cushion; and an air conditioner mounted to the seat cushion, the air conditioner including: a slide mechanism that allows to change a distance between a front pivot-mounting part and a rear pivot-mounting part with a slide movement, wherein the air conditioner is bridged between the lower surface of the front panel and the cylindrical pipe and configured to allow the front panel of the front tilt mechanism to pivot about the connection points with a slide movement of the slide mechanism.