Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Lear Corporation

Sebastian Geithner

Michael L Tracht

Rainer Penzel

Thomas Klisch

Wolfgang Herrmann

Hendrik Nordalm

Wolfgang Hermann

An air supply device and a method of operating same are provided for a vehicle seat having an air discharge opening provided in the upper region of the vehicle seat, via which opening a head, shoulder, and neck region of the seat occupant can be supplied with an airflow. The airflow is adjustable by a control unit for controlling or regulating a fan rotational speed of a blower and can be heated via a heating element. The control unit is supplied at least one activation signal for activating the air supply device and a temperature signal that provides information about the interior temperature. The control unit activates the heating element and the blower according to the activation signal and then controls at least the blower as a function of the interior temperature.

Air supply device for a motor vehicle seat and method for operating the air supply device

A seat assembly having a seat structure, a cover, a back panel, and a package plate. The back panel has a lateral wall that covers a receiving space in which a side airbag module is arranged. The package plate is arranged between the lateral wall and the side airbag module. The package plate has a back end that engages the seat structure and a front end disposed opposite the back end that is located within the receiving space. An airbag of the side airbag module is configured to deploy between the front end and the cover and between the cover and a free end of the lateral wall.

Seat

A seat (), in particular a backrest () comprises a seat structure (), a cover (), and a back panel (), which back panel () has at least one lateral wall () covering a receiving space () formed in a side wall () of the backrest (), in which a soft cover side airbag module SAM () is arranged, wherein the airbag of the SAM () will deploy between cover () and a free end () of the lateral wall () in a deployment direction (). To improve such a seat to provide it with an excellent outer appearance, wherein the danger of an inadvertent opening of a lateral wall is substantially reduced, and wherein the deployment of the airbag is by no means negatively influenced, but supported in an advantageous way, a package plate () is arranged between the SAM () and an inner surface () of the lateral wall () which package plate () is fastened at its back end section () to the SAM () and releasably at its front end section () within the receiving space (), wherein the airbag will deploy between front section () and cover ().

Seat having a side airbag module

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Munich, Germany

Sebastian Geithner