Heater-equipped seat

Abstract

A vehicle heating apparatus ( 100 A) of the present disclosure is a heating apparatus to be mounted on a vehicle seat ( 11 ) at a position below a sitting portion ( 5 ) of the vehicle seat ( 11 ). The vehicle heating apparatus ( 100 A) includes: a housing ( 10 ) having an intake port ( 2 ), a blowing port ( 3 ), and an internal space ( 4 ) serving as a flow path of air from the intake port ( 2 ) to the blowing port ( 3 ); a fan ( 6 ) provided in the internal space ( 4 ); a heater ( 7 ) provided in the internal space ( 4 ); and a mounting structure ( 8 ) adapted to mount the housing ( 10 ) to the vehicle seat ( 11 ) in such a manner that the housing ( 10 ) is movable in a width direction of the vehicle seat ( 11 ). Therefore, the vehicle heating apparatus ( 100 A) of the present disclosure is highly convenient for occupants.

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         16 . A heater-equipped seat comprising:
 a sitting portion;   a housing having an intake port, a blowing port, and an internal space serving as a flow path of air from the intake port to the blowing port, the housing mounted at a position below the sitting portion;   a fan provided in the internal space;   a heater provided in the internal space; and   a mounting structure adapted to mount the housing in such a manner that the housing is movable in a width direction of the heater-equipped seat.   
     
     
         17 . The heater-equipped seat according to  claim 16 , the blowing port is located above the intake port and opens downwardly relative to a horizontal direction. 
     
     
         18 . The heater-equipped seat according to  claim 16 , wherein the flow path of air has a narrowing flow path having a flow path cross-sectional area that decreases from an upstream side toward a downstream side in a flow direction of air. 
     
     
         19 . The heater-equipped seat according to  claim 16 , further comprising a support structure fixed to the heater-equipped seat and supporting the heating apparatus, wherein
 the mounting structure of the heating apparatus has an engaging portion that is in engagement with the support structure.   
     
     
         20 . The heater-equipped seat according to  claim 19 , wherein
 the support structure has a rail fixed to the heater-equipped seat so as to extend in the width direction of the heater-equipped seat, and   the engaging portion is in engagement with the rail in such a manner that the housing is movable along the rail in the width direction of the heater-equipped seat.   
     
     
         21 . The heater-equipped seat according to  claim 20 , the engaging portion is in engagement with an upper end portion of the rail and a lower end portion of the rail. 
     
     
         22 . The heater-equipped seat according to  claim 20 , further comprising a locking mechanism provided at an end in a width direction of the housing, wherein
 the locking mechanism includes: a locking portion that restrains movement of the housing in the width direction of the heater-equipped seat by being in contact with the rail; and a lever operative to disengage the locking portion from the rail.   
     
     
         23 . The heater-equipped seat according to  claim 16 , wherein a pair of the heating apparatuses are mounted at a distance from each other in the width direction of the heater-equipped seat. 
     
     
         24 . The heater-equipped seat according to  claim 19 , wherein
 a pair of the heating apparatuses are mounted at a distance from each other in the width direction of the heater-equipped seat,   the support structure has a left support structure and a right support structure that are fixed at a distance from each other in the width direction of the heater-equipped seat, and   the pair of heating apparatuses are supported respectively by the left support structure and by the right support structure.   
     
     
         25 . The heater-equipped seat according to  claim 24 , further comprising a seat position adjustment bar provided between the left support structure and the right support structure and operative to adjust a position of the heater-equipped seat in a back-and-forth direction. 
     
     
         26 . The heater-equipped seat according to  claim 21 , wherein the rail has a middle portion spaced from the housing in a region between the upper end portion and the lower end portion.