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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109811 | Air duct system An air duct for installation in a passenger compartment of a vehicle includes duct walls defining the cross-section of the air duct, such as a top duct wall and a bottom duct wall. The bottom duct wall may contain a fixing hole, whereas the top duct wall may contain... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8033899 | Cabin for a work vehicle A cabin for a work vehicle comprises: a driver's seat positioned within the cabin; cabin frames including at least a transverse frame located in a rear region of the cabin; a roof supported by at least some of the cabin frames; at least one air-conditioning duct loc... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8025559 | Device for connecting air ducts, motor vehicle door, motor vehicle pillar and motor vehicle interior paneling The invention concerns a device for connecting first and second air ducts using a connecting element for transferring an air stream between the air ducts, wherein the connecting element can assume various snap-in positions relative to the first air duct. ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7972203 | Windshield saver An air flow device for generating an air flow 30 across a windshield 4 of a vehicle 2, the air flow device has one or more means 10 for generating an air flow 32 located in proximity on a lateral end or side of the windshield 4 | 07/05/2011 |
| 7871316 | Passage opening and closing device A passage opening and closing device has first and second doors for respectively opening and closing passages defined in a case. The first and second doors have first and second rotation shafts, respectively. Each of the first and second rotation shafts includes a p... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7815498 | Device for distribution of air within the passenger compartment of a vehicle A flow of air coming out of a louver facing the internal space of the passenger compartment of a vehicle is oriented, exploiting the Coanda effect, in an area adjacent to a first surface of the passenger compartment or in an area adjacent to a second surface of the ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7431638 | Air passageway opening/closing device An air passageway opening/closing device provided with a plurality of sheet members provided with openings and passageway blocking parts located at the two sides of these openings, wherein the lengths in a direction of door movement of the openings differ by predete... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7419209 | Seat assembly providing airflow path to cool batteries Various aspects of the present invention relate to a vehicle seat assembly supportable on a floor of a vehicle having a battery pack disposed behind the vehicle seat, operable to help cool the battery pack, a vehicle battery pack cooling system, and a method of cool... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7413024 | Self-closing vent assembly A self-closing vent has its frame and a honeycomb screen coated with an intumescent material. When affixed to a wall with an opening the vent is normally open, allowing free flow of air through the opening, but when exposed to the heat of a fire, the intumescent mat... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7404760 | Control wheel for an automotive air vent A control wheel for controlling a control in an automotive vent has a resilient bushing which provides a frictional force to retain the control wheel in a desired position. The frictional force is substantially independent of tolerances of the components of the cont... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7381128 | Operating device of air conditioner for vehicle A gear portion is provided on the inner peripheral surface of a dial, and a large diameter portion of a main driving gear is mated with the gear portion. A driven gear is mated with a small diameter portion of the main driving gear, and the state of an air condition... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370695 | Combined cooling/climate control system for motor vehicles The present invention relates to a combined cooling/climate control system for motor vehicles for cooling the motor vehicle's electrical and/or electronic components and air conditioning of a passenger compartment of the vehicle, comprising: a main ventilation duct ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7334628 | Flow control device for gas stream A control device for gas is provided with a pivotable flap mounted between side walls of a guide duct. A receiving pocket for the insertion of a drive element (motor) is provided on one of the side walls and is oriented in such a way that, after insertion, the outpu... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7311593 | Air passage switching device An air passage switching device includes a film member for opening and closing an opening portion of an air passage, and the film member has a first end portion fixed to a peripheral portion of the opening portion and a second end portion fixed to a winding shaft. T... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7290980 | Duct quick connect removable blower housing apparatus A furnace blower apparatus has a tubular housing that is connected between a heating furnace and an exhaust flue of the furnace. The housing has an interior bore containing a fan assembly for drawing air through the furnace burner chamber on operation of the fan ass... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285041 | Air passage switching device and vehicle air conditioner An air passage switching device includes a slide door slidable along first and second opening portions partitioned by a partition portion, a guide member for guiding the slide door, and a link mechanism for slidably moving the slide door along the guide member. The ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7252585 | Work-vehicle cabin having air-conditioning unit A work-vehicle cabin having an air-conditioning unit is disclosed. The cabin includes a roof unit, a downwardly bulging ceiling portion constituting a part of the roof unit, a heater provided in the ceiling portion, an evaporator provided in the ceiling portion and ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7238904 | Automotive air conditioning switch system When a dial is operated to rotate forward to a DEF position with a knob 52 staying in a depressed state, a cam portion 12 operates a key operating portion 56 to move in an approaching direction in which the key operating portion 56 approa... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238102 | Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system having a film valve and film for controlling air flow A HVAC system of a motor vehicle includes a film having openings defined therein and moveable between open and closed positions. The film regulates airflow by opening and closing apertures defined in a housing of the HVAC system. The film is disposed in a film valve... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7163455 | Operating device for air conditioner for vehicle A plurality of click portions is formed integrally with a unit body. The click portions are arranged on a common circular track, and a dial is engaged with the click portions so as to be unstable and to be prevented from slipping off. Therefore, it is not necessary ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7141950 | Fan control utilizing bi-directional communication A system and method for bi-directional communication between a system controller and a fan controller: The system operates in two modes and there are two communication paths between the system controller and the fan controller. The first communication path provides ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7107970 | Fuel vapor purge control assembly and methods of assembling and controlling same A fuel vapor purge control assembly includes an intake passage, a vapor purge passage in fluid communication with the intake passage, a port between and in fluid communication with the intake passage and the vapor purge passage; a closing member movably mounted in t... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7108599 | Vehicle air conditioning system having door drive mechanism A pitch circle radius of a driving side gear of a drive mechanism of an air mix door is continuously and progressively increased from a maximum heating position side part to a maximum cooling position side part. A pitch circle radius of a driven side gear of the dri... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7101278 | HVAC unit housing assembly The present invention provides a vehicle ventilation system, and, in particular, a heating and air-conditioning assembly and method of making such an assembly, wherein the assembly comprises a multi-portion HVAC housing and an alignment feature. The alignment... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7102888 | Electronically integrated vehicle structure An integrated vehicle structure includes an electronic site in a plastic support structure. The electronic site has a flexible substrate with electronic components mounted thereon. The plastic support structure defines a plastic mounting surface which includes a plu... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7094268 | System and method for removing pollutants from a roadway Systems and methods for removing hydrocarbons and other pollutants from roadway surfaces are provided. The systems can include a pollution trap attached to a vehicle, where the pollution trap comprises an absorbent pad, filter, or membrane. The pollution trap is aff... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090575 | Air passage opening and closing device capable of preventing uncomfortable noise An air passage opening and closing device for controlling an air flow for air-conditioning a vehicle compartment which is adapted to reduce an uncomfortable noise generated when the opening degree of a door such as an air-mixing door is small is provided, wherein a ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083016 | Mobile chassis and interchangeable vehicle body with waste heat rejection system A mobile chassis for vehicle body interchangeability has a waste heat rejection system packaged in a rolling platform. The system is connected to a powertrain cooling loop for waste heat circulation. The cooling loop includes cooling fin heat exchangers on the sides... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081729 | Variable-structure diagnostics approach achieving optimized low-frequency data sampling for EMA motoring subsystem The present invention provides a diagnostics methodology and embedded electronic system that allows optimized low-frequency data sampling for EMA motoring subsystems in an operating vehicle. Each of the EMA motoring subsystems includes: an EMA; at least one motor fo... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7061202 | Automobile servomotor controller An automobile servomotor controller includes a master control unit having a master control circuit for transmitting a designation signal and a slave unit having a motor and a control circuit which controls driving of a motor by outputting an operation signal to a dr... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7044849 | Air vent for ventilation systems An air vent is provided that is capable of delivering a distributed divergent air flow with a predominant direction of flow that can be changed within a wide range of mutually perpendicular directions. In one embodiment, the air vent has an outlet grid that is gener... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7028791 | Mobile chassis and interchangeable vehicle body with a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system A mobile chassis for vehicle body interchangeability has a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system packaged in a rolling platform. The system is connected to a powertrain cooling loop for waste heat circulation and to an electric air conditioning co... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7022008 | Air duct seal for HVAC case An HVAC duct sealing system has an air duct wall, a sealing surface, such as an HVAC case, against which the air duct wall is biased, and a seal member interposed between the duct wall and the sealing surface. The seal member is interposed between the air duct wall ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7003970 | Power module and air conditioner An efficient heat diffusing structure comprising a power module having a mounting substrate that has a high thermal conduction efficiency. The mounting substrate is comprised of a mounting surface on which an electric power circuit for controlling electric power is ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7005821 | Servomotor controller In a servomotor controller, when a comparing circuit (70) detects that a position of an object to be controlled has been achieved to a target position, an operation inhibiting signal generating section (71) supplies an operation inhibiting signal (7... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997240 | Flap for an air-guide duct A flap provided with an integral motor-containing drive element provided with an integral motor-containing drive element for controlling the air flow through an air-guide duct in, for example, a motor vehicle air condition system which includes a housing defining an... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6978824 | Control unit cooling device for an industrial vehicle A control unit cooling device for an industrial vehicle that can efficiently cool the control unit, wherein the control unit includes a cooling portion integrally formed with an electric circuit. In one embodiment of the invention, the control unit cooling device ma... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979258 | Point contact valve seats for film applications In a ventilation system of a motor vehicle, a film valve can selectively open and close an air path opening defined by a housing with a rib or projection that encircles such opening. The rib can define a point contact between the film valve and the housing when view... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6932692 | Film valve for an air conditioning system A film valve for an air conditioning system is of the type having two spaced-apart coupling ends, and a plurality of vent holes disposed between the coupling ends. The film valve includes a base layer made of glass fiber and having two opposite side surfaces, and tw... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932691 | Film valve assembly for a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system A film valve assembly for a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system includes a frame, two roller mechanisms disposed on the frame, and a film valve disposed between the roller mechanisms under tension. A tension unit includes a tension rod having two ends t... | 08/23/2005 |
