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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316447 | Integrated motor vehicle cowl vent and seal An integrated windshield cowl and seal assembly includes a body of a rigid thermoplastic material and upper and lower forward and lower rear resilient seals bonded to the body. The seals may be either bonded by material compatibility or by mechanical, interlocking o... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7162992 | Air intake device for straddle-type vehicle The present air intake device for a straddle-type vehicle, includes: an air cleaner case including an outer wall having an outer surface; and an air intake case of a fixed volume having an open end. The open end is disposed opposite to the outer surface of the outer... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7093890 | Cowl grille structure with integral washer fluid channel A cowl grille structure for positioning in a space between a lower edge of a motor vehicle windshield and a rear edge of a motor vehicle hood. In one embodiment the cowl grille structure includes a molded main body planar leaf screen portion, a washer fluid channel ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7044848 | Fresh air intake for a vehicle An air intake for a vehicle that facilitates air transfer from an ambient environment outside the vehicle to a vehicle space is provided. The air intake inhibits liquid transfer from the ambient environment to the vehicle space. The air intake includes a housing hav... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7008469 | Portable air filtration system utilizing a conductive coating and a filter for use therein A portable air filtration system includes a filter housing having an air inlet and outlet. The housing defines a filtration chamber between the inlet and outlet. The air filtration system uses an intake fan, an ionizing mechanism, a filter media, and a conductive co... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004534 | Vehicle front-body structure A structure of a cowl and its vicinities is provided which is capable of, even in a vehicle which has an open cowl structure, using the open cowl structure as a member which connects the right and left bodies of the vehicle, and at the same time, realizing a structu... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6974376 | Air conditioner for vehicle with noise-reduction means A flow straightening grid 30 is provided at an area where the air flow turns about 180 degrees in an air path 23, or in the vicinity thereof. Because of this, the air flow can be prevented from being disturbed in the air path 23 and, therefore, ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6957849 | Windshield stop for cowl vent grille attachment A windshield stop is operable in a conventional manner to support the lower edge of an automotive windshield while the adhesive material mounting the windshield to the body of the automobile cures, and is also operable to provide an attachment of the cowl grille ass... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6955593 | HVAC protection system for automotive vehicles A protection system for a heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system including one or more of a base, a shield and a deflector. The protection system is generally designed for preventing water and debris from flowing into the HVAC system. ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6938727 | Integrated engine compartment component and air intake system A fan shroud includes a fan shroud portion having a surface including an aperture. A cooling fan is supported proximate to the aperture for permitting air flow through the fan shroud from the environment to the engine compartment. An air intake portion is supported ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6604992 | HVAC air inlet drain An HVAC system moisture collection and drainage system is disclosed. The system includes a sloped bottom wall of the system air tract recirc housing in combination with an adjacent extended trough shaped sill for redirecting collected moisture to exit the... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6520175 | Flue seal A flue seal (10) utilized in conjunction with a flue (12) within a fireplace (14). The flue seal (10) has a magnetic sheet (18) positionable within the flue (12). The magnetic sheet (18) has a sheet opening (18a) therethrough. A fastener (20) is securely ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6431977 | Air inlet for a heating or air conditioning installation in an motor vehicle In the cowl of a motor vehicle, partitioning walls are provided by means of which the air inlet opening for a heating or air-conditioning system is partitioned off from the ram pressure in the area below the windshield which occurs during the drive of the... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6322440 | Outside air intake structure An outside air intake structure of an automobile includes (a) a cowl panel having a cowl panel opening; (b) a dash panel having a dash panel opening; and (c) a duct disposed on the dash panel opening. Thus, the outside air is allowed to pass through the c... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6168516 | Device and method for an automobile air vent intake system A method of preventing clogging and leaking in an automobile air vent system where there is an upwardly facing air vent grill which is made of a magnetically permeable material and is positioned at an upper portion of the body surface of the automobile fo... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6155627 | Leaf guard for a vehicle A new leaf guard for a vehicle for helping keep leaves and other debris from collecting in the space between the windshield and hood of a vehicle. The inventive device includes an elongate base with its upper surface adapted for attachment to the hood of ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5850183 | Air filter restriction indicating device An air restriction indicating device for measuring very low ranges of filter restriction (e.g., on the order of 0.0 to 1.5 inches of H2 O or 0.0 to 0.54 psi) in a micronfilter used in vehicular heating/ventilation/air conditioning (HVAC) system... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5797159 | Modular apparatus for washing and wiping a vehicle windshield A vehicle has a windshield and a hood extending away from the lower edge of the windshield. A modular windshield washing and wiping apparatus, disposed adjacent to the lower edge of the windshield, comprises at least two modules, arranged to be assembled ... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5692953 | Automotive cowl screen assembly An automotive vehicle cowl cover assembly has a body cowl surface made of a material with a first coefficient of thermal expansion and an elongated ventilation screen covering the air intake opening with ventilation slots therein made from a material havi... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5681075 | Cowl louver A cowl louver for a vehicle permits fresh air to flow into an air intake and prevents entry of snow into the air intake. The cowl louver has a plate-like shaped base and includes at least one mesh portion, formed on the base, in which are formed a plurali... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5632673 | Ventilation system for lightweight automobile A ventilation system for a lightweight automobile having a plastic body includes a heating air inlet in fluid communication with fresh air at the engine hood upper cowl of the automobile. The air inlet is rigid plastic and is bonded to the hood to stiffen... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5551914 | Device for providing fresh air to the passenger compartment of a vehicle Fresh air supplied to the passenger compartment of a vehicle is aspirated via a common fresh air aspirating opening and is conducted to two separately arranged filter devices. The fresh air cleaned in each filter device then is separately conducted to a c... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5533779 | Vehicle body A vehicle body, in particular for passenger cars, with an opening, which extends over the entire width of the body between the windshield and the rear edge of the engine hood and is divided into a water-inlet region with a water channel arranged underneat... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5368620 | Device for cleaning surrounding air fed to passenger compartment of motor vehicle Various types of air cleaning devices for cleaning air fed to a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle are described. These air cleaning devices are arranged to incorporate with a cowl top structure of the vehicle. In one type, an air filter is disposed... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5254033 | Automatically released air inlet filter In an automotive heating and/or cooling system, an air inlet leads to plenum which contains a filter held horizontally by a hinge at one side and by a spring latch at the other side to filter the incoming air flow. The spring latch has a limited holding f... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5137326 | Convertible-type passenger car The body of the convertible has, in addition to the cross sections of the heater and/or vent installation, a further flow conduit (5) with a relatively large flow cross section, by means of which an airflow (accordance with arrow 7) from the outside into ... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5003866 | Car ventilator A ventilator having a housing with first and second openings is mounted on structure of a vehicle and communicates directly with the vehicle cabin to move air between the vehicle cabin ad the outside environment. The ventilator may be nonportably secured ... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4953449 | Filtered positive ventilation system for vehicle A ventilation system for a motor vehicle includes an air intake opening through a wall of the vehicle and an air scoop to direct air thereinto, the intake opening being the only deliberate air permeable opening in the vehicle. A filter bag is connected to... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4936400 | Device for securely covering air vents in special-purpose vehicles A device for reliably covering air vents in special vehicles. The device consists of parallel strips of L-shaped or S-shaped structural section. The object is to reliably prevent not only foreign bodies but also migrating splinters thereof from penetratin... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4909566 | Construction of cowl box of vehicle A cowl box of a vehicle in which a duct passagae through which an air duct of an air conditioner extends in a vertical direction is arranged to support a front windshield in such a fashion that the cowl box and the air duct are superposed as viewed in a t... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4805522 | Cross member structure for automobile A hollow cross member structure for an automobile having a cross member which is disposed laterally across the automobile so as to form a part of the dashboard of the automobile and to define a part of an air duct structure for air conditioning the passen... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4779517 | Fresh air supply device for vehicles A fresh air supply device is disclosed which is connected upstream of a blower of a heating or air conditioning unit in a motor vehicle. The blower is accommodated by a housing with the fresh air entering into a gap between the windscreen and the adjacent... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4771679 | Air box construction for automotive vehicles An air box has at a forward side thereof an air inlet or inlets. A pouch-shaped air intake is attached to the forward side of the air intake for drawing air to the air inlet or inlets. A wiper unit is installed on the air box in such a manner as to partly... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4768423 | Vehicle charcoal air filter assembly An improved air filtering device for use with motor vehicles includes a carbon bed filter removably mountable within the vehicle cowl air inlet adjacent the bottom of the vehicle windshield. Provision is made for quickly securing the replaceable filter pa... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4721032 | Arrangements for forming automobile cowl structures An arrangement for forming an automobile cowl structure comprises a windshield supporting frame with a closed cross section provided for supporting a lower end of a front windshield and composed of a cowl top member formed in the shape of a bank protrudin... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4637297 | Means of isolating automobile blower intake from engine compartment and exhaust fumes Disclosed is an isolator for preventing fumes from the engine compartment and exhaust of a motor vehicle from entering a curbside blower intake of the vehicle. In a preferred form, the isolator also establishes an air curtain which projects outwardly adja... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4470341 | Air intake device for a compartment of automotive vehicle Disclosed herein is an air intake device for a compartment of automotive vehicle provided with a transversely elongated space between a rear end portion of an engine hood panel and a substantially horizontal plate of a cowl outer panel for inducing air to... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4385549 | Automobile ventilating apparatus A ventilating device for an automobile is provided in combination with the hood and the front fenders. An air inlet gap is disposed between the hood and the fender on each side of the automobile and extends laterally therealong. Conduits are disposed abov... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4286506 | Air ventilation apparatus for vehicle A hollow body with first and second open ends is spanned between a dashboard and an instrument panel in such a manner that the first open end is open to a fresh air inlet opening formed in the dashboard and the second open end is supported by the instrume... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4242951 | Air intake vent for armored vehicle An air intake vent (20) for the cowl opening (24) of an armored vehicle includes a front armor plate (26) extending upwardly from the cowl (22) forward of the opening and a holder (30) for mounting an air filter (32) over the cowl opening, and the vent al... | 01/06/1981 |
