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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7871317 | Air exit guidance An air exit guidance which in particular is provided for arrangement in the personal service unit of an passenger aircraft. The guidance includes an air inlet and an air outlet as well as an adjustable throttle which is arranged at the inflow side of the air exit gu... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7645187 | Air-conditioning duct An air-conditioning duct is provided inside a car console box that has an ornamental portion. The duct has an air passage for conducting conditioned air from an air conditioner to the passenger compartment. The air passage is defined by a first wall portion formed b... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7625275 | Aerodynamic rain-hat for vehicle air intake A rain-hat is mounted over the fresh air intake opening of an automotive vehicle to restrict the passage of free water into the fresh air intake opening. The rain-hat is formed with a sloped front wall have the top edge leading into the direction of air flow from th... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7275985 | HVAC protection system for automotive vehicles There is disclosed a protection system for a heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The protection system includes one or more of a base, a shield and a deflector. The protection system is generally designed for preventing water and debris from flo... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7197885 | Water separator with ribs In preferred aspects of the present invention, at least one rib is provided can be molded to an internal dividing wall in the interior of a water separator in an automotive HVAC unit. In more preferred aspects, a plurality of ribs is provided that are molded to or w... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7106056 | Security screening method and apparatus A method and apparatus to screen individuals specifically for paramagnetic or ferromagnetic objects they may be carrying or wearing, before they enter a security area. The device comprises either a screening portal or a compact, hand-held magnetic gradiometer and it... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7036333 | Integrated drain tube plumbing tray A mounting arrangement for an automobile heating core includes a dash panel defining a boundary between a passenger compartment and an engine compartment. The heater core is positioned in the passenger compartment. An inlet pipe extends between the dash panel and th... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7000979 | Vehicle cowl structure with vent pipe A vehicle cowl structure basically comprises a cowl panel and a vent pipe disposed in the cowl panel at a low drainage point on a lateral wall portion of the cowl panel. The vent pipe includes an opening that is split by a divider into an upper air passageway and a ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6939219 | Powered ventilator A ventilator in a cover for a deck on a boat. A base of the ventilator has first openings therein through which the deck is connected to a chamber formed by the first intermediary member and the base. A motor retained in the first intermediary member has a fan that ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6565620 | Internally sourced engine air intake filtration arrangement An arrangement for providing combustion air as well as cabin air for a motor vehicle includes an engine air intake duct which opens through the fire wall of the motor vehicle so that cabin air is used for combustion air. Fresh cabin air is continuously in... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6514136 | Hydrogen ventilation duct for fuel-cell-powered vehicle A hydrogen ventilation duct includes tubes for communication between a motor room as a space beneath a hood and a space inside a gutter. The gutter includes a vent communicating with the outside. Hydrogen staying in the motor room is released naturally th... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6347989 | Air intake manifold for a vehicle ventilation system An air intake manifold for providing air from an exterior of a vehicle to a ventilation system of the vehicle. A primary plenum chamber has an intake passageway formed therein. The intake passageway is adapted to allow air from the exterior of the vehicle... | 02/19/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6182741 | Air conditioner for preventing corrosion of evaporator An air conditioner includes a case accommodating an evaporator having a core portion and a lower tan disposed at a bottom of the core portion. The case has a recess portion disposed at an upstream air side of the evaporator, and a covering wall is formed ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6033300 | Automotive vehicle HVAC rainhat In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a high temperature injection molded polymeric rainhat for a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning air intake of an automotive vehicle is provided. The rainhat includes a flange for adhesively ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5679074 | Air inlet installation for an automobile An air supply installation for a motor vehicle with an airflow passage connecting the air inlet with an air outlet, in which, viewed in the direction of flow, a water separator and an air filter are disposed behind each other. To obtain good separation of... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5628682 | Ballistically protective air passage A low signature, low restriction, ballistically protective air intake assly for an exteriorly armored structure. The assembly is provided is comprised of one or more ducts having an entry end, an exit end and a spiralled duct portion between the ends. Th... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5618323 | Integral cab and engine air intake system for a vehicle An air intake system for a cab and engine of a vehicle is shown and described. In a preferred embodiment, dry, ambient air is provided to the cab and engine through a duct that is mounted to an inner surface of a vehicle hood such that the hood forms a to... | 04/08/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5277656 | Motor vehicle engine bonnet An engine bonnet integrates a water separation facility while dispensing with expensive additional parts which were hitherto necessary in order to separate concomitantly entering water from the air for a heating and air-conditioning system flowing in via ... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5230547 | Run-off collecting box A water box is provided for collecting run-off water which flows between a motor vehicle windscreen and an engine bonnet into a body space. A component has a water guide channel which carries away water along the windscreen lower edge, a forward set water... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5221231 | Motor vehicle heating/air conditioning system A motor vehicle heating/air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle has a water-removal device arranged in the fresh-air inlet duct, rising from the duct base and comprising a coarse-mesh lattice and a fine-mesh lattice resting against the latter. The wate... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5162019 | Fresh-air intake duct for a motor vehicle Air-permeable and water-permeable baffles in the form of a fine-meshed grill are mounted in front of the upwardly projecting side walls in a motor vehicle fresh-air intake duct in order to improve separation with an inlet grill retaining any coarse impuri... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5145457 | Ventilation air intake structure of motor vehicle A ventilation air intake structure of a motor vehicle is shown, which comprises two side panels incorporated with both a cowl top panel and a dash upper panel to define an air box which extends along a rear upper edge portion of an engine room of the vehi... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5139458 | Fresh-air supply system for a ventilation device of a vehicle A fresh-air supply system for a vehicle ventilation device through an air inlet opening in a bonnet or hood swivellably attached to the vehicle bodywork, has a fresh-air duct which starts from the air inlet opening, the first duct portion of which is arra... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5081912 | Vehicle vent A vehicle vent (12) for exhausting air from a vehicle occupant compartment includes a float valve (32) that prevents water that enters an outlet (24) of the vent from passing into the vehicle through the vent inlet (20) but which has a drain passage (36) ... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5056423 | Device for supplying fresh air to the passenger space of a vehicle In a device for supplying fresh air to the passenger space of a vehicle, to ensure an easy filter change, at the same time with the air filter being protected against water, the fresh-air inlet is arranged in the engine hood and the water run-off is arran... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5022479 | Motor vehicle engine air intake system including moisture elimination apparatus An elongate, shallow, rectangular duct is formed in a vehicle hood by structure depending from an inner surface thereof, the hood inner surface forming a top surface of the duct. The rectangular duct includes a forward ambient air inlet and a rear air out... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4956979 | Heating and/or air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle In a heating and/or air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle, which has a first drain for rain and washing water and a second drain for the condensation water forming in the area of the evaporator, it is provided that both drains, at least in part, are... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4874198 | Cover strip for the lower edge of a bonded windscreen of a motor car A cover strip to cover over a lower edge of a bonded windscreen oriented in the transverse direction of the vehicle, which is located in the air suction region of a blower, is anchored to the windscreen so as to maintain an interval whereby a duct is form... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4819550 | Air intake structure of an automobile Between the bottom end of the front glass window and the top end of the dash panel constituting the front wall of the vehicle chamber is formed the cowl frame member extending in a transverse direction of the vehicle body. An air passage consists a first ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4722265 | Fresh air supply device in a motor vehicle A fresh air supply device in a motor vehicle which is installed in an accessories compartment. The engine compartment partition and passenger compartment partition which adjoin the accessories compartment are joined together in the center of the vehicle b... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4601510 | Front body structure for motor vehicle A front body structure for motor vehicles, with an end wall and with an equipment space which is arranged in front of the end wall in the engine space and is partitioned off from the latter and which is covered at the top by an engine hood, there being in... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4597323 | Vehicle air conditioning installation A fresh air supply device for a heating, ventilating and/or air-conditioning installation of a motor vehicle is provided wherein the fresh air enters through a gap between the windshield and the hood into an air collecting tank. In order to prevent the ad... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4563942 | Equipment part covered by a casing and having a fan A casing for an equipment part, both casing and part being accommodated in a space located between the engine compartment or boot and the splash wall of a motor vehicle, the portion of the casing surrounding the equipment part from below, or its connectio... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4541664 | Water conduit for a lateral area of a windshield of a motor vehicle A water conduit for water accumulating in lateral areas of the windshield of a motor vehicle. The conduit includes a main water channel formed by a molding extending at a spacing in front of the windshield and by another residual water channel located far... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4494790 | Rain gutter arrangement for automotive vehicle The present invention features a sub or secondary weather strip which also functions as a rain gutter. The upper portion which extends along roof side rail is open to receive rain water while that portion which extends down along the front pillar is hollo... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4437393 | Assembly compartment arranged between an engine compartment or trunk and a splash panel of a motor vehicle An aggregate space or assembly compartment arranged between an engine compartment or a trunk and a splash panel of a motor vehicle. The aggregate space is closed off by means of a hood which can be swung upwardly and has an air inlet slot between an end e... | 03/20/1984 |
