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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7972204 | Vehicle door seal venting system and method A vehicle door seal venting system is provided for venting air trapped in the seal gap between two or more spaced environmental seals. As the vehicle door transitions to a closed position, the seals engage between the vehicle door and vehicle body door opening, acti... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7302962 | Vehicle pressure relief valve having peripherally secured flaps and method of manufacturing the same A pressure relief valve (12) for relieving air pressure from a passenger compartment (14) of a vehicle (10) includes a base (18) having a peripheral portion (30). A central opening (42) extends through the peripheral portion... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7247088 | Air conditioner for vehicle In an air conditioner for a vehicle including a front pillar which is disposed diagonally in front of a passenger and extends slant in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, there are provided an air conditioning duct disposed along the front pillar, a front-pilla... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7182093 | Vehicle pressure relief valve having centrally secured flaps and method of manufacturing the same A pressure relief valve (12) for relieving air pressure from a passenger compartment (14) of a vehicle (10) includes a base (18) having a central portion (26) and a peripheral portion (28). A plurality of openings (46... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7147121 | Valve for non-spill cup A valve for use with a cap for a spill resistant cup, the cap including a spout to dispense the liquid and a valve mount extending from the spout to engage with the valve. The valve includes a generally cylindrical valve tower extending from a valve base to sealingl... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137880 | Ventilation duct for vehicles A vehicle ventilation duct includes a duct body, a conduit, a sound absorption chamber, a transmission opening communicating the conduit with the sound absorption chamber, and an air-permeable member closing the transmission opening permeably. The duct body is dispo... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6981914 | Soft top rear side flap vent for utility vehicle A removably insertable rear cabin air vent for installation between the rear side flap and the rear wall of the soft top of an off road or utility vehicle. The vent is inserted and held in place between the rear sidewall flap and the rear of the soft top by any know... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6978634 | Separately air-conditionable vehicle air conditioning apparatus A vehicle air conditioning apparatus has discharging openings, each of which is disposed near a corresponding one of passenger seats. Accordingly, air discharged from air outlets does not flow so as to concentrate on one discharging opening and instead flows toward ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6969314 | Air exhauster invention A pressure relief valve provided for installation in an opening in a motor vehicle body. In particular, the valve is configured to allow a volume of air to flow therethrough substantially equivalent to the volume of air permitted to flow through the opening if the v... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6558246 | Hingeless ventilator A two-way hingeless ventilator for ventilating an enclosure through a wall thereof has a frame defining an opening therethrough. A closure member is disposed against an outer side of the frame and is alternately swingable relative to the frame between ope... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6468148 | Exhaust ventilator An exhaust ventilator has a frame on which an opening is formed. The frame is composed of a main frame and a flange. Partitions divide the opening of the frame into a plurality of air vents in a matrix manner. Butterfly valves of plate shape have their up... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6468149 | Air vent for a vehicle A two-piece hardtop for sport utility vehicles. An air vent is provided that allows air to flow out from the interior of the vehicle without letting water enter the vehicle through it.... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6435961 | Ventilation system for an interior of a motor vehicle A ventilation system for an interior of a motor vehicle including a fan secured to an interior surface of the roof of the motor vehicle. The fan is in communication with the electrical power source of the motor vehicle. A plurality of solar panels are sec... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6409591 | Automotive vehicle exhauster vent An automotive vehicle is provided having a car body including in a preferred embodiment a passenger compartment and a trunk compartment. The passenger compartment has a vent communicating with the trunk compartment and has compressible fluid communication... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6186886 | Vehicle cabin cooling system for capturing and exhausting heated boundary layer air from inner surfaces of solar heated windows The cabin cooling system includes a cooling duct positioned proximate and above upper edges of one or more windows of a vehicle to exhaust hot air as the air is heated by inner surfaces of the windows and forms thin boundary layers of heated air adjacent ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6106045 | Cab back trim panel for pick-up truck application with exhauster and NVH improvements A trim panel for mounting to a cabin wall of a vehicle, wherein the cabin wall includes an exhauster for relieving pressure within the cabin of the vehicle and a child-seat anchor for retaining a child seat. The trim panel includes a generally rigid suppo... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6030285 | Device for dissipating heat from a car A device for dissipating heat from a car and having discharge ports the angle of which is adjustable. The device includes a body, an air discharge rotary cylinder having discharge ports, a fan blade shaft, and a securing device. The body is comprised of l... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5733190 | Desmoking vehicle interior by partitioning and ventilation An apparatus reduces the harmful effects of environmental tobacco smoke when a person smoking tobacco and a non-smoking person occupy the interior of a motor vehicle. The apparatus has three components. The first component is a transparent plastic curtain... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5695397 | Air extractor assembly An air extractor assembly for an automotive vehicle is provided which includes at least one depression (34) formed in a body panel (14) of an automotive vehicle (10) and including an aperture (52) formed through the depression. An air extractor valve (40)... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5588909 | Solar power-operated cooling system for motor vehicles A solar power-operated cooling system installed in a motor vehicle for circulation of air, including a solar power device having a plurality of photovoltaic cells mounted for converting the radiant energy of sunlight into electric power and a power output... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5419739 | Flap-type pressure relief valve and method of forming the same A flap type pressure relief valve comprises a frame having an opening therethrough controlled by a valve flap in the form of a flexible sheet of material mounted to the frame along a first side of the opening to overlie the opening. The flexible sheet is ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5261855 | Smoke removal system for vehicles A smoke removal system for a vehicle includes a primary smoke exit vent and a secondary smoke exit vent associated with passenger locations inside a passenger compartment of a vehicle. Each exit vent is individually, selectively operable such that only th... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5205781 | Preliminary ventilation device for vehicles In a vehicle incorporating a control device connected to a solar battery, a storage battery, an operation unit, a first ventilating fan 3 and a second ventilating fan 4, when the operation mode is set by a change-over operation of the operation unit 2 to ... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5167574 | Ventilation system A ventilation system for ventilating the inside of a compartment such as the compartment of an automobile or the room of a building. The ventilation system prevents the contaminated outside air from flowing back into the inside of the compartment from an ... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5167573 | Preliminary ventilation device for vehicles In a vehicle incorporating a control device connected to a solar battery, a storage battery, an operation unit and a ventilation unit, a preliminary ventilating device is set to either of charging mode in which the storage battery is charged from the sola... | 12/01/1992 |
| 4981072 | Exterior rear view mirror assembly with ventilator for exterior side window An exterior rear view mirror assembly having a housing with a passage for directing a mixture of ambient air and conditioned air over the exterior surface of a side window of a vehicle. A mounting structure attached to the housing has a grille adjoining t... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4972765 | Door vent A door vent having a vent formed to be slightly larger than a venting aperture in the automobile inner door panel. The vent has a second layer made of Mylar and a first layer made of polyvinylchloride or a nitrile, with an adhesive strip disposed on the t... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4932315 | Door water deflector and vent A water deflector and venting apparatus comprising sheets with a polymer coating applied to both sides, treated to accept or release adhesive, an adhesive applied to one side of the sheets, the sheets being supplied in a stacked fashion for easy separatio... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4920865 | Device for extracting air from an automobile interior A device for extracting to atmosphere the air from the interior of an automobile passenger compartment, comprising at least one air outlet aperture (12) provided in a wall (11) of the luggage compartment (10), and at least one non-return valve (14) engage... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4872444 | Wind deflector shield for water heater compartment A wind deflector shield for the ventilation opening in the door of a water heater closet of a vehicle. The deflector shield is resiliently flexed to install the shield in the ventilation opening.... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4798130 | Door water deflector and vent A water deflector and venting apparatus comprising sheets with a polymer coating applied to both sides, treated to accept or release adhesive, an adhesive applied to one side of the sheets, the sheets being supplied in a stacked fashion for easy separatio... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4788904 | Assembly for cooling vehicle parts A solar energy collector for an automotive vehicle comprises an absorber panel and a cover panel spaced from one another to form an air flow channel. The passenger compartment of the vehicle communicates with the air flow channel via one or more openings,... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4781106 | Return air barrier for motor vehicles A return air barrier for a system for venitilation of the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle has a closure flap made of a flexible low-density material suspended, and resting by its own weight against an inclined grid in the housing of the return ai... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4756242 | Vehicle window ventilator The vehicle window ventilator is of a one-piece construction, including a top bulbous portion and a bottom polyurethane portion having openings extending therethrough angled from the interior of the vehicle rearwardly to the exterior for inducing quiet ai... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4721031 | Tractor cabin A tractor cabin having struts, a top framework, an air conditioner mounted on the top framework, and a ceiling assembly covering an entire ceiling area of the cabin. In order to optimize air conditioned flows, the ceiling assembly includes outlet vents in... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4691623 | Ventilator device for vehicle A ventilator device for a vehicle comprises a ventilation frame including a shutter-like grille and a side wall rearwardly extending therefrom and a valve member including a bill-shaped check valve projecting toward the grille. An end of the periphery of ... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4667578 | Air-extractor casing for motor vehicles An air-extractor casing for motor vehicles is concealed behind a bumper component at the side of the vehicle. The casing comprises a main body of resilient material which can be clipped into an opening in the vehicle body behind the bumper and which has a... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4462303 | Multifunction sail mirror A sail mirror assembly 10 is provided which is operatively connected through ducting 16 to a source of heated air in an automobile heating and ventilating system. Doors 26, 64, 84 are selectively moveable by motors 68, 74 to effect operation in four modes... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4430929 | Ventilation mechanism A ventilation mechanism to be mounted in a window opening on a front lateral side of a motor vehicle, including a bracket adapted to be fixed in the window opening, a valve member supported on the bracket and movable between two positions for opening and ... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4222314 | Passenger space ventilation system for motor vehicles A passenger space ventilation system for motor vehicles in which stale passenger air is removed toward the outside through openings within the rear area of the body and in which after leaving the passenger space but prior to the discharge into the air flo... | 09/16/1980 |
