Air inlet apparatus and method for operating an air inlet

US11052728B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• Gantimur Meissner · Berlin, DE
• Jochen Leinberger · Stuttgart, DE
• Dominic Arnold · Gerlingen, DE
• Daniel Zarges · Schwieberdingen, DE
• Samuel Gonzalez Moraleja · Herrenberg, DE
• Jan Koerner · Leonberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 15, 2019
• Grant date: Jul 6, 2021
• Expiry date: May 10, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60H2001/3485
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating an air inlet in a vehicle includes setting, via a touch-sensitive operator control unit in an air stream of the air inlet, a temperature and/or a volume flow of air flowing into an interior of the vehicle through the air inlet. The method also includes controlling a color of one or more luminous elements of the operator control unit depending on the setting of the temperature and/or of the volume flow. An apparatus for an inflow of air includes an air inlet, the air inlet configured to provide an inflow of an air stream into a vehicle interior, and a touch-sensitive operator control unit positioned in front of the air inlet such that the touch-sensitive control unit is disposed in the air stream, the touch-sensitive control unit being configured to set first and second operating parameters of the air inlet.