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Mixing device for air conditioning system

US5988263A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 8, 1997
Grant dateNov 23, 1999
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Expiry dateJul 8, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S165/903
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An air flow mixer structure for a vehicle air conditioning system has a first conduit for a first air flow, a second conduit for a second air flow, an opening between said first and second conduits for merging said first and second air flows in a merging region and a common air channel for said merged air flows, the mixer structure having an air inlet region and an air outlet region opening into said merging region, the structure comprising plural air passages disposed between said inlet region and said outlet region for dividing an air flow at said inlet region into plural air flows at plural said openings into said merging region.

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