Device for the distribution of ventilation air in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle
US6296563A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 28, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60H2001/00164
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for the distribution of ventilating air in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle. This device has, downstream of a ventilating flap mounted in rotation about a transverse axis in a distribution compartment, a central ventilating duct and two lateral ventilating ducts which deliver air to lateral ventilating outlets. An additional passage connects the chamber (10) upstream of the ventilating flap (8) to the lateral ventilating outlets in the operating modes not involving ventilation, in order to deliver ventilating air to these lateral outlets in these operating modes so as to improve the comfort of the passengers. This passage may be formed by a vent, or by inlet cross sections larger than the area of the flap in front of the lateral ducts.
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