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US 10,093,152 B2Granted
Shrouded roof vent for a vehicle
AssigneeDometic Sweden AB
InventorsJames Allard, Mark L. Smith, Hari Sunkara
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Abstract
An air vent may cover an opening formed in a structure to block water or debris from entering an interior of the structure through the opening. The air vent is movable between a closed and an open position to selectively block or allow fluid communication between the interior and an exterior of the structure.
Claims20
An air vent comprising:
- a cover including a ceiling, the ceiling have an aperture formed therethrough, the cover further including a number of sidewalls extending from the ceiling, the number of sidewalls formed to define a first outlet opening,
- a translucent dome secured to the cover and positioned in the aperture formed in the ceiling,
- an interior plate coupled to the cover, the interior plate and the cover cooperating to define a damper chamber, the interior plate formed to define a screen-receiving opening that opens into the damper chamber, the first outlet opening opens into the damper chamber, and the screen-receiving opening is transverse to the first outlet opening, and
- a damper coupled to the interior plate and positioned in the damper chamber, the damper selectively moveable between a closed position blocking fluid communication through the first outlet opening and an open position allowing fluid communication through the first outlet opening,
- wherein the damper includes a first slat and a driver, the first slat is configured to move between a first position covering the first outlet opening when the damper is in the closed position and a second position uncovering the first outlet opening when the damper is in the open position, and the driver is coupled to the first slat and configured to move the first slat between the first and second positions.
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An air vent comprising:
- a cover configured to be received in an opening formed in a vehicle, the cover including a continuous ceiling and a number of sidewalls extending downward away from the ceiling, the ceiling and sidewalls cooperating to define an interior region and a plate-receiving opening that opens into the interior region, the cover formed to define a vent opening that opens into the interior region, and wherein the interior region, plate-receiving opening, and the vent opening cooperate to define a passage for air to communicate between an interior and an exterior of the vehicle,
- a plate positioned in the plate receiving opening, the plate including a central opening and at least one peripheral opening, and
- a damper positioned in the interior region, the damper selectively moveable between a closed position blocking fluid communication through the vent opening and an open position allowing fluid communication through the vent opening, wherein when the damper is in the closed position, through the interior region between the central opening and the at least one peripheral opening,
- wherein the damper includes a first slat and a driver, the first slat is configured to move between a first position covering the first outlet opening when the damper is in the closed position and a second position uncovering the first outlet opening when the damper is in the open position, and the driver is coupled to the first slat and configured to move the first slat between the first and second positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.