Method of managing water entering through a hood vent
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsNeil Lawson Overgaard, Bryn Arthur Davies, Keith Brown, Martin Hagen
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Abstract
A method of managing water entering through a hood vent includes steps of: collecting the water in a water collection tray of the hood vent, delivering the water, through a first water drain of the hood vent, to a water channel of a hood insulator and discharging the water from a second water drain in the hood insulator.
Claims12
A method of managing water entering through a hood vent of a hood assembly including an inner hood panel and an outer hood panel, said method comprising:
- collecting said water in a water collection tray of said hood vent underlying said inner hood panel;
- delivering said water, through a first water drain of said hood vent, to a water channel of a hood insulator;
- and discharging said water from a second water drain in said hood insulator.
A method of managing water entering through a hood vent of a hood assembly including an inner hood panel and an outer hood panel, said method comprising:
- collecting said water in a water collection tray of said hood vent underlying said inner hood panel;
- directing said water in said water collection tray toward a first water drain;
- delivering said water, through said first water drain of said hood vent, to a water channel of a hood insulator;
- directing said water in said water channel toward a second water drain in said hood insulator;
- and discharging said water from said second water drain in said hood insulator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.