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US 11,034,209 B2Granted
Apparatus allowing wider range of distribution of air from a heating, ventilating and air conditioning system in a motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDejvi Cano, Michael Murphy McElroy, Nitish Kannan Nagarajan, Scott Holmes Dunham
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Abstract
An apparatus allows for the distribution of air over a wider range of area. That apparatus includes a telescoping duct assembly, having an inner duct section received for sliding movement in an outer duct section, a receiver in the inner duct section, an elongated port in the outer duct section and an air register held in the receiver and projecting through the elongated port.
Claims16
An apparatus, comprising:
- a telescoping duct assembly including an inner duct section received for sliding movement within an outer duct section;
- a receiver in said inner duct section;
- an elongated port in said outer duct section;
- and
- an air register held in said receiver and projecting through said elongated port;
- a door substrate, a door trim panel and a compartment between said door trim panel and said door substrate, said telescoping duct assembly being received and held in said compartment;
- and a mounting feature fixing said outer duct section to said door substrate.
4 more elements
An apparatus, comprising:
- a telescoping duct assembly including an inner duct section received for sliding movement within an outer duct section;
- a receiver in said inner duct section;
- an elongated port in said outer duct section;
- and
- an air register held in said receiver and projecting through said elongated port;
- a door substrate, a door trim panel and a compartment between said door trim panel and said door substrate, said telescoping duct assembly being received and held in said compartment;
- and
- a mounting feature fixing said outer duct section to said door trim panel.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.