Vehicle air feeding system and corresponding method
AssigneeNingbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd.
InventorsMagnus Nilsson, Yijun Zheng
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Abstract
A vehicle air feeding system for introducing air with smell associated with a component of a vehicle powertrain into a vehicle passenger compartment. The air feeding system includes an air inlet located adjacent the component of the powertrain, an air outlet located in the vehicle passenger compartment, and an air duct arrangement providing a flow path from the air inlet to the air outlet and configured for guiding air with smell associated with the component of the vehicle powertrain from the air inlet to the air outlet.
Claims14
A vehicle comprising a vehicle air feeding system for introducing air with a smell associated with a component of a vehicle powertrain into a vehicle passenger compartment, wherein the vehicle is a car, and wherein the vehicle air feeding system comprises:
- an air inlet located adjacent the component of the powertrain,
- an air outlet located in the vehicle passenger compartment, and
- an air duct arrangement providing a flow path from the air inlet to the air outlet and configured for guiding air with the smell associated with the component of the vehicle powertrain from the air inlet to the air outlet,
- wherein the vehicle air feeding system further comprises an electronic controller for controlling an airflow through the flow path, wherein the electronic controller is configured for at least one of:
- obtaining a vehicle speed and automatically generating airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet when the vehicle speed is larger than a threshold value,
- providing a time-varying spiritual driving index and automatically generating airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet when the spiritual driving index is larger than a threshold value,
- detecting a vehicle driving mode and automatically generating airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet when a vehicle sport mode or a vehicle race mode is selected, or
- obtaining a twisty road index associated with a road on which the vehicle is driven and a current location of the vehicle, and automatically generating airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet when the twisty road index is larger than a threshold value.
A method for introducing air with a smell associated with a component of a vehicle powertrain into a vehicle passenger compartment of a car, comprising:
- providing an air duct arrangement having an air inlet located adjacent the component of the powertrain and an air outlet located in the vehicle passenger compartment of the car,
- guiding air with the smell associated with the component of the vehicle powertrain along a flow path from the air inlet to the air outlet, including controlling an airflow through the flow path with an electronic controller, wherein the electronic controller is configured for at least one of:
- obtaining a vehicle speed and automatically generating airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet when the vehicle speed is larger than a threshold value,
- providing a time-varying spiritual driving index and automatically generating airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet when the spiritual driving index is larger than a threshold value,
- detecting a vehicle driving mode and automatically generating airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet when a vehicle sport mode or a vehicle race mode is selected, or
- obtaining a twisty road index associated with a road on which the vehicle is driven and a current location of the vehicle, and automatically generating airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet when the twisty road index is larger than a threshold value.
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