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US 12,502,935 B2Granted
Window seal with ventilation function
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorRobert Mies
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Abstract
A window seal with ventilation function is provided and a method for the interior ventilation of motor vehicles is also provided.
Claims10
A method for ventilation and venting of an interior of a motor vehicle that is parked, the method comprising:
- decreasing a cross section of a window seal of at least one side window of the motor vehicle while a window pane of the at least one side window remains static such that an air gap that enables fluid communication between the interior of the motor vehicle and an environment external to the motor vehicle is formed between the window seal and the window pane of the at least one side window;
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- opening at least one air inlet of a body of the motor vehicle situated beneath the at least one side window so that ambient air enters through the at least one air inlet into the interior of the motor vehicle and leaves the interior through the air gap to the environment external to the motor vehicle.
A device for ventilation and venting of an interior of a motor vehicle that is parked, the device comprising:
- at least one window seal arranged in a window frame of at least one side window of the motor vehicle, wherein the at least one window seal is configured such that a cross section of the at least one window seal can be changed by changing an air pressure in a cavity enclosed by the at least one window seal to from an air gap between the at least one window seal and a window pane of the at least one side window that enables fluid communication between the interior of the motor vehicle and an environment external to the motor vehicle;
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- at least one air inlet of a body of the motor vehicle, which is situated beneath the at least one side window and operable to allow ambient air to enter through the at least one air inlet into the interior of the motor vehicle and leave the interior through the air gap to the environment external to the motor vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.