Closing apparatus and airflow device
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsTobias Hegedusch, Tim Biberacher
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Abstract
A closing apparatus for a fluid passage having a closing body arranged in the fluid passage. In order to simplify the regulated air supply in a motor vehicle, the closing body includes a definedly deformable base structure surrounded by a wrapper, which more or less closes the fluid passage as a function of the deformation of the base structure. The closing body closes the fluid passage when the base structure takes up a closed position with the wrapper. And, the closing body partially releases the fluid passage when the base structure with the wrapper takes up an opened position.
Claims12
An airflow device comprising:
- an air supply comprising an air aperture with an aperture cross-section through which air is delivered in an airflow direction;
- a closing body arranged in the aperture cross-section in a direction that is orthogonal to the air flow direction, wherein the closing body comprises a deformable base structure surrounded by a wrapper, wherein the closing body is configured to substantially close the aperture cross-section as a function of a deformation of the base structure,
- wherein the closing body substantially blocks the aperture cross-section when the base structure with the wrapper is maintained in a closed position, and
- wherein the closing body partially opens the aperture cross-section when the base structure with the wrapper is maintained in an opened position.
An airflow device comprising:
- an air supply comprising an air aperture with an aperture cross-section,
- at least two closing apparatuses arranged in the aperture cross-section and oriented parallel to one another, each of said closing apparatuses comprising a closing body, wherein the closing body comprises a deformable base structure surrounded by a wrapper, wherein the closing body is configured to substantially close the air aperture as a function of a deformation of the base structure,
- wherein the closing bodies substantially close the air aperture when the base structures with the wrappers are maintained in a closed position, and
- wherein the closing bodies partially open the air aperture when the base structures with the wrappers are maintained in an opened position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.