Vehicle having rear air duct and vent assembly and method
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMichael Robertson, Venkatesh Krishnan, Segundo Baldovino, Sunil Reddy Patil, Martin D. Lopez
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Abstract
A vehicle having a body defining a cabin interior and having a window on a rearward facing surface, an air intake for receiving air from an exterior environment, an air blower for blowing the air in the cabin interior, and an air exhaust vent coupled to the body proximate the rearward facing window. A duct and vent assembly is operatively coupled to the exhaust vent for receiving the blown air and has a nozzle oriented to direct the blown air on the rearward facing window.
Claims19
A vehicle comprising:
- a body defining a cabin interior and having a rear wall and a rear window defining a rearward facing surface;
- an air intake for receiving air from an exterior environment;
- an air blower for blowing the air in the cabin interior;
- an air exhaust vent coupled to the rear wall of the body proximate the rearward facing surface;
- and
- a duct and vent assembly operatively coupled to the exhaust vent for receiving the blown air and having a duct outlet oriented to direct the blown air on the rearward facing surface defined by the rear window.
A method of blowing air on a rear window of a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving air from an external environment via an air intake;
- blowing the received air with an air blower into a cabin interior of the vehicle;
- exhausting the blown air through an air exit vent into a duct and vent assembly operatively coupled to a rear wall of the cabin interior of the vehicle;
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- directing the blown air from the duct and vent assembly onto the rear window of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.