Air extractor grille duct
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsJin Han Kim, Seung Won An, Hae Ryong Park, Gyeong Won Jeong, Sun Dong Kim, Jae Won Heo
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Abstract
An air extractor grille duct includes: an air extractor grille configured to be selectively opened due to a pressure difference between the interior and exterior of a vehicle so that interior air is discharged; a duct housing connected to the air extractor grille and configured to provide a discharge path for the interior air; and a sound-absorbing cover connected to the duct housing, provided with an inclined surface, and configured to guide discharged interior air to flow along the inclined surface toward the discharge path.
Claims7
An air extractor grille duct, the grille duct comprising:
- an air extractor grille configured to be selectively opened due to a pressure difference between an interior and an exterior of a vehicle so that interior air of the vehicle is discharged;
- a duct housing connected to the air extractor grille and configured to provide a discharge path for the interior air;
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- a sound-absorbing cover connected to the duct housing, provided with an inclined surface, and configured to guide discharged interior air to flow along the inclined surface toward the discharge path,
- wherein the sound-absorbing cover includes
- a main body mounted on an upper part of a side outer panel to face the duct housing and including the inclined surface provided to slope downward with respect to a center part, and
- mounting members extending from a lower part of the main body and allowing an air flow area to be provided therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.