Air distribution system for a motor vehicle
AssigneeC.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
InventorsFrancesco Butera, Marco Biasiotto, Stefano Alacqua
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Abstract
A motor-vehicle dashboard incorporating an air distribution system that includes suitable means for controlling the deviation of airflow in the various ducts (3) associated with the outlet vents (2) on the dashboard, using the Coanda effect.
Claims8
An air distribution system for a motor vehicle, including:
- at least one airflow inlet duct (5),
- a number of air outlet vents (2) in the motor vehicle's driver and passenger compartment, and
- an air distribution device (4), including:
- an inlet (5a) that receives airflow from the said inlet duct (5), and
- a number of outlets situated away from the said outlet vents (2) and connected to them by respective ducts (3),
- characterized by the fact that the said distribution device (4) includes suitable means (8 and 15) for controlling the deviation of the incoming airflow via the Coanda effect, and by the fact that the said distribution device (4) is incorporated into a motor-vehicle dashboard from which the said outlet vents (2) and the said ducts (3) are also obtained.
A distribution system according to any of the previous claims, characterized by the fact that the said Coanda-effect deviating means include an opening (8) arranged sideways to the airflow entering the device, the opening and closing of which can be controlled.
A motor-vehicle dashboard, characterized by the fact that it incorporates a distribution system in accordance with any of the previous claims.
- The whole is substantially as described and illustrated and for the specified purposes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.