Roof hvac outlet
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsJason Dilley, Ruben E. Guanzon
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Abstract
An HVAC assembly for a vehicle includes a roof liner with an opening, and a stiffener. The stiffener includes an upper surface, a lower surface, and an integrally formed HVAC duct extending away from the unexposed side of the roof liner toward the roof of the vehicle. The lower surface of the stiffener contacts an unexposed side of the roof liner, and at least substantially surrounds the opening for providing rigidity to the roof liner around the opening in the roof liner. The integrally formed HVAC duct includes an outlet port for providing conditioned air to the vehicle cabin.
Claims20
An HVAC assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a roof liner including an exposed side that faces toward a cabin of the vehicle and an unexposed side that faces toward a roof of the vehicle, the roof liner including an opening formed therethrough;
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- a stiffener including an upper surface, a lower surface, and an integrally formed HVAC duct extending away from the unexposed side of the roof liner toward the roof of the vehicle, wherein the lower surface of the stiffener connects with the roof liner and contacts the unexposed side of the roof liner and at least substantially surrounds the opening for providing rigidity to the roof liner around the opening in the roof liner, and wherein the integrally formed HVAC duct includes an outlet port for providing conditioned air to the cabin of the vehicle.
An HVAC outlet device for attaching between a roof and a roof liner of a vehicle, the HVAC outlet device comprising:
- a stiffener including a base, an integrally formed HVAC duct, and an electronic device opening, the base having an upper surface and a lower surface, the HVAC duct extending away from the upper surface toward the roof of the vehicle, the electronic device opening being offset from the HVAC duct in at least one of a lateral direction and a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
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- a wire holder for retaining a wire harness and connected to the stiffener.
A method of assembling an HVAC outlet device in a roof of a vehicle, comprising:
- attaching a stiffener to an unexposed side of a roof liner in a vehicle, wherein the stiffener includes an integrally formed HVAC duct;
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- aligning an inlet port of the HVAC duct to a roof supply duct in the vehicle roof to allow fluid communication between the roof supply duct and the HVAC duct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.