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US 2016/0355071 A1Published application
Air extraction system and method for a motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsEric R. Yerke, Martha Elizabeth Nefcy, Zhengyu Liu, James R. Hurd, Mitali Chakrabarti, Guadalupe Ramirez
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Abstract
An air extraction system is provided for a motor vehicle. That air extraction system includes a trim air discharge outlet, an extractor and an extractor duct extending between the trim air discharge outlet and the extractor. The extractor duct is tuned to dissipate duct noise at at least one particular duct noise frequency characteristic of the extractor duct.
Claims18
An air extraction system for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a trim air discharge outlet;
- an extractor;
- and
- an extractor duct extending between said trim air discharge outlet and said extractor, said extractor duct being tuned to dissipate duct noise at at least one particular duct noise frequency characteristic of said extractor duct.
1 more element
A method of air extraction from a motor vehicle, comprising:
- providing an extractor duct extending from a trim air discharge outlet to an extractor of the motor vehicle;
- and
- tuning said extractor duct to dissipate duct noise at at least one particular duct noise frequency characteristic of said extractor duct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.