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US 2019/0100072 A1Published application
Space efficient panel and defrost plenum
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSteve Michael Kahrs, Michael Murphy McElroy, Jennifer A. Herr-Rathke, James R. Hurd, III, Jose A. Nava
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Abstract
A panel and defrost plenum includes a manifold section, an air feed section upstream from the manifold section and a branch section downstream from the manifold section. The air feed section delivers an airstream past a HUD package restriction to the manifold section. A related method of routing an airstream past a HUD package restriction is also disclosed.
Claims18
A panel and defrost plenum, comprising:
- a manifold section;
- an air feed section upstream of said manifold section, said air feed section delivering an airstream past a HUD package restriction to said manifold section;
- and
- a branch section downstream from said manifold section.
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A method of routing an airstream past a HUD package restriction, comprising:
- delivering said airstream, in an air feed section of a plenum past said HUD package restriction to a manifold section of the plenum;
- and
- directing said airstream in a branch section of said plenum, downstream of said manifold section, to at least one outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.