US 2019/0337352 A1Published application

Vehicle hvac system

AssigneeFca US LLC

InventorsBrian P. Sturza, Kenneth M. Speck

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Abstract

A vehicle HVAC system delivers airflow to a vehicle occupant cabin having a front row and a rear row. The vehicle HVAC system includes a casing, a front duct, a shifter base assembly and a distribution duct. The front duct defines an airflow passageway that is fluidly coupled to the casing. The shifter base assembly is disposed in the vehicle occupant cabin and includes a base housing defining an airflow passageway that is fluidly coupled to the front duct. The distribution duct defines an airflow passageway that is fluidly coupled to the shifter base assembly and the rear row of the vehicle occupant cabin. The airflow passageways of the casing, the front duct, the base housing and the distribution duct form a continuous passageway through which air flows into the rear row of the vehicle occupant cabin.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A vehicle HVAC system for delivering airflow to a vehicle occupant cabin having a front row and a rear row, the vehicle HVAC system comprising:

a casing defining an airflow passageway;
a front duct defining an airflow passageway that is fluidly coupled to the airflow passageway of the casing;
a shifter base assembly disposed in the vehicle occupant cabin and including a base housing defining an airflow passageway that is fluidly coupled to the airflow passageway of the front duct;
and
a distribution duct defining an airflow passageway that is fluidly coupled to the airflow passageway of the base housing of the shifter base assembly and the rear row of the vehicle occupant cabin,
wherein the airflow passageways through the casing, the front duct, the base housing and the distribution duct form a continuous passageway through which air flows into the rear row of the vehicle occupant cabin.

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Facts

Application: 15/969,205Filed 2 May 2018
Published: 7 Nov 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

B60H 1/00028
Air flow details of HVAC devices: constructional lay-out of the devices in the vehicle
B60H 1/00564
Details of ducts or cables: of air ducts
B60H 1/246
Characterised by the location of ventilation devices in the vehicle: located in the interior of the vehicle or in or below the floor
B60H 2001/002
Distribution of conditionned air: to front and rear part of passenger compartment