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US 2019/0337568 A1Published application
Systems for a deflector wedge
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMichael Spurling, Luis Pinheiro, Scott Martin
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a deflector. In one example, a system includes a first engine bay component comprising a deflector with a deflection surface shaped to engage a second engine bay component to rotate the first engine bay component and mitigate contact between the first engine bay component and a third engine bay component.
Claims20
A system comprises:
- a first engine bay component arranged between a second engine bay component and a third engine bay component, wherein the first engine bay component comprises a wedge protruding toward the second engine bay component shaped to rotate the first engine bay component when an angled deflection face of the wedge contacts the second engine bay component.
A vehicle engine bay, comprising:
- an intake air duct comprising a spigot facing a fuel system component and a wedge facing a heater plenum chamber, wherein the spigot and the wedge are arranged on opposite sides of the intake air duct and where the wedge is shaped to rotate the intake air duct to move the spigot away from the fuel system component when the wedge contacts the heater plenum chamber.
A vehicle system, comprising:
- a fuel system component, an intake air duct, and a heater plenum chamber arranged in-line along a horizontal plane, the intake air duct comprising a spigot and a wedge arranged opposite one another along the horizontal plane, wherein the intake air duct is arranged between the fuel system component and the heater plenum with the spigot adjacent to the fuel system component and the wedge adjacent to the heater plenum, wherein the wedge comprises an angled deflection surface angled relative to the horizontal plane and shaped to rotate the intake air duct in response to a force along the horizontal plane displacing the intake air duct toward the heater plenum chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.