Vehicle trim panel with air-guiding pocket
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsGraham Lloyd Feltham, Zachary Kochanek, Michael Kelley
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Abstract
A device may include a first heat exchanger of a vehicle. A device may include a second heat exchanger of the vehicle, the second heat exchanger aft the first heat exchanger, the second heat exchanger extending vertically above the first heat exchanger. A device may include a trim panel having a pocket that opens vertically upward, the pocket having a floor and at least one sidewall that extends vertically upward from the floor, the at least one sidewall configured to guide a flow of air to at least the second heat exchanger.
Claims20
A vehicle assembly, comprising:
- a first heat exchanger of a vehicle;
- a second heat exchanger of the vehicle, the second heat exchanger aft the first heat exchanger, the second heat exchanger extending vertically above the first heat exchanger;
- and
- a trim panel having a pocket that opens vertically upward, the pocket having a floor and at least one sidewall that extends vertically upward from the floor, the at least one sidewall configured to guide a flow of air to at least the second heat exchanger.
A vehicle flow guiding method, comprising:
- receiving a flow of air within a vehicle;
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- guiding the flow of air rearward from a first heat exchanger to a second heat exchanger with at least a sidewall of a pocket, the pocket provided in a trim panel, the pocket opening upward.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.