Ventilation arrangement for a tailgate
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorHermann Haesters
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Abstract
The invention relates to a ventilation arrangement for a hinged motor vehicle tailgate, the arrangement having air-inlet openings disposed in the region of a tailgate frame member and air-outlet openings discharging into the gap between the tailgate and the surrounding opening in the bodywork. An upper and/or lateral tailgate frame member is provided with a recessed portion which extends along an edge of the frame member. An air guiding insert is disposed within the recessed portion an air-guiding insert of which the inner contour is shaped to fit within the recessed portion and of which the outer contour lies flush with the tailgate frame member and is engageable by the door seal.
Claims7
A ventilation arrangement for a hinged motor vehicle tailgate, the arrangement having air-inlet openings disposed in the region of a tailgate frame member and air-outlet openings discharging into the gap between the tailgate and the surrounding opening in the bodywork of the motor vehicle, wherein portions of a tailgate frame member are provided with a recessed portion which extends along an edge of the frame member, there being disposed within the recessed portion an air-guiding insert of which the inner contour is shaped to fit within the recessed portion and of which the outer contour lies flush with unrecessed portion of the tailgate frame member and is engageable by a door seal.
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