Air duct extending in a motor vehicle from a front door through a B-column into the rear area of the motor vehicle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorEckardt Allershausen
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Abstract
An air duct for air conditioning of the rear area of a motor vehicle, extending from a front door through a B-column into a rear area of the motor vehicle. The duct transition between the front door and the B-column is formed by a duct part which is deformable at least in its longitudinal range and which, when the door is closed, bridges a gap existing between the front door and the B-column and, during the opening of the front door, is moved back by means of a prestressing force into a covered position to thereby provide for unimpaired entering and exiting of the door.
Claims22
Air duct which extends in use in a motor vehicle from a front door through a B-column into a rear area of the motor vehicle, having a duct transition between the front door and the B-column for bridging a gap between the front door and the B-column,
- wherein the duct transition is formed by a movable deformable duct part at least in its longitudinal range and which, when the front door is closed, is pulled out to a length bridging the gap by an operating part moved during the closing of the front door and, during the opening of the front door, is moved into a covered position covered by adjacent parts by a prestressing force.
A vehicle assembly comprising:
- a vehicle body B-column,
- a front door disposed to open and close a vehicle access space adjacent the column, and
- an air conditioning air duct including a section in the door, a section in the column, and a transition section,
- wherein the transition section is formed as a movable deformable section, and wherein means are provided to move the deformable section in response to movement of the door between a door closed extended position with said transition section connecting the door section and the column section and a door open position with said transition section moved away from a position connecting the front door section and the column section to a retracted position disposed away from the vehicle access space between the B-column and the front door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.