Vehicle interior airflow assembly
AssigneesDelphi Technologies, Inc., General Motors Corporation
InventorsPamela Sue Greenwald, Marc Schins, Angie M. Fulmer
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Abstract
An automatic airflow system for a vehicle interior is provided according to the present invention whereby air is automatically directed to the regions of the interior passenger compartment where occupants are seated. This is accomplished generally by including occupant sensing devices within the vehicle interior. When the sensing devices detects the presence of a body, a closing means such as a door behind appropriate air outlet members is opened thereby allowing air to flow through these outlet members and into the vehicle interior where one or more occupants are seated.
Claims17
An automatically adjustable airflow system for use in a vehicle interior, the system comprising:
- a vent assembly having a predetermined number of air outlet members for directing air into the vehicle interior;
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- a first sensor disposed in a vehicle seat, the first sensor being configured for determining the presence of a body in the vehicle seat, the first sensor communicating with the vent assembly so that upon detecting the presence of a body in the vehicle seat, the first sensor sends a first control signal for opening at least one of the air outlet members so that air flows through the at least one air outlet member and into the vehicle interior.
An automatically adjustable airflow system for use in a vehicle interior divided into a forward passenger region and a rear passenger region, the system comprising:
- a vent assembly having a predetermined number of first air outlet members for directing air into the forward passenger region and second air outlet members for directing air into the rear passenger region;
- first sensors disposed in the forward passenger region and second sensors disposed in the rear passenger region, the first sensors being configured for determining the presence of a body in the forward passenger region, the second sensors being configured for determining the presence of a body in the rear passenger region, the first sensors communicating with the vent assembly so that upon detecting the presence of a body in the forward passenger region, at least one of the first sensors sends a first control signal for opening at least one of the first air outlet members so that air flows through the at least one first air outlet member and into the forward passenger region, the second sensors communicating with the vent assembly so that upon detecting the presence of a body in the rear passenger region, at least one of the second sensors sends a second control signal for opening at least one of the second air outlet members so that air flows through the at least one second air outlet member and into the rear passenger region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.