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US 6,604,992 B1Granted
HVAC air inlet drain
AssigneeValeo Climate Control Corp.
InventorRex Daniel McNutt
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Abstract
An HVAC system moisture collection and drainage system is disclosed. The system includes a sloped bottom wall of the system air tract recirc housing in combination with an adjacent extended trough shaped sill for redirecting collected moisture to exit the vehicle and flow into the air intake plenum mounted outside of the vehicle interior compartment. The system does not require any additional or separate structure, tooling, or drains to remove the accumulated moisture in the air recirc housing.
Claims8
An air recirc housing structure, comprising:
- a front wall including an air pathway aperture for directing air there through, said front wall connecting to respective top and bottom walls extending rearwardly therefrom, and each of said top and bottom walls further connecting to rearwardly extending side walls, said bottom wall being sloped upwardly as said bottom wall proceeds rearwardly with respect to said front wall and said bottom wall including a forwardly directed extension that extends through said air pathway aperture.
An air recirc housing comprising:
- a front wall including an air pathway aperture for directing air therethrough, said front wall connecting to respective top and bottom walls extending rearwardly therefrom, and each of said top and bottom walls further connecting to rearwardly extending side walls, said bottom wall being sloped upwardly as said bottom wall proceeds rearwardly with respect to said front wall and said bottom wall including a forwardly directed extension that extends through said air pathway aperture;
- respective upper and lower mounting means for attaching said housing to a vehicle compartment wall;
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- a grid shaped air pathway for directing recirculating air through said housing, said grid shaped air pathway forming a part of one of said rearwardly extending side walls.
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