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US 6,955,593 B2Granted
HVAC protection system for automotive vehicles
AssigneeL&L Products, Inc.
InventorsKeith Lewis, Rick Scheuer, Conrad Miracle
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Abstract
A protection system for a heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system including one or more of a base, a shield and a deflector. The protection system is generally designed for preventing water and debris from flowing into the HVAC system.
Claims18
A protection system for an opening of an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- a component of an automotive vehicle, the component including an opening for providing fluid flow therethrough;
- a protective structure including a base and a shield wherein;
- i) the base is annular for forming a protective wall about the opening;
- ii) the shield includes a panel, which overlays at least a portion of the opening of the component and the panel extends in directions skew to horizontal;
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- iii) the shield includes a peripheral barrier wall and the barrier wall extends upwardly from sides of the shield.
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A protection system for preventing water from entering an HVAC system of an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- a cowl located at least partially below a hood of the automotive vehicle, the cowl including an opening for providing fluid communication with an HVAC system;
- a protective structure including a base and a shield wherein:
- i) the base is annular for forming a protective wall about the opening of the cowl and the base has an opening at least partially aligned with the opening of the cowl;
- ii) the shield includes a panel;
- which overlays substantially all of the opening of the cowl and the panel extends in directions skew to horizontal;
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- iii) the shield includes a peripheral barrier wall and the barrier wall extends upwardly from sides of the shield.
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A protection system for preventing water from entering an HVAC system of an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- a cowl located at least partially below a hood of the automotive vehicle, the cowl including an opening for providing fluid communication with an HVAC system, the cowl also including at least one landing extending adjacent the opening wherein the landing guides water away from the opening;
- a protective structure including a base, a shield and a deflector wherein:
- i) the base is annular for forming a protective wall about the opening of the cowl and the base has an opening at least partially aligned with the opening of the cowl;
- ii) the shield includes a panel, which overlays substantially all of the opening of the cowl and the panel extends in directions skew to horizontal;
- iii) the deflector includes a panel that extends away from the base at least partially over the landing of the cowl and the panel of the deflector extends in directions skew to horizontal;
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- iv) the shield includes a peripheral barrier wall and the barrier wall extends upwardly from sides of the shield.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.