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US 7,147,039 B2Granted
Air routing device for a motor vehicle air conditioning or heating system
AssigneeBehr France S.A.R.L.
InventorClaude Schlachter
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Abstract
An air routing device for a motor vehicle air conditioning and/or heating system, comprising an air routing housing on which a blower is arranged, wherein the air routing device is formed separately from the air routing housing and can be pushed into the air routing housing through alternate housing orifices located opposite one another.
Claims12
A heating, ventilating or air conditioning system, comprising:
- a blower for establishing an air flow direction;
- an air routing housing which extends from the blower in the airflow direction and on which the blower is mounted;
- an air routing device positioned in the air routing housing;
- a filter arranged so as to follow the air routing device, downstream in the air flow direction,
- wherein the air routing housing comprises two orifices located on opposite sides in the outer wall of the air routing housing with respect to one another for receiving the air routing device and for fastening the blower, respectively, wherein the air routing device is a separate element from the air routing housing and comprises a profile portion for providing uniform air distribution to the filter and a mounting portion that is configured for insertion from the outside, through and into either of said orifices to mount the air routing device and to cover the filter by closing the orifice into which the mounting portion is inserted, and wherein the air routing device is selectively mountable on the air routing housing in either of said orifices in the outer wall of the air routing housing.
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A set of parts that enables selective manufacturing of automobiles that differ by virtue of having their drive controls on the right side or, alternatively, on the left side, the set of parts comprising
- a blower;
- a filter element:
- an air routing housing on which the blower can be mounted;
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- an air routing device, wherein the air routing housing comprises two orifices located on opposite sides in the outer wall of the air routing housing with respect to one another for receiving the air routing device and for fastening the blower, respectively, wherein the air routing device is a separate element from the air routing housing and comprises a profile portion for providing uniform air distribution to the filter and a mounting portion that is configured for insertion from the outside, through and into either of said orifices to mount the air routing device and to cover the filter by closing the orifice into which the mounting portion is inserted, and wherein the air routing device is selectively mountable on the air routing housing in either of said orifices in the outer wall of the housing, and the blower is selectively mountable to the opposing one of said orifices from the orifice in which the air routing device is mounted.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.