Adjustable profile plate assembly for use with an air make-up system
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsNicolae Marga, Joseph B. Zavitz
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Abstract
An adjustable profile plate assembly for use with an air make-up system. According to an exemplary embodiment, the adjustable profile plate assembly includes a slidable profile plate, a scissor-type linkage mechanism attached to the profile plate, and an actuator attached to the linkage mechanism for driving the profile plate back and forth in a widthwise direction B. The adjustable profile plate assembly may use a feedback control loop that uses one or more operational parameters, such as the operational state of fans that draw air into the system, in order to control the actuator.
Claims11
An adjustable profile plate assembly for use with an air make-up system, comprising:
- a profile plate with a track that extends in a lengthwise direction of the profile plate;
- a linkage mechanism attached to the profile plate and the air make-up system, the linkage mechanism is a scissor-type mechanism that includes a wheel slidably received in the track of the profile plate and that adjusts the position of the profile plate by moving it in a widthwise direction towards and away from a heating element of the air make-up system;
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- an actuator attached to the linkage mechanism and the air make-up system, wherein electronic activation of the actuator drives the actuator and causes the linkage mechanism to adjust the position of the profile plate.
An adjustable profile plate assembly for use with an air make-up system, comprising:
- at least one mounting bracket mounted to the air make-up system;
- an elongated profile plate slidably supported by the mounting bracket, the elongated profile plate having a lengthwise dimension that is greater than a widthwise dimension and a track that extends in a lengthwise direction;
- a scissor-type linkage mechanism attached to the elongated profile plate and the air make-up system and having a wheel slidably received in the track of the profile plate;
- an actuator attached to the scissor-type linkage mechanism and the air make-up system, wherein activation of the actuator causes the elongated profile plate to move back and forth in the widthwise;
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- an electronic control unit having an electronic input coupled to the air make-up system and having an electronic output coupled to the actuator, wherein during operation:
- i) the electronic input receives at least one operating parameter from the air make-up system, ii) the electronic control unit uses the operating parameter to determine a control signal for controlling the actuator, and iii) the electronic output sends the control signal to the actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.