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US 9,500,092 B2Granted
Air duct assembly having a flexible vane
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSteven David Errick, Paul Bryan Hoke, James R. Hurd, Eric R. Yerke
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Abstract
An air duct assembly having a housing and a flexible vane. Sufficient airflow through the housing may actuate the flexible vane to permit airflow through an outlet.
Claims20
An air duct assembly comprising:
- first, second, third and fourth walls extending from first and second panels, the first and third walls partially defining a first outlet, second and fourth walls partially defining a second outlet, and third and fourth walls partially defining a third outlet;
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- first and second flexible vanes fixedly disposed on the third and fourth walls, respectively, that disengage the first and second walls, respectively, to permit airflow through the first and second outlets;
- wherein sufficient airflow through a housing actuates the first and the second flexible vanes to permit airflow through the first and the second outlets, and wherein a vane is not provided with the third outlet.
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An air duct assembly comprising:
- a housing having a first outlet defined between first and third walls, a second outlet defined between second and fourth walls, and a third outlet defined between third and fourth walls;
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- first and second vanes fixedly disposed on the third and fourth walls, respectively, that disengage the first and second walls, respectively, when actuated by airflow to open positions, wherein a vane is not provided with the third outlet.
An air duct assembly comprising:
- a housing having a first outlet disposed between first and third walls, a second outlet at least partially defined by second and fourth walls, and a third outlet disposed between the first and second outlets;
- a first flexible vane fixedly disposed on the third wall;
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- a second flexible vane disposed on the fourth wall;
- wherein airflow moves the first flexible vane from a closed position in which the first flexible vane engages the first wall to inhibit airflow through the first outlet to an open position in which the first flexible vane is spaced apart from the first wall to permit airflow through the first outlet, and the second flexible vane moves between a closed position in which the second flexible vane engages the second wall to inhibit airflow through the second outlet and an open position in which the second flexible vane is spaced apart from the second wall to permit airflow through the second outlet, wherein a flexible vane is not provided in the third outlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.