Having Both Inlet And Outlet Airways Patents (Class 454/141)
  • Patent number: 11858632
    Abstract: One variation of a system for generating thrust at an aerial vehicle includes: a primary electric motor; a rotor coupled to the motor; an internal-combustion engine; a clutch interposed between the motor and an output shaft of the internal-combustion engine; an engine shroud defining a shroud inlet between the rotor and the internal-combustion engine, extending over the internal-combustion engine, and defining a shroud outlet opposite the rotor; a cooling fan coupled and configured to displace air through the engine shroud; and a local controller configured to receive a rotor speed command specifying a target rotor speed, adjust a throttle setpoint of the internal-combustion engine according to the target rotor speed and a state of charge of a battery in the aerial vehicle, and drive the primary electric motor to selectively output torque to the rotor and to regeneratively brake the rotor according to the target rotor speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Parallel Flight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Resnick, David Adams, Robert Hulter, Seth McGann, Brian Eiseman
  • Patent number: 11148820
    Abstract: One variation of a system for generating thrust at an aerial vehicle includes: a primary electric motor; a rotor coupled to the motor; an internal-combustion engine; a clutch interposed between the motor and an output shaft of the internal-combustion engine; an engine shroud defining a shroud inlet between the rotor and the internal-combustion engine, extending over the internal-combustion engine, and defining a shroud outlet opposite the rotor; a cooling fan coupled and configured to displace air through the engine shroud; and a local controller configured to receive a rotor speed command specifying a target rotor speed, adjust a throttle setpoint of the internal-combustion engine according to the target rotor speed and a state of charge of a battery in the aerial vehicle, and drive the primary electric motor to selectively output torque to the rotor and to regeneratively brake the rotor according to the target rotor speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Parallel Flight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Resnick, David Adams, Robert Hulter, Seth McGann, Brian Eiseman
  • Patent number: 10160292
    Abstract: An underbody cover assembly includes an upper member for receiving and housing a component that includes a first flange extending around a circumference of the upper member defining a component space. The component is disposable in the component space. The upper member also includes at least one mounting location having a hole for receiving a fastener there through for mounting the upper member to a body member. The underbody cover assembly also includes a lower member connected to the upper member for covering an air outlet that includes a U-shaped second flange extending inwardly around a circumference of the lower member, a screen with a plurality of apertures for blocking debris from entering the air outlet, and a seal disposed on a distal edge of the second flange for providing a seal between the lower member and the body member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Walter Z. Chin
  • Patent number: 10131199
    Abstract: A guide groove is provided on both sides in a door width direction of a plate-like portion of a door. A radius of curvature of the plate-like portion in a single non-mounted state is set more than that of the guide groove, to thereby support both end portions in the door width direction of the plate-like portion respectively at three abutment points P1 to P3. A rib is provided in the plate-like portion to extend from one end portion in the door width direction of the plate-like portion to the other end portion thereof, so that force generated from both end portions in the door width direction of the plate-like portion is transferred to a center portion in the door width direction of the plate-like portion via the rib. Therefore, it can prevent the center portion and vicinity of the plate-like portion from being deformed in the direction away from a seal surface of the air conditioning case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuuichi Nakao
  • Patent number: 10106025
    Abstract: A system for cooling a traction battery includes a battery inlet housing having first and second inlets. A first duct is coupled to the first inlet, and a second duct is coupled to the second inlet. A flow guide vane is disposed within the battery inlet housing adjacent to the first inlet. The flow guide vane is positioned to redirect flow from the first duct to mix with flow from the second duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: LeeAnn Wang, Hsiao-An Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9616765
    Abstract: In a battery cooling device 1 that cools a battery 2 that is arranged in a battery accommodation space 5 by taking in the air in a passenger compartment 6 through an air intake port part 12 provided in a vehicle interior trim 7 and a first air intake pipe 13, the first air intake pipe 13 is provided with an auxiliary air intake port 31 that opens to a space 30 formed between the vehicle interior trim 7 and a vehicle interior panel 8 that is located at a passenger-compartment outer side of the vehicle interior trim 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eiji Yamatani
  • Patent number: 9557743
    Abstract: A smoke ventilation system comprising a system controller connected to window actuators of different building areas, and control points associated with the window actuators of different building areas, the system controller comprises a power supply module powering the window actuators and the control points, wherein the control points are connected to the system controller by a common serial bus comprising power supply and communication lines for communicating serial control signals to activate the associated window actuators of a building area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Windowmaster A/S
    Inventor: Jesper Darum
  • Patent number: 9096270
    Abstract: A pillar structure for a vehicle includes: a glass to form a vehicle compartment; a pillar to support a roof panel; and a pillar outer cover disposed at an outer side of the pillar. A flow passage is provided between the pillar and the pillar outer cover. The flow passage includes an inlet port, an air-water separator, an air outlet port, and a discharge port. The air outlet port is disposed at a position with a pressure lower than a pressure in a vicinity of the inlet port during running of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoki Kojima
  • Patent number: 9033366
    Abstract: A system includes a fan and a duct system. The fan is configured to be attached to the steering wheel. The duct system has a first portion and a second portion, and is configured to be coupled to an exterior surface of an armature of the steering wheel and enable air from the fan to be communicated from the fan to a surface of the steering wheel. The first portion includes a section extending along the armature of the steering wheel, and the second portion includes a plurality of nozzles extending radially from an outer surface of the first portion toward an outer surface of the steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Brian Downey
  • Publication number: 20150118946
    Abstract: An automobile ventilation method may include detecting a first carbon dioxide level inside a vehicle, detecting a current vehicle speed when the first carbon dioxide level is greater than a predetermined set level, and performing forced outdoor air switching when the current vehicle speed is greater than a predetermined set vehicle speed, and detecting a second carbon dioxide level inside the vehicle and activating a blower or increasing airflow when the second carbon dioxide level detected inside the vehicle exceeds a predetermined maximum allowable level, which is greater than the predetermined set level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Dong Won YEON
  • Patent number: 8968062
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner provided with an airflow structure for an intake box, wherein, in an HVAC comprising, in an intake box, a control device for controlling the number of rotation, the control device is reliably cooled by airflow regardless of the ratio of mixing between internal air and external air. A vehicle air conditioner of center-concentrated type, wherein a control device (6) for controlling the number of rotation is mounted to a vehicle interior-side wall surface inside an intake box (2) and wherein an air delivery guide (22) is provided in the intake box (2), the air delivery guide (22) delivering to the control device (6) a part of air introduced from a direction crossing the direction of opening of a suction opening (7) of a blower (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Thermal Systems Japan Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Tsutsumi, Takayuki Arai, Masayuki Murase, Daisuke Araki
  • Publication number: 20150017901
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cooling fan that selectively and/or periodically runs in reverse in order to discharge accumulated dirt or debris from one or more coolers. The reverse activation of the fan is prevented from initiating when the operator of the running vehicle is outside the operator cab in the vicinity of the coolers. In an exemplary embodiment, activation of a parking brake interrupts or prevents reverse activation of the fan, though a fuel door sensor may also be used. A minimum engine speed may be specified to ensure adequate power for maximum fan power during the reverse operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin L. Pfohl, John M. Chesterman, Michael R. Gratton
  • Publication number: 20140378042
    Abstract: An automotive vehicle air extraction system in fluid communication with a cabin of the vehicle is provided. The extraction system may have a housing arrangement and a pair of extractors attached to the housing arrangement. A chamber may be formed between the housing arrangement and pair of extractors. An air pump may be in fluid communication with the chamber. The pair of extractors may be an inner extractor and an outer extractor. A controller may be configured to activate the air pump to supply airflow to the chamber to close the inner extractor and/or prevent inadvertent opening of the inner extractor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Manfred Koberstein, Paul Bryan Hoke, Steven David Errick
  • Publication number: 20140256244
    Abstract: An air conditioning device for a vehicle, comprising an intake portion that is provided at a cabin side at a vehicle ceiling portion, and that takes-in air; a blow-out portion that is provided at the cabin side at the vehicle ceiling portion, and that blows out, into the cabin, air that has been taken-in from the intake portion; and a blower device that is provided at the vehicle ceiling portion and that, by operating, blows air from the intake portion toward the blow-out portion, the blower device being disposed at a vehicle front-rear direction rear side of a bulging portion that bulges toward the cabin side and that accommodates a sunroof that opens and closes a roof opening portion that is formed in the vehicle ceiling portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideyuki Sakurai, Takao Sato
  • Patent number: 8827014
    Abstract: The apparatus includes a watertight elongated housing extending along a longitudinal axis and defining an inner chamber, a track disposed around the housing on its longitudinal axis and enabling the apparatus to move when the track is rotatably driven around the housing, and a track-driving motor. The motor is located within the inner chamber of the housing and includes an output shaft mechanically connected to the track. The apparatus can also include a ventilation circuit for ventilating the inner chamber of the housing and a generator for producing electricity. A method of operating a motorized pulling apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Inventor: Yvon Martel
  • Publication number: 20140220873
    Abstract: An air cooling system for an unmanned aerial vehicle including a propeller (14) driven by an engine (12) has at least one cooling air duct (22) to direct cooling air to cool a vehicle component e.g. a cylinder head. The duct has at least one air inlet and at least one air outlet. Operation of the propeller causes a pressure differential between the air outlet (24,124) and the air inlet (23,123) which draws air through said cooling air duct (22). A cowling (16) can cover at least part of the engine, and can form a plenum and have the supply of cooling air through a front face aperture (164) or side walls (17) of the engine cowl (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Callan Murray Bleechmore, John Howard Tubb, Donald Andrew Railton, Stephen John Karay, Pouria Mehrani
  • Publication number: 20140194048
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation and/or air-conditioning apparatus (1) for the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle includes a housing (2) comprising a first air inlet (3) and a second air inlet (4). The housing (2) directs an inner air flow (Fi) from the first air inlet (3) and/or the second air inlet (4) and contains at least a first heat exchanger (5). The housing (2) includes: an air flow channel (24) directing the inner air flow (Fi) in the housing (2) while bypassing the first heat exchanger (5); and an air inlet duct (23) directing the inner air flow (Fi) in the housing (2) through the first heat exchanger (5). A heating, ventilation and/or air-conditioning installation for the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle includes: an air conditioning loop through which a coolant flows. The loop includes at least one compressor, a first expansion member, an outer heat exchanger and the first heat exchanger (5). The installation also includes the heating, ventilation and/or air-conditioning apparatus (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Klaus Wittmann, Mohamed Yahia
  • Publication number: 20140141706
    Abstract: An air intake of an air conditioning system a motor vehicle having a fresh air duct configured to receive fresh air, a recirculated air duct configured to receive air from a passenger area of the motor vehicle, and an air outlet configured to channel the fresh air or the air from a passenger area of the motor vehicle to a blower. The air intake also has a valve disposed in the housing and rotates about a rotational axis between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Gerald Richter, Martin Paul Nowak
  • Publication number: 20140120822
    Abstract: A construction machine according to the disclosure comprises a primary drive configured to generate waste heat and one or a plurality of machine components, the machine components being arranged in the area of the primary drive of the construction machine. At least one of the machine components is arranged in a housing including at least one flow passage through which ambient air is sucked using underpressure or which can have ambient air supplied thereto using overpressure so that an air current is created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Ingo HERZBERG, Thomas SCHMIDT, Martin BUSCHMANN
  • Publication number: 20140083783
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a front wheel, a rear wheel, an electric driving motor, which is designed to drive the rear and/or front wheel, and several electric storage units, which are accommodated inside a storage housing. The storage housing has at least one air duct for discharging thermal energy of the storage units. The air duct extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle at least in one air inflow region and is arranged such that, in an operating state of the vehicle, ambient air flows into the air duct by way of head wind so as to discharge the thermal energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph PLATZ, Achim GORDNER, Fabian KIND
  • Patent number: 8662969
    Abstract: In a hybrid working machine including a power storage device serving as a power source for a generator motor and a controller for controlling this power storage device, the power storage device and the controller being each made up of a main body and casing covering the main body, the power storage device is arranged on the upper side of a top plate of a stand provided on an upper frame, the controller is arranged on the lower side, an intake port is provided in the casing of the power storage device, an exhaust port is provided in the casing of the controller, a ventilation port is provided in the top plate, and the cooling air is fed into the interior of the power storage device and the controller, so that the power storage device and the controller are cooled down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Shimomura, Kouji Yonezawa, Takayuki Okunishi
  • Patent number: 8608532
    Abstract: A climate control duct architecture having partitions to provide effective distribution of air immediately as it exits the HVAC. By strategic positioning and configuring of the partitions the duct architecture may be tuned to provide maximum console airflow and desired system airflow distribution with a minimum amount of interference to the airflow due to turbulence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mukesh Kumar, Paul Hoke, Mark Doroudian
  • Patent number: 8562400
    Abstract: A baffle system that can be used to provide ventilation to attics and roofs at the time of new roof construction or retrofit and further provides for solar thermal energy control and harvesting systems in conjunction or combination with the baffle systems. According to one embodiment, the baffle vents are made from a resilient material and are designed and configured to be flexed into a deformed shape, positioned between adjacent roof rafters and released whereupon the baffle vents become wedged between adjacent roof rafters. The baffle vents can function as radiant barriers by providing the baffle vents with a reflecting coating(s) or reflective surface(s). The baffle vents can function as radiant collectors by positioning solar thermal collectors in the air flow channels defined by the baffle vents and darkening the lower surface of the roof sheeting plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Inventor: Michael Robert Klement
  • Publication number: 20130273824
    Abstract: A novel housing for an electronic device is located in the passenger compartment of a vehicle. The housing is used to maintain the temperature of the electronic device within its operating temperature range. The housing includes air inlets and outlets through which the temperature-regulated air current from the air conditioning system of the vehicle passes. The temperature-regulated air currents from the air conditioning system that are used to maintain a comfortable temperature in the passenger compartment are also used to regulate the temperature of the electronic device. Thus, the housing allows the temperature of the electronic device to be regulated exclusively using the air current from the air conditioning system. The air duct from the air conditioning system can be connected directly to the housing or can end a distance from the housing so that the air current from the duct is directed to strike the outside of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Werner Lang, Stefan Bauer, Simon Deffner, Sebastian Heger, Matthias Zink
  • Patent number: 8544533
    Abstract: An air conditioner for vehicles having a two layer air flow structure which uses one temperature control door for adjusting the temperature and serving as a partition wall for the two-layer air flow structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Halla Climate Control Corporation
    Inventor: Jaehoon Lee
  • Publication number: 20130237138
    Abstract: A high-voltage equipment cooling system for electric vehicle and a high-voltage equipment cooling method for electric vehicle are provided to improve the performance of an air-conditioning unit in the vehicle compartment, while cooling the high-voltage equipment. More specifically, the high-voltage equipment cooling system for electric vehicle includes a motor 103, a high-voltage equipment 101, a blowing means for high-voltage equipment 30, an outlet valve 50, an air conditioning means 10, and an air inlet mode selection means 20, wherein the air outside the vehicle compartment is introduced by the air inlet mode selection means 20 when supplying air cooled by an evaporator 14 in the air conditioning means 10 to the high-voltage equipment 101 using the blowing means for high-voltage equipment 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori MATSUDA, Shinji Kakizaki, Takeshi Someya
  • Publication number: 20130178141
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning register for use in an automotive vehicle has a hollow housing having an inlet, an outlet, and an inner housing wall. A plurality of pivotable vanes are disposed proximate the outlet, including an outermost vane disposed proximate the inner housing wall that is pivotable to an extreme position. A deflector is disposed between the inner housing wall and the outermost vane, such that the deflector substantially blocks airflow between the inner housing wall when the outermost vane is in the extreme position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Bryan Hoke, John Bratcher, Ronald Dickson
  • Publication number: 20130153316
    Abstract: An engine compartment of an automotive vehicle is provided. The compartment comprises an internal combustion engine including an air intake manifold and an electrical storage battery. The battery is housed in a storage box and an air intake system supplies air to the air intake manifold and the battery storage box. The air intake system has an inlet supplying air to a flow diverter. The flow diverter has a main channel including a bend dividing the main channel into a first passage and a second passage tangential to the first passage. The second passage is in fluid communication with the air intake manifold. The flow diverter includes an outlet facing the first passage which is in fluid communication with the battery storage box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Joshua Stuckey, James Robinson, Justin J. Chiodo, Mahendra Kute, Brandy Kay Laakso
  • Patent number: 8453769
    Abstract: The apparatus includes a watertight elongate housing extending along a longitudinal axis and defining an inner chamber, a track disposed around the housing on its longitudinal axis and enabling the apparatus to move when the track is rotatably driven around the housing, a handlebar connected to the housing and extending rearward, and a track-driving motor. The motor is located within the inner chamber of the housing and includes an output shaft mechanically connected to the track. The apparatus can also include a ventilation circuit for ventilating the inner chamber of the housing and a generator for producing electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Inventor: Yvon Martel
  • Publication number: 20130095738
    Abstract: An air extractor assembly for an automotive vehicle includes a diaphragm seat attached to a panel of the vehicle's interior, a diaphragm movable between a closed position and an open position with respect to the diaphragm seat, and a position controller that regulates movement of the diaphragm. The position controller may be any one of a variety of linear movers and may be selected from the group consisting of a solenoid, a motor, a vacuum, and a plunger. The diaphragm includes a resilient member so that when the diaphragm is in its closed position a tight seal is formed between the diaphragm seat and the diaphragm. The position controller is by any one of a variety of several regulating mechanisms operating alone or in combination. The regulating mechanism include but are not limited to the vehicle HVAC system, an oxygen sensor, door latches, and a humidity sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jim Antime Marleau, Alexander Petniunas, Todd William Dishman, Kenneth Michael Reo
  • Patent number: 8328608
    Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle includes first and second fans driven and rotated by a driving source, and a case defining a first air introduction portion and a second air introduction portion from which at least one of inside air and outside air is introduced. The first fan and the second fan are arranged on a single common axis, and the first air introduction portion and the second air introduction portion are arranged at one side of the first and second fans. The case has therein a first air passage extending from the first air introduction portion to the first fan, and a second air passage extending from the second air introduction portion to the second fan, and the first air passage and the second air passage are provided to be partitioned from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Kei Kajiya
  • Publication number: 20120208444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle. The air conditioner for a vehicle according to the present invention includes: a plate member slidably operating inside an air-conditioning case to control the degree of opening of air outflow ports or air passageways inside the air-conditioning case; a gear shaft for operating the plate member, and separation preventing means formed on rail portions of the plate member interlocking with the gear shaft. According to the present invention; the gear portions of the gear shaft can be smoothly interlocked with the gear holes formed on the rail portions of the plate member and it is prevented that the gear portions of the gear shaft in interlock with the gear holes of the rail portions are separated from the gear holes or mislocated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Seongseok Han, Seonghyun Kim, Donggyun Kim, Hyungjoo Kim
  • Patent number: 8137170
    Abstract: A baffle system that can be used to provide ventilation to attics and roofs at the time of new roof construction or retrofit and further provides for solar thermal energy control and harvesting systems in conjunction or combination with the baffle systems. According to one embodiment, the baffle vents are made from a resilient material and are designed and configured to be flexed into a deformed shape, positioned between adjacent roof rafters and released whereupon the baffle vents become wedged between adjacent roof rafters. According to another embodiment the baffle vents have side edge portions that are configured to extend over the upper portions of roof rafters and thereby support the baffle vents between adjacent roof rafters. The baffle vents can function as radiant barriers by providing the baffle vents with a reflecting coating(s) or reflective surface(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Inventor: Michael Robert Klement
  • Publication number: 20120003910
    Abstract: An HVAC system for a vehicle including a battery casing having a battery disposed therein, an air conditioning device in fluid communication with a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and an air distribution system including an outflow channel and a return channel. The outflow channel fluidly connects the battery casing with an ambience of the vehicle and the return channel fluidly connects the battery casing with the passenger compartment. The air conditioning device includes an ambient air channel for receiving an air mass flow from the vehicle ambience, a recirculating air channel for receiving an air mass flow from the passenger compartment, and a battery cooling channel to fluidly connect the air conditioning device and the battery casing. The conditioned air mass flow from the air conditioning device is directed into the passenger compartment and/or the battery casing to maintain a desired temperature of the passenger compartment and/or the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Gerald Richter
  • Publication number: 20110298241
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a cabin, a high voltage traction battery, an electric motor powered by the traction battery, and a charger connected to the traction battery. The charger converts alternating current (AC) to high voltage direct current (DC) to charge the traction battery when the charger is plugged into an alternating current (AC) power supply. A forced air system includes an air inlet duct, a first air outlet duct directing exhaust air to the outside of the cabin, a second air outlet duct directing exhaust air to the inside of the cabin, a fan, and a valve for controlling air flow through the first and second air outlet ducts. The forced air system is arranged such that forced air flows through the air inlet duct, removes heat from the charger, and flows through at least one of the first and second air outlet ducts to assist with vehicle preconditioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Howard Varns, Marc Jonathon Lucas, Christopher Adam Ochocinski
  • Publication number: 20110300787
    Abstract: A tank ventilation system includes a flushing line, off which a bypass branches and into which the bypass opens out. A sensor is arranged in the flushing line bypass to determine a concentration of hydrocarbons in a fluid in the flushing line. A hydrocarbon tank is coupled via a first connector to a first end of the flushing line and designed for coupling, via a second coupling, to a tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Bierl, Stephan Heinrich, Andreas Wildgen
  • Patent number: 8002615
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blower for a vehicle, which has an auxiliary door formed on the upper end portion of a filter cover to open and close an indoor air inlet, thereby improving a heating performance by allowing some of the indoor air to flow therein in an outdoor air inflow mode regardless of a type of an indoor and outdoor air switching door, improving productivity and reducing manufacturing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Halla Climate Control Corporation
    Inventors: Chunshik Jeong, Daewoong Lee, Minsoo Kim, Jongsu Kim
  • Publication number: 20110201263
    Abstract: A natural air ventilation system for vehicle cabin comprising a scoop provided to a front side of the cabin and one or more air ducts connected to said scoop to allow outside air into the cabin, an exit vent at the rear wall of the said cabin, the exit vent of rear wall connected by duct means to a snorkel having a matching vent to form tight air passage, the snorkel outlet is connected to an intake manifold of an engine through an air fitter such that when the engine is running intake air to said manifold includes a portion of air of cabin space through the said exit vent of cabin and a portion of outside air through an opening on the snorkel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Karthik Srinivasan, Abhishek Shah, Rohan Gejji, Dhruv Kumar Jha
  • Patent number: 7997966
    Abstract: A cooling structure for an electricity storage device includes: a secondary battery generating heat; a DC-DC converter generating heat in a quantity different from that of secondary battery; an exhaust path for passing air after cooling secondary battery generating heat in a relatively small quantity, and led to the outside of a vehicle; an exhaust path for passing air after cooling DC-DC converter generating heat in a relatively large quantity, and joining exhaust path; and a circulation path connected to exhaust path upstream of an air flow beyond a position at which exhaust path joins, and led to the inside of a vehicle compartment. With this configuration, there is provided a cooling structure for an electricity storage device in which the suppression of both increase in temperature and decrease in inner pressure inside the vehicle compartment can be effectively achieved at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takehito Yoda
  • Publication number: 20110171897
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner provided with an airflow structure for an intake box, wherein, in an HVAC comprising, in an intake box, a control device for controlling the number of rotation, the control device is reliably cooled by airflow regardless of the ratio of mixing between internal air and external air. A vehicle air conditioner of center-concentrated type, wherein a control device (6) for controlling the number of rotation is mounted to a vehicle interior-side wall surface inside an intake box (2) and wherein an air delivery guide (22) is provided in the intake box (2), the air delivery guide (22) delivering to the control device (6) a part of air introduced from a direction crossing the direction of opening of a suction opening (7) of a blower (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: VALEO THERMAL SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Tsutsumi, Takayuki Arai, Masayuki Murase, Daisuke Araki
  • Publication number: 20110143642
    Abstract: A ventilation load-reducing apparatus, which has a simple structure and is capable of further improving the efficiency of the heat recovery, and a vehicle air conditioner using the same are proposed. The ventilation load-reducing apparatus includes an inside air lead-out path 4 for ventilation which leads air of a vehicle-interior out of a vehicle from a rear side of the vehicle-interior, an outside air lead-in path 5 which leads outside air into a front side of the vehicle-interior, a ventilation heat recovery device 6 which recovers heat from the air led out through the inside air lead-out path 4, a recovered heat radiator 7 which releases the heat on the air led in through the outside air lead-in path 5, and a heat transmitter 8 which transmits the heat between the ventilation heat recovery device 6 and the recovered heat radiator 7. The ventilation load-reducing apparatus is independent of a refrigerant circulating system 9 of a vehicle air conditioner 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Kazuo Nakajo, Hiroki Yoshioka, Takashi Fujita
  • Publication number: 20110067421
    Abstract: A ventilation and air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle includes: a ventilator that sucks air from outside the vehicle; an air conditioner that conditions air inside the vehicle; a duct for fresh outside air that connects the ventilator with the air conditioner so as to supply the air that the ventilator has sucked from outside the vehicle to the air conditioner; and a duct for conditioned air that supplies the conditioned air blown out from the air conditioner to inside the vehicle. The duct for fresh outside air is branched so as to be connected to the duct for conditioned air. With this configuration, even if the operation of the air conditioner is stopped due to, e.g., a leakage of a flammable refrigerant, an amount of ventilation can be secured in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shiraishi, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Yoshihiro Sumida, Akihiro Nishida, Masato Yosomiya, Tetsuya Yamashita, Takashi Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20110053484
    Abstract: A passenger compartment duct is provided with a passenger compartment air blow opening through which air is supplied into a passenger compartment and a cab-air-supply-duct communicating opening communicating with a cab air supply duct. The cab air supply duct is provided with a cab air blow opening through which air is supplied into a cab and a passenger-compartment-duct communicating opening communicating with the passenger compartment air supply duct. There are provided a damper turning communication from the passenger compartment air supply duct to the cab air supply duct ON or OFF, a cab air outlet through which air in the cab is discharged to the outside of the cab, and a damper opening or closing the cab air outlet. The cab air outlet includes a first outlet opened so as to communicate with an air intake side of cab air-conditioning units and a second outlet opened so as to communicate with the passenger compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yuasa
  • Publication number: 20100327636
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to a ventilation system for a “climate object”, in particular all components with which the user of a vehicle may come in contact in a passenger compartment such as, for example, a steering mechanism for a vehicle, a dashboard, an armrest, a door paneling, a seat cover, a heating blanket, a padding, a cover or a seat, all which include at least one air flow device to guide air through the climate object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Andreas Stoll, Johnathan Zhang, Thomas Fries, Yu Tong, Denise Philipp
  • Publication number: 20100297926
    Abstract: In a hybrid working machine including a power storage device serving as a power source for a generator motor and a controller for controlling this power storage device, the power storage device and the controller being each made up of a main body and casing covering the main body, the power storage device is arranged on the upper side of a top plate of a stand provided on an upper frame, the controller is arranged on the lower side, an intake port is provided in the casing of the power storage device, an exhaust port is provided in the casing of the controller, a ventilation port is provided in the top plate, and the cooling air is fed into the interior of the power storage device and the controller, so that the power storage device and the controller are cooled down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Keisuke SHIMOMURA, Kouji Yonezawa, Takayuki Okunishi
  • Patent number: 7749312
    Abstract: An air conditioning system comprising a gas-impermeable wall defining a space for air conditioning, and a selective separating member disposed in the wall as a part of the wall, having a function of allowing preferential permeation of oxygen and carbon dioxide and at the same time, blocking the permeation of hydrocarbon, nitrogen oxide, sulfur oxide and a fine solid component, in which the selective separating member comprises an organic polymer and satisfies the relationship of P1/P2>10 wherein P1 is the permeation coefficient of oxygen and carbon dioxide and P2 is the permeation coefficient of hydrocarbon, nitrogen oxide, sulfur oxide and a fine solid component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Takigawa, Tetsuo Toyama, Hitoshi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20100043470
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dual zone type air conditioner for vehicles, which includes two air volume controlling doors mounted on an air inflow port of an air-conditioning case where the cross section of an air passageway is uniform and a flow of air is relatively uniform, a sealing wall mounted between the air volume controlling doors, and a controlling part mounted for selecting a more air volume side as a level of a blower when an air volume set by a driver and an air volume set by a passenger are different from each other and controlling the air volume controlling doors to supply the set air volumes to a driver's seat side and a passenger's seat side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Sungho Kang, Hwanmyeong Jung, Seojun Yoon, Yongeun Seo
  • Publication number: 20100035534
    Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle includes first and second fans driven and rotated by a driving source, and a case defining a first air introduction portion and a second air introduction portion from which at least one of inside air and outside air is introduced. The first fan and the second fan are arranged on a single common axis, and the first air introduction portion and the second air introduction portion are arranged at one side of the first and second fans. The case has therein a first air passage extending from the first air introduction portion to the first fan, and a second air passage extending from the second air introduction portion to the second fan, and the first air passage and the second air passage are provided to be partitioned from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kei Kajiya
  • Publication number: 20090270022
    Abstract: A climate control duct architecture having partitions to provide effective distribution of air immediately as it exits the HVAC. By strategic positioning and configuring of the partitions the duct architecture may be tuned to provide maximum console airflow and desired system airflow distribution with a minimum amount of interference to the airflow due to turbulence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Mukesh Kumar, Paul Hoke, Mark Doroudian
  • Publication number: 20090088064
    Abstract: A motor vehicle air cooling method and system in which electric fans are installed in the rear side of a motor vehicle to draw hot air out of the inside space of the motor vehicle so as to cause negative pressure in the motor vehicle for sucking outside cooling air into the inside of the motor vehicle to have the pressure inside the motor vehicle be in balance with the pressure outside the motor vehicle and to simultaneously lower the temperature in the motor vehicle after an air conditioner ventilation panel of the motor vehicle has been set in an outer loop status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventor: Chien-Erh Lin