Abstract: The present embodiments relate to an air distribution apparatus for distributing conditioned airflow from a roof mounted air conditioner to the inside of a vehicle, which includes an inlet port adapted to receive the conditioned airflow from the roof mounted air conditioner. An outlet port, which is disposed adjacent to each longitudinal end of the apparatus, delivers conditioned airflow to the vehicle. An internal supply duct is adapted to evenly split the conditioned airflow to the outlet ports.

Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive first input to sanitize a vehicle passenger cabin via a passenger cabin heater, output one or more candidate initiation times at which to begin actuation of the heater, and, then, actuate the heater to a temperature above a specified sanitization threshold according to the initiation time identified in a second input.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a positive pressure vent for a vehicle. The vent includes an inlet chamber having an air intake port facing into an air stream generated by motion of the vehicle so as to collect air and form a positive pressure inside the inlet chamber. There is further provided a filter adapted to filter air from the inlet chamber of particulate matter. A filtered air path is further provided for allowing filtered air from the filter to travel to the interior of the vehicle under the urging of the positive pressure from the inlet chamber.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a vehicle body shield having a light mount. The vehicle body shield can protect portions of a vehicle from damage when the vehicle is in motion and also provide illumination to regions around or in front of a vehicle via light sources supported by the light mount. The vehicle body shield can have a protection surface facing away from the vehicle, an attachment surface facing towards the vehicle, and a light mount extending upward from at least a portion of the attachment surface and between first and second ends of the vehicle body shield.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to manage the temperature of a sensor module is provided. The apparatus includes a vehicle, a sensor module disposed on top of the vehicle, a solar panel disposed on top of the sensor module, and a gap between the sensor module and solar panel, the gap configured to direct airflow from a front of the vehicle to exit behind the sensor module or the solar panel, the airflow functioning to cool the sensor module or the solar panel.

Abstract: A climate system for providing air to a cab of a vehicle includes a first conduit, an outlet end of the first conduit being adapted to be arranged inside of the cab, a pressurized air source, an inlet end of the first conduit being connected to the pressurized air source for supplying compressed air into the cab by the first conduit.

Abstract: A vehicle body structure located adjacent to a passenger compartment of a vehicle includes a first wall defining an interior space adjacent to the first wall; a second wall extending outward from the first wall and defining a passageway in communication with the interior space; and a duct having a body that is disposed in the interior space of the first wall and an outlet that extends outward from the body and is disposed in the passageway of the second wall. The duct routes conditioned air from the body through the outlet to the passenger compartment of the vehicle.

Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cabin to cover an operator's seat on a traveling body. A cabin frame that constitutes a framework of the cabin includes a pair of left and right front pillars, a pair of left and right rear pillars, a front beam, a rear beam, and side beams. The front beam couples upper end portions of the front pillars to each other. The rear beam couples upper end portions of the rear pillars to each other. Each of the side beams couples to each other upper end portions of each of the front pillars and each of the rear pillars that stand at a front and rear. The rear beam is formed to have a U-shaped cross-section by presswork of a metal plate material.

Abstract: Rooflight or window 1 for vehicles, particularly for a recreational vehicle, comprising a window frame 2, the window frame 2 comprises a ventilation path allowing air exchange between the inside and the outside of the vehicle, wherein the window frame 2 comprises ventilation slots 4, 5 at least at a surface 8 of the window frame 2 facing the inside of the vehicle, wherein the rooflight or window 1 further comprises a cover 3 being connected to the window frame 2 and covering the surface 8 of the window frame 2 facing the inside of the vehicle, wherein along the outer edge of the window frame 2 a circumferential gap 9 is present between the window frame 2 and the cover 3 functioning as a canal for ventilation air.

Abstract: A cab for an agricultural working vehicle has a cab base, a cab body situated thereon and consisting of a frame structure, and a cab roof which comprises at least two shells. The cab roof is designed as a prefabricated module which can be placed onto the cab body.

Abstract: An airflow direction plate elongated in a direction perpendicular to a direction of an air flow from an indoor fan is disposed between the indoor fan and an air supply duct opening. The airflow direction plate has air vents arranged in a longitudinal direction, inclined plates each disposed to a corresponding one of the air vents and having different angles of inclination corresponding to positions of the air vents, and an acoustic material disposed on a surface facing the indoor fan. An indoor unit has a first air passageway allowing the air from the indoor fan to flow in the longitudinal direction of the airflow direction plate for a detour to the air supply duct opening and a second air passageway allowing the air from the indoor fan to flow into the air vents along the inclined plates.

Abstract: A humidifier includes a container defining a container cavity; a cover, the cover including a cover body, wherein the cover is positioned over a container opening of the container cavity; an attachment mechanism; at least one of the container and the cover defining a hood opening in fluid communication with the container cavity; and at least one of the container and the cover defining a vent opening in fluid communication with the container cavity.

Abstract: A modular air grill is taught having a removable return register and a removable supply register. The supply register may be replaced with a blank when adequate cooling or rapid cooling has occurred and the cooling through the ducts is desired rather than immediately adjacent to an air conditioning unit.

Abstract: A vent for a building has a cover attached to a base. The base has an aperture permitting gas to pass. A moisture directing means on an underside of the cover directs moisture move under the influence of gravity to fall outside of the aperture. The cover may include a slanted side wall portion, with the aperture positioned with its center displaced from the center of the cover toward the slanted side. The base may include a pair of moisture deflecting features along at least a portion of one of the nonslope sides to prevent moisture flowing along the base from within an area on the base covered by the cover to outside of the covered area at the nonslope sides. The base may also include a water deflecting ridge on its underside positioned between a downslope edge and the aperture to deflect water away.

Abstract: A roof for a cab of a machine includes a roof surface with a rearward incline having a front portion higher than a rear portion. The roof surface has a recessed portion at the rear portion that receives a Heating Ventilation and Cooling (HVAC) unit. The recessed portion includes a rearward facing sidewall with a rearward incline, such that an upper end of the rearward facing sidewall is closer to the front portion than a lower end. The rearward facing sidewall has a lateral opening, a pair of lateral sidewalls, and a base with a rearward incline, such that a front end of the base is higher than a rear end. The base has an upright opening with a ridge protruding upward, defining a perimeter of the upright opening. The rearward facing sidewall, the pair of lateral sidewalls, and the base, define a contiguous peripheral portion of the recessed portion.

Abstract: A roof vent is provided comprising a base with an opening for air inlet/outlet, wherein the base opening may have raised venting edges. The base is connected to a cover over the base opening including at least one louver for air flow and a front opening. Sloped side walls connect the base and cover. The front edge of the top of the cover has a lip angled down over the front opening. The lip reduces leakage into the vent. A mesh grill or cover can be included in the front opening. A rectangular strip with drainage holes can be included at the bottom of the front opening, to secure the mesh grill in place. The rectangular strip can include drainage holes. Shingles can be placed on the cover so the vent blends in with the roof.

Abstract: A baffle (10) for a venting valve for reducing the admission of sound into the interior in particular of a motor vehicle, including at least one air guiding channel (16, 18, 20, 22) having a labyrinth geometry.

Abstract: An air contaminant filtration system (10) for a cabin (12) includes an external air drawing system (14) for drawing air from an atmosphere surrounding the cabin (12). The system also includes an internal air extraction system (16) for drawing air from an atmosphere within the cabin (120, a main filtration system (18), and a filtered air delivery system (20). In the system, air drawn from the external drawing system (14) and from the internal air extraction system (16) is directed towards the main filtration system (18) for filtration and the filtered air is then directed towards the filtered air delivery system (20) for delivery to the cabin (12).

Abstract: A hinged vent unit is provided having a dome member, connected to a frame for mounting to a vehicle, which is selectively manipulable by an arm connected at or near one end thereof to the dome and connected at another portion thereof to a plurality of selectively engageable stops which, when connected to the arm, prevent the dome from moving relative to the frame.

Abstract: A ventilated roof features an elongated vent having a vent opening and an elongated vent shingle supporting surface. The vent opening is in fluid communication with a slot defined by the top surface of a roof deck and communicating through the roof deck. An end cap has an end cap shingle supporting surface and is located adjacent to an end of the elongated vent. The vent and the end cap adjacent to the vent are supported in an equivalent spaced-apart relation to the top surface of the roof deck. The elongated vent shingle supporting surface, the end cap shingle supporting surface and the top surface of the roof deck provide a substantially continuous support to a shingle overlapping any two of those elements.

Abstract: A solar-powered, fan-equipped vent cover is fitted on top of a recreational vehicle roof vent. The vent cover protects the recreational vehicle vent when raining, and includes a solar panel operating a fan to boost the effectiveness of the recreational vehicle roof vent in removing hot air from the recreational vehicle interior living space. The vent cover also includes a battery back-up. The vent cover can also be provided without internal vent fans, and may be in electrical communication with a vent in fluid communication with an interior of the recreational vehicle.

Abstract: A universal kit attaching a universal lid thereof to a rooftop structure includes a plurality of mounts and a pair of hinge arms attached to the interior side of the universal lid, and a pair of braces for pivotally attaching distal ends of the hinge arms to the rooftop structure. Each brace has a face for pivotally engaging the mounting hole of one of the hinge arms. The kit includes a plurality of operator brackets, each operator bracket having a respective plurality of fastener holes placed to match particular mounts in the interior side of the universal lid. At least some of the mounts correspond to more than one operator bracket. In a method for attaching a universal lid, the braces are used as templates for forming holes in a rooftop structure. Upon closing the attached lid, the braces are positioned between the roof structure and the universal lid.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for creating a residential units data set that provides light detection and ranging (LIDAR) data for a service area including data representative of rooftops of residential units and their location is provided. Based on the residential units data set, a series of embodiments are provided. In an embodiment, a method for transmitter site selection for a line of sight (LOS) radio service is provided. In another embodiment a method for identifying a location for a transmitter site for a LOS radio service is provided. In another embodiment, a method for determining whether a residential unit is capable of receiving a LOS radio service from one or more radio transmitters providing line of sight radio service within a service area is provided. In another embodiment, a method for determining the placement of an antenna on a rooftop to receive LOS radio service is provided.

Abstract: An opening and closing device of an air vent for a vehicle is provided for raising or lowering the air vent so as to open or close a ventilating part. The opening and closing device includes first and second link parts rotatably provided at both sides of the ventilating part, a hydraulic cylinder part having one side fixed to the air vent and the other side connected to the first link part, a piston rod part having one side connected to the second link part and the other side slidably coupled to the hydraulic cylinder part, and an adjusting part fixing the piston rod part to not slide into the hydraulic cylinder part or release the piston rod part to be slidable.

Abstract: A vehicle including a vehicle body, an air conditioning unit, and a fairing. The vehicle body includes a roof having a front portion and a rear portion. The air conditioning unit is disposed within the vehicle body and includes a condenser configured to receive air from outside the vehicle body through an opening in the rear portion of the roof. The fairing is disposed over the rear portion of the roof and the opening thereby defining an interior volume between the fairing and the rear portion of the roof. The fairing includes a leading portion oriented toward the front portion of the roof. The leading portion has an air inlet such that when the vehicle moves in a forward direction air from outside the vehicle body enters the interior volume through the air inlet, passes through the opening, and passes through the condenser.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for determining whether a residential unit is capable of receiving a line of sight (LOS) radio service from one or more radio transmitters providing line of sight radio service within a service area is provided. In another embodiment, a method for determining the placement of an antenna on a rooftop to receive LOS radio service is provided. In each embodiment, methods for creating a residential units data set for a service area including data representative of rooftops of residential units and their location is provided. In an embodiment, the residential units data set is based on light detection and ranging (LIDAR) data.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fan strip of a sliding headliner of a vehicle roof that can be opened, wherein the fan strip has at least one ventilation opening through which an air flow can flow, and wherein according to the invention the fan strip has a device for influencing the air current in the ventilation opening or in an air-current duct associated with the ventilation opening.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for identifying building unit rooftops, and their associated heights and locations is provided. The method includes subtracting a bare earth layer from a first return layer within a LIDAR data set for a geographic area of interest to form an above ground level (AGL) layer data set. A height mask is then applied to the AGL layer data set to form a building units data set. The building units data set includes data representative of potential building unit rooftops. This data set is refined through the application of a series of filters and masks to remove clutter (e.g., trees, bushes and other non-building unit structures) to refine the data set.

Abstract: The invention relates to an HVAC vent control system. There is a need for a mechanism by which an operator can easily adjust HVAC vent controls for vents remote from the operator. A roof panel forms a set of air vents and ports. A vent control unit includes left and right door units mounted for rotation on the panel. Each door unit has a louver door and a gear piece connected thereto. The louver doors are movable to control airflow through the ports. The gear pieces are in meshing engagement with the other so that the door units operate symmetrically with respect to each other. A control knob is coupled to the one of the gear pieces so that rotation of the knob causes rotation of the first and second gear pieces and corresponding movement of the left and right louver doors.

Abstract: This invention “The Virtual Convertible Air Streamer” is a simple plastic vent (FIG. 1) that will take outside air from a vehicle (FIG. 2A) and cool humans inside (FIG. 2B) with no mechanics or mechanisms needed to propel the air. It is an original idea created by Devane O'neil Coke to help cool a passenger(s) traveling in hot or warm weather temperature. It will use moving air across skin to dissipate body heat. It will slightly protrude above roofs flush surface to catch a vehicles forward moving air flow (FIG. 2A) and direct it using a bend in the single vent (FIG. 1) that submerges into the cabin space of the vehicle to flow wind over passenger(s) skin (FIG. 2B) causing heat dissipation. It is a device for cooling human passengers of a vehicle with at least one plastic vent (FIG. 1) having a air intake side (FIG. 2A), and air outlet side (FIG. 2B), two magnets for securing to roof of vehicle (FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B), and two filtration meshes (FIG. 3A and FIG.

Abstract: A riding vehicle is provided with a downdraft fan assembly mounted on a vehicle roll bar for providing a flow of ambient air over the vehicle operator and a canopy carried by the fan assembly and providing solar and precipitation protection for the operator.

Abstract: A refrigeration unit includes an external housing located primarily outside of a vehicle compartment of a vehicle, and an internal housing located primarily inside of the vehicle compartment. A vehicle roof of the compartment has an external layer and an internal layer spaced apart from the external layer with insulation located there between. The vehicle roof includes an opening that receives the refrigeration unit. A gasket provides a seal between the refrigeration unit and the vehicle roof. The gasket covers the exterior layer and the interior layer. The gasket is formed of multiple layers of material which are secured to one another.

Abstract: The invention relates to an HVAC vent control system. There is a need for a mechanism by which an operator can easily adjust HVAC vent controls for vents remote from the operator. A roof panel forms a set of air vents and ports. A vent control unit includes left and right door units mounted for rotation on the panel. Each door unit has a louver door and a gear piece connected thereto. The louver doors are movable to control airflow through the ports. The gear pieces are in meshing engagement with the other so that the door units operate symmetrically with respect to each other. A control knob is coupled to the one of the gear pieces so that rotation of the knob causes rotation of the first and second gear pieces and corresponding movement of the left and right louver doors.

Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing drag in vehicles, typically trucks, such as tractor-trailers, have moveable moving drag reducing apparatus. This movable drag reducing apparatus is for movement into and out of various positions, in accordance with the location of the vehicle with respect to its distance from an obstacle.

Abstract: A vent assembly has a base and a cover connected to the base. The cover moves between a closed and open position. A fan is optionally mounted for rotation in the base. A mechanism, including a strut system, raises and lowers the cover. The strut system is connected with the cover at two positions spaced from one another. When the cover is in its closed position, a retention force is provided by the strut system and is distributed about the cover.

Abstract: A rooftop temperature control unit for a vehicle having a conditioned space includes a housing defining a plenum and including an air inlet. The plenum is configured to receive an inflow of outdoor air from outside of the vehicle through the air inlet. The outdoor air defines an outdoor air temperature. A heat exchanger assembly is coupled to the housing and in fluid communication with the plenum. The heat exchanger assembly is configured to receive a first portion of the outdoor air from the plenum, to cool the first portion to a temperature below the outdoor air temperature, and to discharge the cooled first portion into the conditioned space. A blower is configured to receive a second portion of the outdoor air from the plenum and to discharge the second portion into the conditioned space at a temperature equal to or greater than the outdoor air temperature.

Abstract: A roof structure for a power module of a locomotive is disclosed. The roof structure may have an upper roof layer and at least a portion of the upper roof layer may have a first set of cooling passages. The roof structure may further have a lower roof layer at least partially positioned below the upper roof layer and at least a portion of the lower roof layer may have a second set of cooling passages. Each of the cooling passages of the first set of cooling passages may not overlap a cooling passage of second set of cooling passages.

Abstract: An insulated vent cap includes a cover member having a circumferential rim extending around corresponding circumferential edges of both a substantially rigid cover sheet and a substantially rigid base sheet, wherein the base sheet is spaced apart from, and below, the cover sheet, to thereby define a sealed, air-tight insulating void there-between. A spacer extends from the coversheet to the base sheet, whereby the cover and base sheets are maintained spaced apart to maintain the insulated void or space between the cover and base sheets irregardless of ambient temperatures external and internal to the vent on an enclosure to which the vent cap is mounted.

Abstract: A venting arrangement that includes a lid pivotally attached to a frame. An operating mechanism moves the lid between an open and closed position and attaches to a guide associated with the lid. The lid may be formed as a single, integral piece, including a portion for attaching the lid to the frame and the guide. The operating mechanism may include a engagement portion that attaches to the guide that is designed with geometry that creates a surface area contact between the mechanism and guide. The engagement portion may include a surface that engages one or more surfaces on the guide, which extend substantially parallel to the engagement portion surface. The arrangement may also include a feature that resists movement of the lid from a set position or that limits the travel of the mechanism at specific points along the mechanism's operational range.

Abstract: A portable hatch-mounted fan that is removably mounted to an existing hatch of a boat or a recreational vehicle by a pair of fast action spring-type vertically adjustable clamps, which adjust to fit various hatch frame thicknesses. The clamps, clamp guide plates and guides are also horizontally adjustable on the fan frame to fit various sizes of hatch openings.

Abstract: A vent assembly has a base and a single piece cover that is attached to the base to form a housing. A partition inside the housing forms an upper compartment that communicates with an outlet at the rear of the cover and a lower compartment that communicates with an inlet through the base. The compartments communicate via an opening through the partition. The partition provides an exhaust passage from the opening to the outlet at the rear of the cover and a barrier to the flow of water from the outlet back to the opening. The partition and cover provide a drain passage from the exhaust passage back to the outlet in case water accumulates near the opening. The vent assembly may be static or include a fan unit to provide a powered vent assembly. Either may be used as the hatch of a combined vent and escape hatch assembly.

Abstract: A vent assembly has a base and a single piece cover that is attached to the base to form a housing. A partition inside the housing forms an upper compartment that communicates with an outlet at the rear of the cover and a lower compartment that communicates with an inlet through the base. The compartments communicate via an opening through the partition. The partition provides an exhaust passage from the opening to the outlet at the rear of the cover that has several barriers including dams inhibiting the flow of water from the outlet back to the opening. The partition and cover also provide a drain passage connected to the exhaust passage by several cross passages to drain water accumulated in the exhaust passage. The vent assembly may have two exhaust passages interconnected by a transverse drainage passage and associated with respective drainage passages. The vent assembly may be static or include a fan unit to provide a powered vent assembly.

Abstract: A system and method for mounting one or more air conditioning modules to the roof of a bus is disclosed. The system and method includes standardized, modular air conditioning modules which are capable of fitting a wide variety of bus geometries, and are attached to the bus roof by a set of rails which are fastened to the roof, the rails having flanges and a length which are tailored to the bus roof configuration so as to provide a standardized alignment by capturing the roof rail in a channel shaped formation.

Abstract: A collapsible air vent closure is disclosed comprising a frame having a frame aperture. A closure is mounted to the frame for pivoting between a closed position and an open position. A movable vent wall having a vent orifice is interposed between the frame and the closure. The vent orifice provides an air flow path to the frame aperture when the closure is in the open position. The closure inhibits the air flow path to the frame aperture when the closure is in the closed position.

Abstract: A ventilation apparatus or vent includes a handle, that is balanced for receiving forces, such that when force is applied anywhere on the handle, it is distributed such that a locking engagement will be broken. The handle can be moved easily, so as to open or close the apparatus, with minimal force from a user.

Abstract: An air conditioning system includes an air conditioner for blowing conditioned air toward a compartment of a vehicle, and a dashboard having a design surface exposed to the compartment. An inner air passage extending nearly parallel to the design surface is formed in the dashboard, and a plurality of diffusion blowing openings are formed in the design surface. Thus, the condensed air is blown from the diffusion blowing openings into the compartment of the vehicle, while passing through the inner air passage. For example, cool air is blown from the diffusion blowing openings, so that the cool air can cool the dashboard while cooling the compartment of the vehicle. Moreover, because the cool air passes through the inner air passage extending nearly parallel to the design surface, the dashboard can be effectively cooled.

Abstract: A return air apparatus is provided with a ceiling template, which is mounted to an air comfort appliance unit at the ceiling of a recreational vehicle, a down draft diverter, a return air cover, and a return air grille. The ceiling template has a discharge opening and a return opening divided by an air barrier. The return air cover has a direct discharge opening and a return opening positioned below the ceiling template openings. The return air grille has a first section that communicates with the discharge opening of the ceiling template and a predetermined area of the interior of the recreational vehicle, and a second section that communicates with the return opening of the ceiling template and the interior of the recreational vehicle.

Abstract: A two piece molded roof structure is provided for enclosing the cab of a work vehicle. The roof structure has an upper roof member mounted to a lower roof member. The lower roof member has a plurality of contours and apertures for receiving the components of an HVAC system, and for defining air passages. When the upper and lower roof members are joined discrete air passages are formed between the roof members. The roof structure includes fresh and recirculated air intakes communicating via an uncirculated air duct and with an HVAC core chamber housing an HVAC core. Filters are mounted in the air intakes. One or more blowers communicate between the core chamber and a conditioned air duct which has vents communicating with the cab interior. Air is thus drawn in through the intakes and directed through the unconditioned air duct to the HVAC core and then the blower expels the air into the conditioned air duct and into the vehicle cab.

Abstract: A return air apparatus is provided with a ceiling template, which is mounted to an air comfort appliance unit at the ceiling of a recreational vehicle, a down draft diverter, a return air cover, and a return air grille. The ceiling template has a discharge opening and a return opening divided by an air barrier. The return air cover has a direct discharge opening and a return opening positioned below the ceiling template openings. The return air grille has a first section that communicates with the discharge opening of the ceiling template and a predetermined area of the interior of the recreational vehicle, and a second section that communicates with the return opening of the ceiling template and the interior of the recreational vehicle.

Abstract: A device comprising a rotor and fan rotatably mounted on a shaft which is rigidly fixed relative to a vehicle surface. The device is fixable on a vehicle surface by means of two clamping portions which are moveable towards each other along the shaft to press against a surface between them.