CLOSING MECHANISM FOR AN AIRFLOW OUTLET OF AN HVAC AIRFLOW DISTRIBUTION MODULE

A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) airflow distribution module with an outlet closing mechanism for a vehicle including a driver face airflow outlet defined by an HVAC module. A passenger face airflow outlet defined by the HVAC module having a center portion and a side portion. An a...

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Main Authors CHEN, Siyue, THOMPSON, Greg, BELANGER, Brian, ZHANG, Kai
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 02.05.2019
Subjects
AIR-CONDITIONING, AIR-HUMIDIFICATION, VENTILATION, USE OF AIRCURRENTS FOR SCREENING
ARRANGEMENTS OR ADAPTATIONS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING,OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY FOR PASSENGER OR GOODSSPACES OF VEHICLES
BLASTING
HEATING
LIGHTING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
RANGES
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
VENTILATING
WEAPONS
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Summary:A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) airflow distribution module with an outlet closing mechanism for a vehicle including a driver face airflow outlet defined by an HVAC module. A passenger face airflow outlet defined by the HVAC module having a center portion and a side portion. An adaptor including a door driving mechanism to control a telescoping door sub-assembly, which is mounted at the passenger face airflow outlet and is movable between a retracted position at which the telescoping door sub-assembly does not obstruct the airflow through the passenger face airflow outlet by being packaged away from outlets, and any one of a plurality of extended positions at which the telescoping door sub-assembly obstructs the side portion or both the side and center portions of the passenger face airflow outlet at different blocking levels when no passenger is present to save energy, improve fuel economy, and/or increase battery life.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201816134362