Louvered rain-hat for the fresh air inlet of a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10035405-B2
Application number	US-201113175420-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2011
Priority date	Jul 1, 2011
Publication date	Jul 31, 2018
Grant date	Jul 31, 2018

Abstract

A rain-hat system for use on a vehicle that includes a cowling having a fresh air inlet, a rain-hat assembly that includes a body, and a plurality of louvers is disclosed. The body has a back side for attachment to the fresh air inlet. The body also has front side to which the plurality of louvers is attached. The rain-hat assembly also includes a front, a back, a first side, and a second side. At least some of the louvers slope downwardly from the front to the back and at least some of the louvers slope downwardly from the first side to the second side. In addition, at least some of the louvers include a downwardly sloping flange attached at the first side and a downwardly sloping flange attached at the second side. Preferably the uppermost louver has a gutter defined by an upwardly angled lip.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rain-hat system for use on a vehicle comprising:
a cowling having a fresh air inlet;
a rain-hat assembly including a body, said body having a bottom wall, a back side for attachment to said fresh air inlet and a front side;
an upper louver attached to said front side of said assembly, said upper louver having two lateral ends, a first downward-depending flange attached to one lateral end and a second downward-depending flange attached to another lateral end, an outer side and an assembly-facing side, said upper louver sloping from said assembly-facing side to said outer side, said upper louver being angled relative to said bottom wall such that one of its flanges is lower than the other of its flanges; and
a plurality of lower louvers attached to said front side of said assembly, each of said lower louvers having two lateral ends, a first lower louver downward-depending flange attached to one lateral end and second louver downward-depending flange attached to another lateral end, an outer side and an assembly-facing side, said lower louvers being angled relative to said bottom wall such that one of its flanges is lower than the other of its flanges.

2. The rain-hat system of claim 1 , in which a bead is attached to an upper face of at least one of the plurality of lower louvers, said first downward-depending flange, and said second louver downward-depending flange.

3. The rain-hat system of claim 1 further including a filter disposed substantially within said body.

4. The rain-hat system of claim 1 further including a rain channel formed at the bottom of said body.

5. The rain-hat system of claim 1 further including a cowl disposed substantially over said plurality of lower louvers.

6. The rain-hat system of claim 1 wherein said plurality of lower louvers are parallel.

Assignees

• Hoke Paul Bryan
• Doroudian Mark
• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Hoke Paul Bryan
• Doroudian Mark

Classifications

• B60H1/28 Primary

  the openings being situated directly in front of vehicle front window · CPC title

• E06B7/08

  Louvre doors, windows or grilles {(shutters E06B9/04; louvre awnings E04F10/08 - E04F10/10)} · CPC title