Vehicle having a textile channel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9457638-B2
Application number	US-201214118291-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 10, 2012
Priority date	May 17, 2011
Publication date	Oct 4, 2016
Grant date	Oct 4, 2016

Abstract

A vehicle includes a body, an inner cover disposed in the body and a textile channel conducting conditioned air, extending between the body and the inner cover and being made of a textile fabric. In order to provide such a vehicle having a textile channel that is easy to install, the textile channel is provided on the body and held against the inner cover by a hook and loop fastener.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle, comprising:
a body;
an inner cover disposed in said body;
a textile channel configured to conduct conditioned air, said textile channel extending between said body and said inner cover and being made of a textile fabric;
a hook and loop fastener attaching said textile channel to said inner cover;
wherein said inner cover includes at least one roof panel fastened to said body, said at least one roof panel is equipped with two vertical fastening bars, said vertical fastening bars are equipped with a hook and loop tape forming said hook and loop fastener together with a complementary latching part of said textile channel, and said hook and loop fastener extends over an entire length of said at least one roof panel.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , which further comprises guide rails firmly connected to said body, said textile channel being attached to said body by said guide rails.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising an insertion head connected firmly to said textile channel being held in a form-locking manner in said guide rails causing said guide rails to provide a guide being movable in longitudinal direction of said guide rails.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said textile channel has a region extending between said vertical fastening bars, and said region of said textile channel has air outlet openings communicating with air blower openings in said at least one roof panel.

5. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein said at least one roof panel includes an overlay, disposed between said fastening bars, for said textile channel.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein said overlay is electrically insulated.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said textile channel is equipped with an inner membrane dividing said textile channel into a hot air area for guiding heated air and a cold air area for guiding cooled air.

8. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said textile channel is formed of a flame-resistant textile fabric.

Assignees

• Hoefler Werner
• Rohwerder Dirk
• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Hoefler Werner
• Rohwerder Dirk

Classifications

• B61D27/0072

  Means for cooling only (cooling in general F25) · CPC title

• B60H1/00564 Primary

  of air ducts · CPC title

• B61D17/18

  Internal lining, e.g. insulating · CPC title

• B60R13/0212

  Roof or head liners (movable head-liners B60J7/0007) · CPC title

• B60R2013/0287

  integrating other functions or accessories · CPC title