Air outlet for ventilating the interior of a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9616732-B2
Application number	US-201213469415-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 11, 2012
Priority date	May 14, 2011
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

An air outlet for ventilating the interior of a motor vehicle is provided. The air outlet is fluidly connected with a module of a heating, ventilating and/or air conditioning system. The air outlet includes a linkage region having an opening. An insulating structure is held in the linkage region with the air outlet in a fluidically-connected state. A retainer is configured to fix the insulating structure on the air outlet in the linkage region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air outlet for ventilating the interior of a motor vehicle, wherein the air outlet is fluidly connected with a module of a heating, ventilating and/or air conditioning system, the air outlet comprising:
a linkage region having an opening, wherein an insulating structure is held in the linkage region with the air outlet in a fluidically-connected state; and
a retainer configured to fix the insulating structure on the air outlet in the linkage region, wherein the retainer comprises an abutment face for the module of the heating, ventilating and/or air conditioning system that can be fluidically connected with the air outlet, and wherein the retainer comprises a section that is inserted and plugged into the opening of the air outlet, and
wherein the insulating structure is held between a boundary area of the opening and the abutment face such that the insulating structure does not project into the opening.

2. The air outlet according to claim 1 , wherein the retainer is configured to fix the insulating structure on the air outlet at the opening.

3. The air outlet according to claim 2 , wherein the retainer is configured to fix the insulating structure on the air outlet at a boundary of the opening of the air outlet.

4. The air outlet according to claim 1 , wherein the section is continuous.

5. The air outlet according to claim 1 , wherein the retainer comprises a material section that positively or non-positively secures the retainer to the air outlet.

6. The air outlet according to claim 5 , wherein the material section acts against an inner circumference and/or boundary of the opening of the air outlet with the retainer in an integrated state.

7. The air outlet according to claim 1 , wherein the abutment face is at least substantially flat.

8. The air outlet according to claim 1 , wherein the abutment face accommodates a seal.

9. The air outlet according to claim 1 , wherein the retainer is a single piece.

10. The air outlet according to claim 9 , wherein the retainer is a plastic part.

11. The air outlet according to claim 1 , wherein the retainer is a frame configured to laterally envelop the opening of the air outlet and at least partially cover a boundary of the opening, and prevent the insulating structure from sliding over the opening.

12. A frame for an air outlet for ventilating the interior of a motor vehicle, wherein the air outlet has an opening with a boundary and is fluidly connected with a module of a heating, ventilating and/or air conditioning system, the frame comprising:
a first section that is inserted into the opening of the air outlet;
a material section connected to the first section and that positively or non-positively secures the frame to the air outlet; and
an abutment face connected to the first section, wherein an insulating structure is held between the boundary of the opening and the abutment face such that the insulating structure does not project into the opening, and
wherein the frame is configured to laterally envelop the opening of the air outlet and at least partially cover the boundary of the opening, and prevent the insulating structure from sliding over the opening.

13. A motor vehicle with a heating, ventilating and/or air conditioning system and an air outlet, wherein the air outlet is fluidly connected with a module of the heating, ventilating and/or air conditioning system, the air outlet comprising:
a linkage region having an opening, wherein an insulating structure is held in the linkage region with the air outlet in a fluidically-connected state; and
a retainer configured to fix the insulating structure on the air outlet in the linkage region such that the insulating structure does not project into the opening, and
wherein the retainer comprises a section that is inserted into the opening of the air outlet, and wherein the section forms a circumferential contour that substantially corresponds with an inner circumference of the opening of the air outlet.

14. The motor vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein the retainer comprises a section that is inserted into the opening of the air outlet.

15. The motor vehicle according to claim 14 , wherein the retainer further comprises an abutment face connected to the section and wherein the insulating structure lies between a boundary of the opening and the abutment face.

Assignees

• Marx Guenther
• Boersch Guenter
• Nitzsche Helmut
• Gm Global Tech Operations Llc

Inventors

• Marx Guenther
• Boersch Guenter
• Nitzsche Helmut

Classifications

• B60H1/28 Primary

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