Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Carolyn Tatge

Douglas X Zhu

Arthur Henke

Lim Wijaya

Ranganatha Madhavan

Michael Mandernach

Tom F Boettger

Maria J Heirtzler

Rachid E El Aile

Rachid El Aile

Mukta Mehandru

Kris Cockerel

Maria Hertaler

María Heirtzler

An air intake for a vehicle that facilitates air transfer from an ambient environment outside the vehicle to a vehicle space is provided. The air intake inhibits liquid transfer from the ambient environment to the vehicle space. The air intake includes a housing having an inlet for receiving air from the ambient environment, and an outlet in communication with the inlet. The outlet is disposed in an upper portion of the housing. A blocking member is disposed within the housing adjacent the inlet for preventing upward fluid flow from the inlet directly to the outlet, thereby inhibiting liquid flow through the outlet and into the vehicle space. A portion of the air intake housing is configured for attachment to a vehicle window, and the inlet is configured to be disposed along one edge of the window.

Fresh air intake for a vehicle

Vehicle and fresh air intake for a vehicle

A windshield trim molding is affixed to the peripheral edge of an automotive windshield during the manufacturing process of mounting the windshield on an automobile chassis. The windshield molding incorporates an extruded strip of elastomeric material, such as ALCRYN or RAUPREN melt-processible rubber, at the contact surface of the molding where a windshield primer is applied to the glass prior to the installation of the molding. As a result, the elastomeric material becomes bonded to the windshield glass, rather than the plastic molding. The strip of extruded elastomeric material is softer than either the windshield glass or the plastic molding and absorbs any failure due to differences in thermal expression rates between the plastic molding and the windshield glass, thus preventing spalling at the peripheral edge of the windshield.

Molding for preventing spalling of automotive windshields

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Northville, MI, United States of America

Carolyn Tatge