Mercedes-Benz Aktiengesellschaft

Gernoth Karioth

Klaus Arold

Hans Trube

Heinz Koukal

A fresh-air supply system for a vehicle ventilation device through an air inlet opening in a bonnet or hood swivellably attached to the vehicle bodywork, has a fresh-air duct which starts from the air inlet opening, the first duct portion of which is arranged underneath the air inlet opening on the bonnet and the second duct portion of which is arranged immovably on the bodywork. The two duct portions of the fresh-air duct are brought by the closing movement of the bonnet into a connection position in which a circumferential sealing flange of the first duct portion cooperates with a corresponding sealing flange of the second duct portion. The cooperating sealing flanges of the two duct portions, lying in an approximately horizontal plane, are covered over by the bonnet. The first duct portion is a water-collecting box surrounding the air inlet opening and having a drainage device. An overflow opening from the first duct portion to the second duct portion lies above the drainage level in the first duct portion, in a manner protected from direct ingress of water.

Fresh-air supply system for a ventilation device of a vehicle

In a device for supplying fresh air to the passenger space of a vehicle, to ensure an easy filter change, at the same time with the air filter being protected against water, the fresh-air inlet is arranged in the engine hood and the water run-off is arranged on the top side, facing the fresh-air inlet, of a hood-like filter cover covering the air filter. The filter cover is fastened releasably to an air distributor box receving the air filter and carries air throughflow orifices in its casing region. With the engine hood open, the filter cover is freely accessible and can be removed from the air distributor box for the purpose of a filter change.

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Sindelfingen, Germany

Gernoth Karioth