Atwood Industries, Inc.

John M Kloster

Recirculating filter housing

Runners extend along the junctions of the interior side panels and the headliner of the van and define plenums for conditioned air supplied by the auxiliary heat exchanger of a climate control system, the heat exchanger being mounted beneath the floor of the van. Air distribution outlets are mounted in the runners and discharge conditioned air downwardly into the interior of the van. Conditioned air is supplied to one of the plenums by a first hose extending upwardly from the heat exhanger, along the outboard side of one of the interior side panels and into one of the runners. A second hose extends upwardly generally alongside the first hose but crosses over the van between the roof and the headliner and leads into the other runner to supply conditioned air to the other plenum.

Conditioned air distribution system for a conversion van

Vehicle windshield defroster

A defrost diffuser in the dash plate of a motor vehicle includes an inlet sleeve for receiving conditioned air and includes laterally spaced outlet slots for distributing the air upwardly toward and laterally across the windshield of the vehicle. A center outlet slot is in vertical registry with the inlet sleeve and is located between two outboard slots. Relatively large volume pods are spaced from opposite sides of the sleeve and communicate therewith by way of restricted channels. The pods define static regain chambers to reduce the velocity effect of the airflow toward the outboard outlet slots and to promote a more even distribution of the airflow from the center slot and the outboard slots. For economy of manufacture, the diffuser is made as an integral one-piece molded plastic unit.

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Caledonia, IL, United States of America

John M Kloster