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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
May. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mukesh Kumar, Canton, MI (US);
Robert Steven Sawyer, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00585 (2013.01); B60H 1/00564 (2013.01); B60H 1/00864 (2013.01); B60H 1/3233 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0419 (2015.04); Y10T 137/4245 (2015.04);
Abstract
A vehicle system is provided. The vehicle system may include a tube configured to provide an outlet for condensate collected within a plenum that connects a cabin duct to a ventilation manifold arrangement. The vehicle system may also include a clearing duct that bypasses the plenum and connects the tube and arrangement, and a controller configured to block passageways between the plenum and cabin duct, and to activate a blower of the arrangement to build pressure within the plenum and clearing duct to clear the tube.